Chris E. Kraus, JD, MTS
Title
Adolescent Advocacy Manager
Email
christopher.kraus@cchmc.org
Phone
513-363-7794
Fax
513-363-7765
Bio
Adolescent advocacy through a healthcare institution means giving a meaningful voice to young adult leaders in the establishment of creative sustainable health programs.
Advocacy programs include school-based peer education programs like Postponing Sexual Involvement (PSI), school-based health centers, reclaiming youth in the justice system who have substance abuse or severe emotional health issues, and "Unreleased" -- Young Artists Live in Concert.
With a background in education and counseling, Chris Kraus, JD, MTS, became involved with the Cincinnati Postponing Sexual Involvement Program in 1990 as the first PSI coordinator for Children's.
A native Cincinnatian, Kraus earned a law degree from Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, while coordinating the PSI program in the Cincinnati Public Schools for 4,000 students annually.
Currently, as adolescent advocacy manager, Kraus leads other hospital initiatives, such as school-based health centers, adolescent justice programs, and a city-wide youth talent showcase, while maintaining active involvement in daily PSI operations.
Kraus' professional accomplishments include:
- Chairing the ethics committee of national accreditation board for psychotherapy
- Founding a nationally recognized educational teen theatre; The Troubadours of Northern Kentucky
- Directing a nationally recognized teen pregnancy prevention media campaign
- Writing successful grant applications for public health projects
- Presenting training workshops on race relations and sex education
- Developing mediation training manual for youth and family services
- Training law enforcement officers in domestic violence intervention
- Counseling families in crisis at emergency shelter for youths
- Co-editing the SERB Bulletin reporting on Ohio State Employment Relations Board
- Directing PSI PAYOFFSM, a nationally recognized teen pregnancy prevention training program from its inception
Credentials
JD: Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Evening Division, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, 1996.
MTS: Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA.,1985. Program in Religion and Secondary Education, Roothbert Fellow.
AB: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME,1982.
Fellowships
Psychodrama internship: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, DC, 1982-83.
Judicial externship: Sr. U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel, Cincinnati, OH, 1995-96.
Certifications
Supreme Court of Ohio, Attorney Registration #0066522; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division.
Secondary School Teacher Certification in Behavioral Sciences, by Massachusetts Department of Education, and in Psychology/Sociology by Ohio Department of Education, 1985.
Psychodrama Practitioner, Certification by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.
Research
Prevention program effectiveness; how to start effective sustainable peer education programs.
Publications, Most Recent
Kraus CK & Rauh, JL. Consent, Confidentiality, and Privacy, in Slap, G, (Ed) Adolescent Medicine,The Requisites in Pediatrics, Mosby Elsevier, 2008.
Special Interests
School-based health education; peer education; cultural diversity; urban education; civil rights; juvenile court system.
