A group of family members and professionals serving young children and families have met since May 31, 1996 as a "Transition Task Force" to work on the issue of transition, which has led to the development of this booklet. Most of us live and work in the Southern Region of New Jersey, but a number of people working at the state level have been members of our group. Many of the materials you will see in this booklet were adapted from already existing documents. We especially want to thank SPAN, the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network, whose "red notebook" provides such valuable information for families. The members of our Transition Task Force who worked most closely in assembling this booklet are listed below. If you need to contact any of us, you will find our addresses and telephone numbers in the transition resources listing at the back of this booklet.
Rosarita Annusek, former Disabilities Coordinator, Burlington County CAP Head Start
Stephanie Arrington, former NJ Head Start Collaboration Project
Diana Autin, Executive Director, Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)
Kathleen Baldino, Pitman Child Study Team, Gloucester County
Pat Black, Service Coordinator, Camden County SCHS-CMU
Olga Bonnett, Family Member, Archway Step by Step Early Intervention Program
Jenny Boyce, previously-Service Coordinator, Burlington County SCHS-CMU
presently-Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator, SNJREIC
Dorothy Bradley, Pemberton Child Study Team
Carol Breslin, former Family and Community Outreach Coordinator, SNJREIC
Caryl Carthew, Camden County Office of Education
Diane Checkley, Quinton Consortium Child Study Team
Danielle Comisky, St. John of God Early Intervention Program
Janet Cornwell, Executive Director
Southern New Jersey Regional Early Intervention Collaborative
Jay Culotta, Family Member, SNJREIC Board of Trustees
Celeste Curley, Gloucester County Office of Education
Chris Doran, Hopewell Consortium Child Study Team
Hope Farber, former Director, NJ CSPD, Department of Human Services
Valarie Fennell, Family and Community Outreach Coordinator, SNJREIC
Martha Flourney, former, Atlantic Human Resources Head Start
Linda Fowler, Salem Building Blocks Early Intervention Program
Mary Giesen Tucker, Social Worker, Archway Step by Step Early Intervention Program
Karen Graiff, Mental Health and Disabilities Coordinator, Tri-County Head Start
Kelly Grannan, Family Member, SNJREIC Board of Trustees
Patty Green, Social Worker, Our Lady of Lourdes Early Intervention Program
Lee Griffiths, Camden County Head Start
Terry Harrison, Director, Early Intervention, NJDHSS
Lillian Hassman, former Unit Coordinator, Camden County SCHS-CMU
Ellen Herdegen, former Gloucester County Office of Education
Dinah Hunsinger, Social Worker, St. John of God Early Intervention Program
Paul Jacques, Bridgeton Child Study Team
Lewis Katzmer, Director of Special Service, Upper Deerfield Township
Diane Knight, Service Coordinator, Gloucester County SCHS-CMU
Marlene Kovalesky, Atlantic Human Resources Head Start
Pam Kuster, former Co-Director, SPAN
Joan Ladyka, Supervisor of Educational Programs
NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Joan Lawton, Service Coordinator, Burlington County SCHS-CMU
Pat Lynch, Unit Coordinator, Burlington County SCHS-CMU
Jane Marano, former NJ Department of Education, Division of Special Education
Jim McGrath, Family Member, SNJREIC Board of Trustees
John Misieczko, Atlantic and Cape May Counties Office of Education
Andy Natale, former Tri-County Head Start
Kaz Peck, Family Member, SNJREIC and SPAN Southern Coordinator
Carol Petrokonis, Administrator, Archway Step by Step Early Intervention Program
JoAnne Plescia, Tabernacle/Medford Lakes Child Study Team Director
Claire Punda, Preschool Training Coordinator
Educational Information Resource Center
Jeff Reuter, former Burlington County Office of Education
Susan Sample, Service Coordinator, Salem County SCHS-CMU
Alisa Saraceni, Social Worker, Kingsway Early Intervention Program
Karen Schultz, Lumberton Child Study Team
Sandy Sheard, DHS Dependent Care Grant
George Shellem, Cumberland and Salem Counties Office of Education
Tamar Shelov, Gateway Child Study Team
Patricia Slager, Gibbsboro Child Study Team
Pat Stanley, former Service Coordinator, Cumberland County SCHS-CMU
Barbara Tkach, NJ Department of Education, Division of Special Education
Peg Urban, former Service Coordinator, Gloucester County SCHS-CMU
Dorothy Van Horn, Gloucester Special Services School District
Roxanne Wilcox, Tri-County Head Start
Barbara Williamson, former Service Coordinator, Camden SCHS-CMU
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