Child Protection Program

Child Protection Team

Child Protection Team (CPT) is a multidisciplinary team of consultants comprised of physicians, attorneys, psychologists, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners and advocates, including several members of the AWAKE and CPCS teams.

CPT provides 24 hour, on-call coverage, expert consultation services, professional training and case-specific support to hospital staff on issues of child maltreatment. Additionally, the team includes a Nurse Liaison to the Department of Children and Families who works in close collaboration with hospital and DCF staff to respond to the unique needs of children being treated at Children's Hospital while in the legal custody of DCF.

Child Protection team members 

• Allison Scobie, LICSW,MBA CPP - Program Director and CPT Consultant
• Alice Newton, MD - Medical Director
• Celeste Wilson, MD - Associate Medical Director
• Pamela Chamorro, LICSW - CPT Consultant
• Joanne Michalek - CPT Consultant
• Beth Jones, LICSW - CPT consultant
• Beth Holleran, LICSW - CPT Consultant, CPCS Clinical Coordinator
• Chelsea Reddin, LICSW - CPCS Intake Coordinator
• Jessica Henderson Daniel, PhD - Consultant
• Karen Walsh, RN, BA - DCF Nurse Liaison
• Deborah Sorrentino, RN, FNP-BC - DCF Nurse Liaison
• Stephen Post - Administrative Associate