T. BERRY BRAZELTON

WHO IS HE?

• HE IS A NOTED PEDIATRICIAN AND AUTHOR IN THE UNITED STATES.
• clinical professor of pediatrics emeritus at Harvard Medical School
• founder of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Children’s Hospital Boston.
• author of bestselling books that examine important relationships in the lives of babies and young children

WHAT WAS HIS THEORY?

• examined the developmental spurts that characterize early childhood
• produced a series of books
• innovative pediatric approaches that have changed the way
• society regards caring for children

HOW DOES THEIR THEORY RELATE TO C.D PRACTICE?

• They call him the “baby whisperer,” a term that communicates Brazelton’s empathy
• respect for infants and children and acknowledges the acceptance of his theories.