Our Team

• Karen Helene, Director:  Certified Special Education Teacher & Administrator, MS in Special Education; more than 30 years’ experience in the field 
• Sarah Cyr, Program Specialist: Certified Special Education Teacher, MS in Special Education, nearly 40 years in the field, works to support teams in program development
• Seven certified special education teachers for seven classrooms, two are also Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)’s
  • Samantha Barone
  • Sheila Collier, (BCBA)
  • Kristen Gionfriddo
  • Stephanie Klymczuk
  • Zachary Peters
  • Kristina Pereira
  • Jennie Vaughan
• Ellen Miller, Certified Special Education Teacher as our Vocational/Transitional Teacher, also Physical/Psychological Management Trainer (PMT) coach 
• Dan Kahl, Certified Physical Education & Health Teacher, also PMT trainer 
• Three full-time Speech & Language Pathologists: Kaitlin Craffey, Giovanna Diana & Kaitlyn Markowicz
• Darlene Talavera, Full-time contracted Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Dianna Burkle, Full-time Certified OT Assistant (COTA)
• Carol Ullrich, License Practical Nurse (LPN) 
• Forty well-trained, dedicated paraprofessionals who are supported by a paraprofessional supervisor, Eric Sylvester.  Eric is also responsible for hiring paraprofessional staff.
• We could not do our work without the support of our dedicated office and Information Technology staff.
       Stacy Surbey - Executive Administrative Assistant
       Greg Spector - School Operations Coordinator