Anxious Kids? How Parents Can Help

Dr. Baran has over 20 years’ experience working with young children in a variety of settings. Her expertise includes infant and young child assessment, autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. She speaks Spanish. She is an avid Tar Heel basketball fan.

Beth hails from Cleveland, Ohio and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her undergraduate education. She was always passionate about improving the lives of children and families, and first gained specialized psychological experience while at UNC conducting assessments for first graders in local schools and then through a Summer Treatment Program during a summer in Chicago. She spent two years working with families in longitudinal research studies at the National Institute of Mental Health outside of Washington, D.C. and then moved to California for her doctoral studies at UCLA. Her research interests include examining environmental and social factors influencing psychological problems in children and adolescents, with the goal of identifying effective targets for treatment. She is an avid Harry Potter fan, loves to cook and enjoys watching and playing almost all sports, especially soccer.