Jennifer Maeverde

Jennifer Maeverde

jennifer.maeverde@maine.edu

Research Associate

Early Childhood Mental Health

University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies
5717 Corbett Hall, Rm 234
Orono, ME 04469-5717
207.949.2463 (cell)

Education

M.A., Counseling Psychology, Goddard College
B.S., Psychology, University of Maine

Project Affiliations

Specialty Areas

  • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) – clinical experience with children, adolescents and families both in inpatient and outpatient settings

Professional Memberships and Service

  • Council for Exceptional Children Division of Early Childhood,
  • Family Childcare Association of Maine (FCCAM), and
  • Maine Association for the Education of Young Children (ME AEYC)

Professional Development

  • Trainee: Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Training Program, NH LEND Program Partnership with University of Maine (2012-2013)
  • SISEP Implementation Specialist Micro-Credentialing Program (2024)
  • Hanley Center for Health Leadership Development (2022)
  • Maine Technical Assistance Credential (2021)
  • Georgetown University Leadership Institute on Cultural and Linguistic Competence (2018)

Presentations

Maeverde, J. (2021, November). Breaking Silos through Narrative Advocacy (PDF). Poster presented at the AUCD 2021 Virtual Conference.

Humphreys, E., & Maeverde, J. (2021, September 22). Overview of NH-ME ECHO SCOPE: Supporting children of the opioid epidemic. (Zoom Recording). Peer-reviewed poster presentation at the Division for Early Childhood 37thAnnual International Conference on Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families: A Virtual Event.

Morneault, M., & Maeverde, J. (2016, October). Practical strategies when behaviors are challenging. Concurrent session at the Maine Roads to Quality (MRTQ) Early Care and Education Professional Development Network Symposium 2016: Creating Strategies for Promoting Social and Emotional Development, Newry, ME.

Maeverde, J., & Bragdon-Morneault, M. (2015). Putting the pieces together when everything falls apart: Reflections on situations of challenging behavior. Concurrent session at the 2015 New England Head Start Annual Spring Conference. Rockport, ME, April 16, 2015.

Bragdon-Morneault, M., & Maeverde, J. (2013, May). Update: Building a foundation of cooperative behavior monograph. Capstone poster presentation at NH LEND Program Partnership at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

Publications

Downs, J., Blagojevic, B., Labas, L., Kendrick, M., Maeverde, J. (2011) Growing ideas tipsheets: social emotional development series. Orono, ME: University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies https://ccids.umaine.edu/resources/ec-growingideas/social-emotional-development/

Downs, J. & Maeverde, J. (2008) RELATE: early childhood mental health consultation curriculum. Orono, ME: University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies