| BIO: Jayne D. B. Marsh, M. S., M. A.
An Early Childhood Specialist and Educator with over 30 years experience in the field of early childhood in a variety of professional and educational settings.
Ms. Marsh is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Maine (USM) Lewiston-Auburn College (LAC) in the Social Behavioral Science (SBS) Program, Early Childhood Studies. She is one of three Infant Mental Health Trainers in the state of Maine sanctioned by the Maine Association of Infant Mental Health teaching an Infant Mental Health Introduction course. Jayne additionally provides professional trainings / workshops at the USM Center for Continuing Education in Portland, Maine as well as to various organizations and agencies. She presents early childhood topics at local, regional, state, national and international conferences / institutes and also facilitates parent education-support groups and reflective practice groups. Her areas of interest include early childhood development, infant mental health, attachment, emotional health, resilience, brain & behavior, preventive-intervention assessment, parenting / parenting mental health, community health, self care and reflective practice.
Ms. Marsh was involved in the development of the AIMS System of Practice as a Research Associate at USM, Muskie School of Public Service (MSPS), Child and Family Institute (CFI). She directed ongoing AIMS projects at MSPS, CFI and worked on other projects related to early childhood, including the Parents in Partnership project which focused on families who have children with special needs, for which she is the Editor of, From the Heart: On Being the Mother of a Child with Special Needs, published by Woodbine House, and worked with a private foundation project which focused on impacting the moral development of preschool children through the reflective practice of their teachers.
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