Family Defense

Marty Beyer is a nationally-recognized juvenile justice and child welfare consultant. She assisted in the implementation of statewide strengths/needs-based child welfare practice in Alabama and Oregon, served as an expert in Dupuy v. Samuels in Illinois concerning family-centered safety planning techniques, and in Rosie D. in Massachusetts concerning the use of Medicaid funds for intensive, home-based services for children.

She is assisting the New York child welfare agency to implement visit coaching, and also serves on the Katie A. Panel implementing foster care reforms in Los Angeles. She assists states in designing delinquency services, focusing on the impact of a young person's cognitive, moral and identity development, experience of trauma, and and disability upon his or her offense, competence and potential for rehabilitation. Ms. Beyer has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yale University.