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Meet Dr. Jean Clinton, MD FRCP (C)

Dr. Jean Clinton is an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster University, division of Child Psychiatry. She is on staff at McMaster Children's Hospital and an Associate in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster. In addition, she is an Associate in the Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Sick Children's Hospital; and an Associate Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies. She has been a consultant to child welfare and children's mental health programs for 25 years. Currently, Dr. Clinton is a consultant with the Telepsychiatry at Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto.

Her community involvement is extensive. For 20 years, she has been a consultant to early years and child care programs in Hamilton. She is a member of the National Advisory Committee for the Welcome to Kindergarten Program with The Learning Partnership and has served as an expert advisor for "Invest In Kids Parenting Initiative". She was a founding Board member and Fellow of Fraser Mustard's Council for Early Child Development. Her skills as a knowledge translator are frequently called upon and she gives many presentations to community groups annually, both nationally and internationally.

Currently, as a member of Hamilton's Best Start Network, she leads the Primary Care Engagement Strategy for the enhanced 18-month well-baby-visits and is the Faculty lead for the provincial primary care education strategy through the Offord Centre.

Dr. Clinton has authored papers on early child development and poverty, infant neglect, children's mental health, resilience and adolescent brain development.

She advocates for a system for children's well-being and promotes Asset Building believing All Kids are Our Kids.

Presentation Resources

Please note: Presentations specific to locations will be posted for a limited time.

• Niagara Parenting Presentation
• Muskoka ECE Presentation
• Influences on Infant and Toddler Behaviour Presentation
• Floortime Presentation
• St. Catherines Early Childhood Development Presentation
• Thunder Bay Presentation
• Tucson AZ Early Childhood Development and Literacy Presentation
• The First ‘R’: Relationships - Families Matter
• The Adolescent Brain
• Literacy, Health and Early Childhood – What's the Link?
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada - May 2008
• All Kids Are Our Kids - May 2008
• The First "R" Relationships – Relationships with our Children are Key to Health and Resilience

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Articles and Links of Interest

Affiliated with McMaster University and McMaster Children's Hospital, the Offord Centre for Child Studies is an internationally recognized research centre focused on the influences that shape the developmental health and well-being of children and youth.

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The Founders' Network links a diverse group of individuals from across Canada and in other countries. We are an international collection of people interested in promoting the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR), science and technology, early childhood, economic issues, determinants of health and human development.

We break down barriers between specialists and disciplines, and between thinking and the real world . The result is innovative thinking from pooled knowledge that proposes practical solutions for our societies in the here and now.

• Visit our web site at The Founders' Network

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