Vice President, Child and Youth Services, Centre for Child Development
Dr. Brian Katz is a Registered Psychologist and the Vice President of Child and Youth Services at The Centre for Child Development in Surrey, BC. Dr. Katz received a Ph.D. in clinical-child psychology from DePaul University in Chicago, IL. He also holds masters degrees in psychology from both DePaul University and New York University, and bachelor degrees in Psychology and English Literature from Washington University in St Louis. Dr. Katz completed a residency in pediatric psychology at the Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in juvenile forensic psychology at Brown University Alpert Medical School in Providence, RI where he conducted clinical and research work with youth who were detained, incarcerated, or on probation.
At The Centre, Dr. Katz leads a team of psychologists, social workers, key workers, mental health clinicians and paraprofessional staff providing services to 3,200 children with special needs each year throughout the Lower Mainland of BC. Dr. Katz has research and clinical experience working with children with an array of neurodevelopmental and physical disorders. He is currently a co-investigator on an SSHRC funded study evaluating cognitive development in children with neurodevelopmental disorders as well as Mitacs funded study evaluating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on services to families with young children with NDDs. Dr. Katz is also a contributor to Dino Island, a KBHN funded project based at The University of Victoria, which is a “serious game” designed to remediate executive functioning deficits in children with NDDs.
