Under her leadership, ICAN has coordinated services among public and private agencies for the identification, treatment and prevention of child abuse in Los Angeles County. Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States . ICAN's work in Los Angeles County has lead to numerous state and federal grants to provide its expertise to professionals and organizations both in the State of California and nationally. Paul's legal career has focused on child abuse, delinquency, sexual assault and family violence related matters. Paul is also an adjunct associate professor at the UCLA Neuro-Psychiatric Institute, and has spoken before hundreds of organizations as a trainer, lecturer and keynote address invitee.
Similar teams exist in Australia and Canada.
Dr. Durfee has consulted internationally and on site in over half of the US States. This consultation led to the development of national directories by state, association, federal agency and international contacts. He also developed a unique multiagency, child death data base matching system that is in place in California and anticipated as a national system. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He has formally published in the medical literature on child death, sexual abuse of the young, and HIV in child sexual abuse.