Senior Training & Project Specialist
Christa Doty joined the Butler Institute for Families in 2004, bringing with her extensive experience as a child welfare caseworker and supervisor. She has worked in child protection and adolescent intake, and served as child welfare liaison with community-based intervention programs. Her supervisory experience is in child welfare, family intervention, and intensive in-home solution-focused treatment. Ms. Doty’s areas of expertise and interest include multi-systemic therapy, solution-focused practice, adolescent services, and family-centered practice. She has trained with the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and the National Children’s Advocacy Center (NCAC), and is widely known for her expertise in and training on forensic interviewing. Ms. Doty has taught extensively across the United States and as far away as Bermuda. While traveling abroad in Nepal, she was given the opportunity by the Friends of Needy Children (FNC) organization to provide training to local foster parents around challenges they face in their system.
Ms. Doty, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), is a trainer for the Colorado Child Welfare Training Academy, trains new and advanced child welfare professionals, and provides consultation and technical assistance in the area of child welfare practice and training. She also co-leads the Butler Institute’s work on the Colorado Child Welfare Intern Academy and the Child Welfare Title IV-E Stipend Program, and has been adjunct faculty at the Graduate School of Social Work, teaching in the child welfare track. Ms. Doty has a BA in Communication from the University of Puget Sound and an MSW from the University of Denver.
