Linda Garofallou is an affiliate faculty member at The Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health (CAECMH) at Montclair State University, where she teaches Tactile & Sensory Foundations of Child Development and is a member of the CAECMH Integrative Multi-disciplinary Consultation team. She developed and directs the Center’s Florek Grant for QST Parent Trainings & Support.
Formerly at Children’s Hospital of NJ at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, she has worked extensively with families and children with a wide range of serious medical diagnoses. She has developed a variety of community pediatric sensory programs for at-risk children & families.
Linda holds a Master’s degree in biology/human physiology, a post graduate certification in Infant & Preschool Mental Health and holds the Level III Clinical Endorsement in Infant Mental Health®. She is licensed in the Shanker Method® of Self-Reg, is a Certified Qigong Sensory Treatment Therapist, faculty trained in Brazelton’s Touchpoints and a NJ State licensed massage therapist.
Publications:
Garofallou, L. & Silva, L.M.T. (in publication) An At-Home Guide to Children’s Sensory and Behavioral Problems: Qigong Sensory Treatment for Parents & Clinicians, New York: Routledge.
Baker-Pitts, C, Bloom, C, Eichenbaum, L, Garofallou, L, Orbach, S, Petrucelli, J, Silva, V, Tortora, S. (2015) The Acquisition of a Body: Establishing a New Paradigm &
Introducing a Clinical Assessment Tool to Explore the Intergenerational.
Transmission of Embodiment. The BODI—The Body Observational Diagnostic
Interview. In Body-States: Interpersonal and Relational Perspectives on the Treatment of Eating Disorders - Sustainability in Recovery, Edited by Jean Petrucelli, Ph.D., 302-315, New York: Routledge.
Pugliese, P.T. & Garofallou, L. (1995) Lymphatic Drainage Massage. In Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2 Vols. Edited by Stephen Bosniak, M.D. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company.