T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.

A noted international expert on child development,

Dr. Brazelton is Clinical Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the Founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston. 

He is also Founder of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, a preventative outreach program that trains professionals nationwide to better serve families of infants and toddlers. He is creator of the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), which is used worldwide to test physical and neurological responses of newborns as well as their psychological well-being.

Among his 40 books on pediatrics and child development are The Irreducible Needs of Children, Infants and Mothers, which has been translated into 18 languages, Touchpoints: Birth to Three and Touchpoints: Three to Six.