Frank Vandervort is Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School where he teaches in the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and co-founded the Juvenile Justice Clinic. He currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Forensic Social Work and a peer reviewer for the journal Child Maltreatment. Mr. Vandervort is the author of numerous book chapters, articles and is a co-author of Seeking Justice in Child Sexual Abuse: Shifting Burdens and Sharing Responsibilities. He has fought for the needs of infants and families in the child welfare system for more than two decades as a lawyer, teacher, policy analyst, activist and advocate. He has worked to integrate Infant Mental Health principals and services into courtrooms, classrooms, conversation and policy. Mr. Vandervort works tirelessly to prevent the death of infants by abuse and neglect through advocacy for accurate, early assessment and effective and immediate intervention within the child welfare system.