Jane Williams

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About Jane Williams

Dr Jane Williams (PhD) is a researcher and educator and who is actively involved in the development of high quality early childhood development and parent education programs in Australia, Asia and Europe. The GymbaROO/KindyROO program, in which she has been involved, focuses on the delivery of a program that promotes healthy neurological, social and physical growth in the first five years of life. Importantly the program actively engages parents in their children’s development from birth. Spreading the message about the importance of development in the early years is a primary aim of Jane's. Dr Williams has a number of journal publications aimed at drawing the attention of early childhood health professionals to the importance of early childhood development, prevention and early intervention. She has presented at a number of conferences in Australia, and the EU, and was an invited speaker at several of these. Jane is currently an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. For 10 years she was involved in a varied program of tertiary teaching in both academic and clinical domains within the school, having taught across very diverse environments, to people with a large variety of interests and within enormously differing age groups.