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Graduate Student
Office
408 Wolf Hall
(302) 831-6328
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Primary Advisor
Mary Dozier
Kristin Bernard
Attachment, intervention, foster care, child development
I am a third-year graduate student working with Mary Dozier in the Infant Caregiver Project Lab. I am involved with several projects examining the effectiveness of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up intervention for children who have faced early adversity. I am interested in the effects of early disruptions in care on child outcomes, such as attachment, behavior, and biological regulation. I am also interested in how having a committed foster caregiver influences a child’s development.
Recent Publications
Dozier, M., Shauffer, C., Bernard, K. , & Peloso, E. Giving away research for young children in the foster care system. In H. R. Schaffer & K. Durkin (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Developmental Psychology in Action. Manuscript in preparation.
Bernard, K. , & Dozier, M. (2008). This is My Baby: Foster parents’ feelings of commitment and displays of delight. Manuscript in preparation.
Bernard, K. , & Dozier, M. (2008). Adoption and foster placement. In M. M. Haith & J. B. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Academic Press.
