Kenneth J. Lau, LCSW-R

Kenneth J. Lau is a licensed certified social worker who has been employed at Children FIRST, Fordham University as program director for the past seventeen years.  In addition, he has been employed part time at Westchester Jewish Community Center, Treatment Center for Trauma and Abuse as the Coordinator of sex offender services for over twenty years.  He is also on the training faculty for the New York State Children’s Justice Task Force Forensic Best Practice Training. Mr. Lau has been training caseworkers, mental health workers, law enforcement personnel and attorneys throughout New York State on issues related to child sexual abuse for over twenty-five years. He teaches classes at Fordham related to interpersonal trauma and the Identification and Reporting Child Abuse that is required for mandated reporters to be licensed in NYS.  Mr. Lau has been accepted as an expert in the area of child sexual abuse and offending behavior in both family and criminal court in New York State. 

Mr. Lau coordinated the sex abuse investigations in Nassau County for over six years.   In that capacity, he worked closely with child protective services, law enforcement, district attorney office and other members of the Nassau County MDT.

In his clinical practice, both at a local mental health clinic and in his private practice, Mr. Lau is responsible for the ongoing evaluation and treatment of  adults and youthful offenders in Westchester County.  In addition, he serves as a consultant to other educators, caseworkers, law enforcement personnel and mental health care providers on the investigation and treatment of victims of sexual abuse and their families.

Mr. Lau background includes over 15 years work in the child welfare system in both foster care and preventive services in New York State.  His duties included eight years as director of a foster boarding home program and preventive service programs at child welfare agencies in the Bronx.  He was the initial chairperson of the Bronx Child Abuse Task Force and for two years was board president of the New York Federation on Child Abuse and in May, 2005 he was elected President of the New York State Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (NYSATSA).