Meet the Guest

Kristin Valentino

Director, William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families & William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families Professor of Psychology

Kristin Valentino’s research addresses how maltreatment affects child development, with a focus on the caregiving behaviors that may promote risk and/or resilience among maltreating families. She evaluates how interventions may be designed to improve caregiving and, in turn, to improve developmental outcomes for maltreated children.

“As such, this work informs clinical and policy efforts designed to improve the welfare of maltreated children and families, including programs that may be readily disseminated to communities nationally.”

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