Ms. Katie Cummings is employed by Brown University Health as the lead Behavioral Health Clinician at the Rhode Island Training School (RITS), Rhode Island’s only juvenile correctional facility. At the RITS, Ms. Cummings conducts initial clinical assessments and provides individual and group therapy for youth who are detained or adjudicated. She has been working with youth in the juvenile justice system for six years and has considerable experience working with adolescents, particularly those with extensive trauma histories and gang involvement as well as Substance Use Disorders and Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders. She also works as an outpatient therapist for youth who were recently released from the RITS. Ms. Cummings provides supervision to Master’s Level clinicians and additional trainees. She earned her M.A. in Forensic Mental Health Counseling from Roger William’s University in 2020.