Who We Are
Jim Henry, PhD, LLMSW, is the director of the FASTER Program and a clinician. Jim Henry is a professor and was the director for Western Michigan University Children's Trauma Assessment Center for 23 years that provided comprehensive neurodevelopmental trauma assessments to 6,000 children. He is now the director of Western Michigan University’s SAMHSA NCTSN grant providing family assessments and Trust Based Relational Intervention. His history includes 17 years in child protective services. Dr. Henry has published numerous research articles. He has presented to over 150,000 participants nationwide on trauma, trauma assessment, resiliency, secondary trauma, and building trauma informed systems. He has been a recipient of several awards for his leadership, commitment, and services to children and families who have experienced trauma.
Evie Jefferies, LMSW, is a clinician for FASTER. She received her master’s degree from Western Michigan University and has worked in child, adult, and family trauma assessment for four years, mostly at CTAC. She is a PhD student at Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary Health Sciences program.
Sarah Meyer is FASTER’s office manager. She received her master’s in social work from Western Michigan University and worked in child trauma assessment with CTAC for 7 years before joining FASTER.
Bryan Warner, LMSW, is a clinician for FASTER and a part-time instructor at Western Michigan University School of Social Work. He has over 20 years’ experience working with children and families at the private, county, and state levels. He currently is a student in the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences PhD program at Western Michigan University.
Mark Sloane, DO works as a consultant for FASTER, conducting remote FASD evaluations and medication consultations for child clients of FASTER. has been a board-certified practicing pediatrician for more than 42 years and is considered a local, regional, and statewide expert in the diagnosis/treatment of pediatric disorders of mood, behavior, learning, and attention. He has evaluated/treated 10,000 children with these disorders, and from 2003-2019 (after 20 years practicing primary care general pediatrics) he owned and operated a specialty practice limited to neurobehavioral / neurodevelopmental pediatrics.
He also serves as a trauma-informed medical consultant and provides trauma-informed / FASD-informed training and consultation for a variety of child welfare agencies, community mental health groups, schools, courts, and primary care practices throughout Michigan and across the US. Since 2011, Sloane has provided trauma-informed training and consultation to more than 800 primary care providers/staff across MI and the US, and is currently providing training and consultation for multiple school-centered community collaborative trauma projects across MI.