About SMART Family System
Jay D. Tarnow, M.D.
Jay Tarnow, M.D. is a board certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and of the American Psychiatric Association.
Dr. Tarnow is considered a leading national expert on childhood and family stress, as well as on psychosomatic illness, and has conducted research in the area of Self-Management Disorders (i.e., ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome, PDD) for the past 20 years. He is also well known for his expertise in developing cost effective programs and has acted as a consultant to the National Institute of Mental Health and healthcare corporations.
Dr. Tarnow has served as Executive Director of the Houston Child Guidance Center and as Director of Child Psychiatry Training at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and at the University of Texas Medical School.
He was a City Commissioner on the Houston Human Services Advisory Council and was an active member of the Mayor's Task Force on Drug Abuse and Children. He has served on the Board of the American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children and was the President of the Houston Society of Adolescent Psychiatry.
Allen Wrinkle
Allen Wrinkle is the Chief Operating Officer of Self Management, LLC and has over 21 years of experience architecting, designing, and developing custom software solutions for a variety of industries. He is unique in that he is one of only a few people who can simultaneously operate at a very detailed, technical level, manage large projects, and be fully functional in business matters and strategy. He has been President of a small software consulting company called Clarity Solutions, Inc. since 1996.
He graduated with honors with a BS in Computer Science and an MBA in Finance and Management Information Systems from University of Houston. He is also a certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) as licensed by the PMI organization.
At the Self Management company, Allen has worked with Dr. Tarnow and staff for the past 2 years to refine the requirements for the SMART Family System software. He has architected, designed, and developed the software to meet the needs of the clients in a way that no one else has previously accomplished. In addition, he designed the system with pliability in mind, ensuring that the software is easily adaptable to other applications and flexible enough to handle changing business needs.
Just a few fun facts: Allen is a 2X Ironman Triathlete. He is also an ultrarunner who has completed five 100 mile ultramarathon trail runs, one of which in just over 23 hours.
Myah Tarnow Gittelson, Psy.D.
Dr. Gittelson was awarded her doctorate degree from the California School of Professional Psychology program at Alliant International University. She received clinical training in the area of Child and Family therapy and assessment. Dr. Gittelson has adopted the Self-ManagementTM model to use with children and families who are struggling with executive functioning skills, including her own 7-year-old daughter, 4-year-old son, and eventually with her now 1-year-old son.
In addition, Dr. Gittelson for the last 4 years provided a full complement of psychological services in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. Recently, she has relocated to the Los Angeles, California area, where she is in the process of establishing a private practice. Simultaneously Dr. Gittelson continues working on development and marketing for the SMART Family System and the SMART Emotional Health Assessment Online.