Dr. Charles Flatter is the Chair of the Department of Human Development and Director of the Institute for Child Study at the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland.
Dr. Flatter has authored several child development textbooks; in addition, he has developed numerous drug abuse prevention curricula and materials, including Learning to Live Drug Free: A Curriculum Model for Prevention, published by the United States Department of Education and distributed to every school and every school system in the United States.
Dr. Flatter also developed The Parent Connection, a program designed to enhance parent-child communication and help parents help their children avoid substance use and other risky behaviors.