Kirk Ward received his Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver and completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology and History from the University of Colorado. He has worked in various capacities at Mount Saint Vincent since 1984, becoming Clinical Director in 1999 and Executive Director in 2015.Kirk Ward, has been named a CTA Fellow by The ChildTrauma Academy of Houston, Texas. Fellows are nominated based on their recognized capacity to work well in cross-institutional settings and their ability to communicate effectively across disciplines. Ward joins the ranks of 30 people around the world who are specialists in the treatment of children who suffer from the effects of trauma, often due to physical or sexual abuse. The ChildTrauma Academy (CTA) is a not-for-profit organization that works to improve the lives of children through service, research and education, primarily through the application of the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT). The model was developed by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D., a renowned child trauma expert and founder of the CTA.