Betsy McAlister Groves

Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, LICSW, is a clinical social worker and founding director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center. She has served as an associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and as co-director of Boston Medical Center’s Child Protection Team. Her professional work and research focus on the effects of family and community violence on young children and on trauma-focused interventions.

Groves is the author of Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project (Beacon Press, 2002), which examines how children understand and are affected by witnessing violence and offers guidance for parents and other caregivers.