Janet Pozmantier
Janet Pozmantier, M.S., LPC, LMFT, RPT, is an award-winning author, curriculum developer, trainer, and child advocate specializing in primary prevention programming. She has created and successfully implemented child abuse prevention, relationship, parenting, mental health, trauma, and youth suicide prevention education curricula for children, youth, and adults. She is the co-author of a book on early childhood development (The First Years, DK Publishing, 2001). Janet was instrumental in establishing several children’s advocacy organizations in Houston and served as the Founding Director of the Center for School Behavioral Health at Mental Health America of Greater Houston. She has spoken at local, state, and national conferences and specializes in “hands-on,” interactive presentations. Janet is a recipient of the Unsung Hero Award from Children at Risk, the Distinguished Service Award from ChildBuilders, and the Trainer of the Year Award from Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. She is a certified Mental Health First Aid Trainer (Youth and Adult), a certified Training Specialist for Mind Matters, and an American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow. As a consultant, Janet provides strategic planning, board/staff development, specialized trainings and other services for non-profit organizations.
