Child and Youth Development, Counselling, Programme and Project Development, Curriculum Development, Proposal Writing, Research
Mrs. Ceceile Noelle Minott is Head of the Caribbean Child Development Centre and Director of the Consortium for Social Development and Research at the UWI Open Campus. Her areas of specilization includes Child and Youth Development, Counselling, Programme and Project Management and Curriculum Development. Her record of scholarly publications in these subject areas are extensive and include a number of peer reviewed artcles and book chapters. She maintains membership in national, regional and international professional associations.
Recognizing the science associated with post trauma stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, The UWI sought the assistance of experts in the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry to support the work of the UWI COVID-19 Task Force. Mrs. Ceceile Minott, a trained Counsellor, was identified as one of the experts in these disciplines and appointed in March 2020 to function in a new Pyscho-Social unit established within the Task Force. This Unit will interact with campus management teams to help extend counselling services to students and staff, predominantly via distance counselling.
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Member, UWI COVID-19 Task Force (February 2020-present) more..February 2020
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Member of the Child Development Agency (CDA) Steering Committee for Residential Care Sector Review more..September 2016 to 2017
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Member of the Ministry of Education Committee to draft the National Policy on Play more..2010
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Member of the Child Care and Protection Act Revision Technical Advisory Committee of the Child Development Agency more..January 2013 to September 2014
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Member of the CARICOM Technical Working Group on Teaching Innovations and Educational Leadership more..No date provided
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Member of the Advisory Committee for the Caribbean Child Rights ObservatoryNetwork (CCRON) more..2015 to 2017
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Member of the Training Sub-committee of the Early Childhood Commission more..2008 – 2009
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Member of the Planning Committee for the Caribbean Child Research Conference more..2011 to present
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Member of the National Steering Committee on Child Labour (NASTOCL) more..2018- 2019
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The UWI representative on the CARICOM Working Group on Early Childhood more..2012 to 2016
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Member of the Technical Committee for the Ministry of Education Parenting Commission Committee more..2009 - 2010
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Member of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) more..2017 to present
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Member of the Project Steering Committee of the Ministry of Health and Wellness Jamaica for the National Mental Health and Suicide Helpline Project more..2019
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Board Member of the International Association of Laboratory Schools (IALS), an international association of pre-kindergarten through graduate laboratory and university affiliated schools engaged in practices of teacher training, curriculum development, research, professional development, and educational experimentation more..September 2016 to present
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Member of the Technical Working Group for the National Plan of Action for an Integrated Response to Children and Violence. Ministry of Education, Youth and Information more..2017 to 2018
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Member of the Project Advisory Committee for the Institutional Partnership between Sir Arthur Lewis Community College and Seneca College more..2013 to 2016
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Member of the Community Intervention and Parenting Sub-Committee of the Early Childhood Commission more..September 2014 to March 2015
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Member of the Board, Dudley Grant Memorial Trust, a non-government organization which focuses on early childhood development in Jamaica more..2008 – present
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Member of the Childwatch International, a network of research organizations that focus on children and children’s issues comprising over 40 key institutions and many other associated institutions more..2015 to present
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Chair of the Planning Committee for the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust (DGMT) Early Childhood Development annual early childhood conference more..March 2013 to Present
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Country Representative for the World Forum Foundation. An international organization that promotes the on-going global exchange of ideas on quality services for young children more..2016 to present
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Member of the Consultative Group for Early Childhood. A network of early childhood international organisations that convenes, mobilizes and engages global ECCD actors in order to generate a more..2015 to 2016
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Member of the Foundation for the Development of Caribbean Children (FDCC) Strategic Planning & Strategic Oversight Committee, the region’s first indigenous, private foundation dedicated to early childhood development more..2012 to 2014
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[Education and Training]
Master of Arts, Major: Education, (Counsellor Educator); Minor: Deaf Education more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Bachelor of Arts, Major: Psychology, Minor: Speech Pathology more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Associate of Arts, Major: Communication Studies more..Contribution of > Education and Training
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Assisted with the editing of the children’s book ‘Shaggy Parrot and the Reggae Band’ series (2010 – 2011). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Reviewer for the ‘Best Practices for Early Childhood Development Birth to 3 and 3 – 5 years’ book. Ministry of Education and George Brown College Toronto Canada. (2008). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Provide training support to the Early Childhood Commission (ECC) in the areas of parenting and early childhood (2011 to 2012) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Organize and coordinate the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust Early Childhood Expo and the Jamaica Foundation for Children Expo (1996 – 2011). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Organize and coordinate the Early Childhood Expo for Dudley Grant Memorial Trust (2009 – 2011). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Chief Judge for the Caribbean Child Research Conference (2012 to 2017) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Assisted with the drafting of the Regional Development Goals for Children (2013-2015) under the Regional Framework for Action for Children for CARICOM (November 2012). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Participated in Meeting of the Early Childhood Sector to discuss the Financing of the Early Childhood Sector (January 2013) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Developed and implemented the children and parenting helplines for Jamaica and Antigua (1995 – 2000). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Coordinator and reviewer on the revision of the Jamaican Early Childhood Curriculum project (2005 – 2009) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Coordinator and reviewer on the revision of the Jamaican Early Childhood Curriculum project (2005 – 2009). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Serve on the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) evaluation committee for EU Social Service Projects (2017 to 2018) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Organize and coordinate the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust Early Childhood Expo and the Jamaica Foundation for Children Expo (1996 – 2011). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Coordinated the Jamaica Foundation for Children, Children’s Expo (1995 – 2002). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Provide technical assistance to the Child Development Agency (CDA) Jamaica with the establishment of a therapeutic facility for children in State care (March 2014) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Group facilitator for ‘Defining gender socialisation’ at the Regional Workshop on ‘Gender Socialisation for Early Childhood Development Practitioners’. (December 9-10, 2013) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Provide technical assistance to George Brown College, Toronto Canada on early childhood matters in Jamaica (2003 to 2014). more..Contribution of > Membership
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Participated in the Early Childhood Commission National Strategic Planning for 2013- 2017 (May 2013) more..Contribution of > Membership
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Contributor to the Best Practices (Manual) for Early Childhood Development: Birth to Three Years and Three to Five Years (2006-2007) more..Contribution of > Membership
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