Jean Kelly, Ph.D. Professor Co-Director, Center on Infant Mental Health & Development Family and Child Nursing Box 357920 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7262 Email Address: jkelly@u.washington.edu

Dr. Jean Kelly is Professor, Family and Child Nursing and Co-Director, Center on Infant Mental Health & Development. Her research focus is on how early caregiving affects children's develoment, including chidren at high social risk, those diagnosed with delays and/or disabilities, and typically developing children. She developed and published a research- and practice-based preventive intervention program to enhance caregiver-child relationships, both in home-visiting and center-based programs. She is director of NCAST-AVENUW Programs, an organization that develops and disseminates research-based products and training to provide nurturing environments for young children. She also directs Promoting First Relationships, a prevention program dedicated to promoting young children's social-emotional develoment through responsive, nuturing caregiver-child relationships. She is chair of the Center on Human Development and Disability Early Intervention Task Force and is on the governing board of the Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network.

Links NCAST-AVENUW Jean F. Kelly (Director) Promoting First Relationships Jean F. Kelly (Director) Community of Science Profile

Current Projects

• Educare Program Support and Evaluation (Principal Investigator)
• Promoting First Relationships for Prevention and Early Intervention Programs to Strengthen Families in King County   (Principal Investigator)
• Promoting First Relationships: Supporting the Social/Emotional Development of Young Children in Child Care (Principal Investigator)
• Promoting Infant Mental Health in Foster Care (Key Personnel)
• UW Autism Center of Excellence (Co-Investigator)
• UW Autism Center of Excellence  (Co-Investigator)

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