Shelley Cohen Konrad, PhD, LCSW, FNAP is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Collaborative Education and a social work professor at the University of New England. She graduated from Boston University, received an MSW and PhD from Simmons University, and is a Distinguished Scholar and Fellow in the National Academies of Practice and the Social Work Academy. She is a prolific writer and editor. Her book Child and Family Practice: A Relational Perspective, first and second editions, is used in classrooms around the country. She lives on the coast of Maine. Michal Sela-Amit, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work in Los Angeles. She received BA and MA degrees in social work summa cum laude from the University of Haifa, Israel, and a PhD from the University of Southern California. She specializes in working with children, youth, and families, and teaches advanced practice courses in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Southern California. She lives in Los Angeles, California.