Viviana Carlevaris Colonnetti

Psychologist, psychotherapist, legal and forensic psychologist, expert in child abuse and maltreatment: prevention, early detection, and taking charge. Technical consultant to the International Law Association Il Foro (Rome) on all types of violence. Lecturer in specialized courses in Italy organized by University of Tor Vergata, Lazio Region, Veneto Region, and the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences of the Venetias - Theological Faculty of Northern Italy. Founding member of the Central Commission for the Promotion of the Welfare and Safeguarding of Minors of the Focolare Movement - CO.BE.TU. - based in Rocca di Papa (Rome), operational since 2013.Co-author and editor of the book, “Custodiar la infancia – Promoción del bienestar y la protección integral de niños y adolescentes” – Editorial Ciudad Nueva, Buenos Aires, January 2018, then also translated into Portuguese and Italian. She writes articles on Minors’ Safeguarding for the Ciudad Nueva magazine editions of Colombia, Paraguay, and Argentina, as well as for AFN-ONLUS' Spazio Famiglia magazine.