A licensed professional counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of New Orleans and currently owns a private psychotherapy practice in Baton RougeDr. Dean brings eleven years of experience in hospitals, residential treatment facilities, the U.S. Army, and private outpatient psychotherapy practice to Focus on Families, where he provides research coordination and program development services including statistical analysis of Focus on Families’ Primary Project progress and impact on children.  Additionally, he is integral in supporting the efforts of Focus on Families to secure funding opportunities to promote the services and viability of our organization. Suzanne McCann, LPC-S, LMFT, LAC, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (Clinical Director) With a background including 20 years of administrative and supervisory roles in hospital, private practice, and managed behavioral healthcare settings.  Kevin and his wife, Suzanne, undertook to start Focus on Families as a non-profit organization to provide counseling services, family-based activities, and other services to be responsive to and supportive of families with special needs.  In addition to providing oversight and administrative support to the staff of Focus on Families, Kevin seeks out and pursues funding opportunities which will promote and enhance those services being provided families in their educational, work, spiritual and social communities. Christian Dean, Ph.D., LPC, LMFT Director of Programs & Evaluation Sue McCann  is both a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor, specializing in helping counselor interns and therapists to acquire expertise in working with families using evidence- based, creative interventions.  Sue was singularly instrumental in bringing the highly-acclaimed Primary Project from the Children’s Institute of Rochester, NY, to Louisiana, and has provided directorship for and clinical oversight of these services in public and private elementary schools in the New Orleans area in recent years. Under her direction and supervision, Focus on Families’ Primary Project program continues to positively impact and support children and their families in three schools in Harvey, Metairie, and New Orleans.  Sue owns a private outpatient psychotherapy practice in Metairie, LA, and this year she initiated with two elementary schools the provision of additional supportive services, culminating in Focus on Families contracting to provide part-time counselors at two elementary schools to afford the school communities access to direct counseling services.  Sue is highly regarded by her colleagues for her extensive experience as well as her propensity to share her skills with other professionals through training opportunities offered by Insights of New Orleans.  A published author and polished trainer, Sue has delivered over 70 presentations including state, national, and international conferences as well as for the administrators and management personnel of a Fortune 500 company.  She was invited last year to be a key speaker at the 25th anniversary of the Children’s Institute in Rochester, NY, the home office and birthplace of Primary Project. Kevin McCann, M.Ed. (Executive Director) Focus on Families was officially designated a 501 (c) (3) organization in February 2007.  Many volunteer hours have been dedicated to ensuring that our mission, direction, and goals remain succinct, strong and in clear focus as we continue to grow. Our administrative office and records are maintained in Montz, LA, with services directed and provided through our Metairie, LA, office in a location easily accessible from all over the New Orleans area.  Presently, Focus on Families provides direct on- campus services to children in elementary schools in New Orleans, Metairie, and Harvey, LA, supports clinical services to children and families of at least six other schools, and supplements the provision of counseling interventions to an increasing number of area individuals, couples, and families. We believe in the sanctity of the family