ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Department of Special Education and Student Services would like to take this
opportunity to thank all of the staff who served on the committee and worked so
diligently to create and update the Resource Modules: Strategies for Teachers to
Support Children with Learning and Attention Challenges. These resource modules
draw from research and best practices. We hope that your school team will find this
guide useful in implementing professional learning opportunities for all teachers.
Executive Functions Module Authors (2009-2013)
Andrea Holtz, Parent Coordinator Family and Support Resource Center
Beverly Schroeder, Resource Teacher, Department of Special Education
Chandra McKnight-Dean, School Psychologist
Catherine Panzer, School Psychologist
Cheryl Santoni, Special Education Resource Teacher
Corinne Gorzo, Coordinator, Teacher Professional Development
Emily Hurd, Instructional Facilitator, Office of Psychological Services
Kathleen Schmid, School Psychologist
Laura Smith-Grose, School Psychologist
Laurie Bulka, School Psychologist
Meryl Heyliger, School Psychologist for IIT
Nancy Hammer, School Psychologist
Pamela Myette, Special Education Resource Teacher
Sandra Keaton, Instructional Facilitator, Elementary Language Arts
Homework, Behavior, Organization and Time Management, and Social Skills
Module Authors (2008-2009)
Alicia Vandervat, Cluster Nurse
Ashley Harig, School Counselor
Cher Jones, Principal
Christi Bello, Elementary School Counselor
Elizabeth Aguilera, School Counselor
Emily Hurd, Instructional Facilitator, Office of Psychological Services
Frances Dummett, School Counselor
Janice Yetter, Assistant Principal
Jason Ortega, Alternative Education
Jessica Lucas, Special Education Teacher
Kathy Jacobs, Principal
Karyn Renneberg, County-Wide Behavior Specialist
Lori Jenner, School Counselor
Monica Heinlen, School Counselor
Pamela Myette, Special Education Resource Teacher
Patricia Mackey, Project Facilitator for Least Restrictive Environment
William Eng, School Psychologist
Executive Functions Work Group (2008-2009)
HCPSS Office of Psychological Services
Cynthia West, School Psychologist
Ethelda Recking, School Psychologist
Jennifer Lage, School Psychologist
Nancy Enders, School Psychologist
Special thanks to the following people for participating in the piloting of the modules:
Heidi Gido, PTA Special Needs/Early Intervention Chair at Worthington Elementary
School
Katherine Orlando, Worthington Elementary School Principal
Parents and Staff at Waterloo and Worthington Elementary Schools
Staff at Homewood
Susan Webster, Waterloo Elementary School Principal.
Tina Maddox, Homewood School Principal