Acknowledgments
Project Managers
Colleen Hayles, M.Ed.
Connecticut State Department of Education
Jocelyn Mackey, Ph.D.
Connecticut State Department of Education
Advisory Task Force Members
Tonya Acosta Gorgone, Teacher
Griswold Public Schools
Brian Farrell
Special Education Director
Redding School District
Penny Avalos, Former Child Associate
Primary Mental Health Program
Griswold Public Schools
Dan French
Director of Emotional Disabilities Unit
Cooperative Education Services
Kristen Bickel
Program Administrator, Elementary School
Cooperative Education Services
Barbara Fischetti
Former Supervisor of School Psychologists
Westport Public Schools
Jay Brown
Former Education Director, Wheeler Clinic
Education Consultant, CSDE
Amy Gates
Coordinator of Speech, Language and Hearing Department
Manchester Public Schools
Donna Cambria
Former Education Consultant, CSDE
Superintendent, Department of Children and Families
Unified School District 2
Eric Colon
Former School Psychologist (former)
Supervisor of Special Education
Newtown Public Schools
Kimberly Culkin
Director of Secondary Pupil Personnel Services
New Fairfield Public Schools
Gayle Donowitz
Director of Special Education
Long range Educational Assistance for Regional Needs (LEARN)
Brian Farrell
Special Education Director
Redding School District
Dan French
Director of Emotional Disabilities Unit
Cooperative Education Services (CES)
Amy Gates, Coordinator
Speech, Language and Hearing Department
Manchester Public Schools
V. Curtis Hunter
School Psychologist
Regional School District 8
Connecticut Association of School Psychologists (CASP) Executive Board
Maura Izzo
School Social Worker
West Haven Public Schools
Kristina Jones
Educational Consultant
State Education Resource Center (SERC)
Michael Kaplan
Assistant Clinical Professor
Yale Child Study Center
Mark Kostin
Principal
Houstonic Children Center
Anne Nelson
Research Coordinator, R.N., Parent
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Mindy Otis
Special Education Supervisor
Middletown Public Schools
Natalie Politikos
Associate Professor
University of Hartford
Nancy Prescott
Executive Director, Connecticut
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
Mary Jean Schierberl
Education Consultant, CSDE
Brandi Simonsen
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Connecticut/Storrs
Sabrina Trocchi
Executive Assistant to the Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS)
Nancy Whiteman
Assistive Technology Resource Teacher
New Haven Public Schools
Steven Zuckerman
Supervising Psychologist 2
Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
Special thanks for assistance provided in the development of these guidelines are extended to:
Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education
Anne Louise Thompson, Bureau Chief
Patricia Anderson, Education Consultant
Jay Brown, Education Consultant
Perri Murdica, Former Education Consultant
Maria Synodi, Education Consultant
Regina Gaunichaux, Support Staff
Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Health/Nutrition, Family Services and Adult Education
Paul Flinter, Former Bureau Chief
State Education Resource Center Consultants
Nitza Diaz
Donnah Rochester (former)
Wendy Waithe Simmons