He has extensive training and experience evaluating and treating complex trauma, PTSD, and attachment disorders. He is fluent in American Sign Language and for more than 35 years he has served Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing children, their families, and service providers. He has provided a range of services through his private therapy practice as well as in his role as consultant for public school deaf education programs as well as state schools for the deaf. He has also provided services supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals in social service agencies, group homes, treatment/foster care programs, hospitals, and correctional facilities. He has presented on a variety of topics including deafness, attachment disorders, trauma, problems of self-regulation, and brain development.