The Ipswich Public Library is pleased to offer a parenting program designed specifically for the adults of our families,  focused on children in Kindergarten through Grade 5.  Our speaker, Jayne Singer PhD, will speak about anxiety in school age children, in an informal and interactive program in the Collins Room.    Seats are limited. 

The program starts at 6:30 p.m. so that caregivers can have supper and get children into their pajamas before they attend!  Coffee, tea, and cookies will be provided in the Children's Room before and after the program, providing time for our guests to visit with each other too!

We are honored to have Jayne Singer, PhD, IECMH-E® as our speaker.  Her background: Developmental and Relational Health Outreach and Programming, Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Division of Developmental Medicine - Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School -

Dr. Singer has 40+ years of experience in hospital, school, and community-based settings. At Boston Children’s, she provides evaluation and treatment for families and children aged birth throughout childhood with medical, developmental, emotional, behavioral, and familial challenges including trauma. She is President of the Massachusetts Association for Infant Mental Health. At BCH, she co-launched an early detection of Autism program and the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program. She is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an International Facilitator of the Brazelton Touchpoints Approach and the Newborn Behavioral Observations system. At BTC, she spearheaded the Early Care and Education Initiative as an adaptation of the Touchpoints Approach to infuse preventive social-emotional health into early education. This developed into BTC’s Tribal Touchpoints Initiative as well as the Federal Office of Head Start National Center of Parent, Family, and Community Engagement. She also created adaptations of the Touchpoints Approach for families living with children with developmental challenges and for families in the context of SUD recovery, as well as for mental health practitioners. She is the primary author of the Touchpoints in Early Care and Education Reference Guide and the Touchpoints in Reflective Practice guides for practitioners and mentors.