Susan Goff Timmer, Ph.D.
Research Grant Program Officer
Volunteer Clinical Associate Professor
Locations and Contact
Additional Numbers
Clinic Phone
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Timmer’s research and publications have focused on the effectiveness of parenting interventions for vulnerable families. She has investigated the effectiveness of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for traumatized children, PCIT training and implementation in county mental health systems. She also co-developed a brief parenting intervention, Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE), and is engaged in evaluating its effectiveness and in training others to provide the treatment.
Division
General Pediatrics
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
A.B., Psychology, Smith College, Northhampton MA 1976
Other School
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 1981
Other School
M.A., Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 1980
Timmer SG, Hawk B, Usacheva M, Armendariz L, Boys DK, Urquiza AJ. The Long and the Short of It: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Feb;54(1):255-265. doi:10.1007/s10578-021-01257-9. Epub 2021 Sep 29. PMID:34586551.
Hawk BN, Timmer SG, Armendariz LAF, Boys DK, Urquiza AJ, Fernández Y Garcia E. Improving Children's Behavior in Seven Sessions: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) for Children Aged 2-10 Years. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Aug 11:1–14. doi:10.1007/s10578-022-01406-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35951209.
Timmer SG, Usacheva M, Maise A, Hutchison S, Armendariz L, Herschell A. Psychometric properties of the Weekly Assessment of Child Behaviors- Positive form (WACB-P). J Emotional Behavior Disorders. 2021 Mar 19;29(4). doi:10.1177/10634266211000618.
Hawk BN, Timmer SG, Armendariz LAF, Boys DK, Urquiza AJ. Improving behaviors and placement stability for young foster children: An open trial of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) in the Child Welfare System. Child Youth Services Review. 2020 Dec;119:105614. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105614.
Timmer SG, Hawk B, Forte LA, Boys DK, Urquiza AJ. An Open Trial of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE)-A 6-Week Dyadic Parenting Intervention for Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2019 Feb;50(1):1-12. doi:10.1007/s10578-018-0814-8. PMID:29855819.
Timmer SG, Urquiza AJ, Forte LA, Boys DK, Quick-Abdullah D, Chan S, Gould W. Filling potholes on the implementation highway: Evaluating the implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy in Los Angeles County. Child Abuse & Neglect, Special Issue on Implementation. 2016;53:40-50. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.11.011.
Timmer SG, Thompson D, Culver MA, Urquiza AJ, Altenhofen S. Mothers' physical abusiveness in a context of violence: effects on the mother-child relationship. Dev Psychopathol. 2012 Feb;24(1):79-92. doi:10.1017/S0954579411000678. PMID:22292995.
Timmer SG, Urquiza AJ. Evidence-Based Approaches for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Maltreatment, Springer, New York NY. 2013.
Timmer SG, Hawk BN, Washington AMI, Urquiza AJ. Trauma-Informed Care for Maltreated Children: Evidence-Based Treatments from a Developmental Perspective. Korbin J, Krugman R (Eds). Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy, 2nd Ed, Springer, New York NY. 2021.
Timmer SG, Hawk B, Urquiza AJ. Effective delivery of PCIT with children who have an intellectual and developmental disorder. Lutzker J, Guastaferro K (Eds). Evidence-based Parenting Programmes for Parents of Children with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities, Jessica Kingsley, Philadelphia PA. 2018.