Touchstone Practice Group

Dianne Kelly, MS, LPC has worked progressively in the field of child welfare since 1992. Dianne has held progressive leadership positions within leading private social service and state agencies where her responsibilities have included direct service, policy and program development, and leadership. 

While at the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, Dianne served on the senior leadership team where she had a major role in accomplishing significant changes in the state’s foster care program including participating in all three of the state’s Child and Family Services Reviews and program improvement teams; co-writing the state’s foster and adoptive parent pre-service training; developing the Room, Board and Watchful Oversight Minimum Standards for group home and private agency foster home providers; developing a performance-based monitoring system of private providers; and most recently, spear-heading the implementation of the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standards and Youth Rights and Responsibilities. 

Dianne’s career reflects her deep affinity for serving children and families. She is an experienced clinician, curriculum writer, trainer, and outcome-based program developer. Dianne provides expert witness services in child welfare cases and other consultation in  child welfare services. Dianne has a Master of Science degree in Human Services Counseling and is a licensed clinician in Georgia and Florida.