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Mary Harrison, PhD, LICSW, IMH-E®, leads training programs in infant mental health and reflective practice for professionals in child welfare, early care and education, early childhood special education, and other disciplines. She works in close partnership with the UMN Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW). Her research focuses on using an infant mental health informed reflective supervision/consultation model to support professionals working with infants, young children, and families across a variety of settings. She is one of the authors of the Reflective Interaction Observation Scale (RIOS™) as well as other publications on reflective supervision/consultation. She has been providing reflective consultation to child welfare and other early childhood professionals for over 14 years. In her previous clinical practice roles, she has directed child abuse prevention efforts and provided mental health treatment to infants, young children, and families.