Connecticut Peer-Learning Pilot on
Social-Emotional Development
Cromwell, Connecticut
12.11.14
Community Teams
BRIDGEPORT Lee Bowbeer Clinical Coordinator Child FIRST lee.boybeer@bpthosp.org Tamara CoyleMental Health Coordinator
Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc.
tzcoyle@gmail.com
June Malone Coordinator
Bridgeport Alliance for Young Children (BAYC) jmalone@unitedwaycfc.org
Kristin McDonald Clinical Supervisor
Child and Family Guidance kmcdonald@cfguidance.org Kenya Moales Byrd
Executive Director
Kingdom's Little Ones Daycare kmoalesbyrd@yahoo.com Sherdeen Neil
Assistant Director
Kingdom’s Little Ones Daycare
neils2@owls.southernct.edu
Tina Peloso-UlreichDirector of Early Childhood Education Bridgeport Public Schools
tpeloso@bridgeportedu.net
COLCHESTER Amity Goss Principal
CES, School district agoss@colchesterct.org Teresa Meservy
EHS Program Manager TVCCA tmesservy@tvcca.org Joan O'Donnell Director CASTLE, Inc. joan@castlekid.org Cindy Praisner Coordinator
Collaborative for Colchester's Children cpraisner@colchesterct.org Linda Rhodes SLP CES lrhod71@colchesterct.org Lorraine Tierney PreK CECP ltierney@colchesterct.org
DANBURY Carina Almeida
Danbury Public Schools Family Resource Center, Parent Educator
almeic@danbury.k12.ct.us Robin Eckstein
Positive Discipline of Western CT robin@positivedisciplinewesternct.org robinecks@gmail.com
Jennifer Hallissey
United Way of Western CT
jennifer.hallissey@uwwesternct.org Patti Keckeisen Co-Chair Partnership pkeckeisen@att.net Caroline LaFleur Director
Danbury Promise for Children Partnership caroline.lafleur@uwwesternct.org Patty Sghia Parent PLTI Graduate sghia99@gmail.com Fran Tyluki
Danbury Public Schools
Kara Watson Wanzer Danbury Public Schools wanzek@danbury.k12.ct.us
ENFIELD Deb Berger
Primary School Division Lead Administrator EPS
dberger@enfieldschools.org Claire Hall
Educational Resources for Children (ERfC) cchall@erfc.us
Deidre Horan
Enfield Family Resource Center Hazardville FRC Site Coordinator dhoran@enfield.org Kristin Raiche Collaborative Agent kraiche@enfield.org Amy Witbro Superintendent Enfield Public Schools awitbro@enfieldschools.org
Aviva Vincent
Senior Community Investment Manager United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut
avincent@unitedwayinc.org
Chris Gomeau KITE Coordinator
Key Initiatives to Early Education enfieldkite@gmail.com
NORWALK
Pamela Augustine-Jefferson
Early Childhood Instructional Specialist Norwalk Public Schools
jeffersonp@norwalkps.org George Hensinger
CT Parent Power & Norwalk Early Childhood Council
geo723@sbcglobal.net Trishia Massucco
Coordinator After the Bell before and after school programs
Norwalk Public Schools massuccot@norwalkps.org
Mary Oster Coordinator
City of Norwalk/Norwalk Early Childhood Council moster@norwalkct.org
Rovitta Paul Director
The Children's Playhouse tchidrenply@aol.com Ellen Swan
Mid-Fairfield - Early Childhood Consultation Partnership eswan@mfcgc.org TORRINGTON Michelle Anderson torringtonFRC@educationconnection.org Lisa Candels
Clinical Supervisor, MIECHV Parents as Teachers
Education Connection
candels@education connection.org
Laura Dubreuil Family Strides, Inc.
ldubreuil@family strides.org Anne Girodano Education Connection giordano@educationconnection.org VERNON Betsy Crayton
ECHN Perinatal Education Coordinator ecrayton@echn.org
Pauline Fortier Owner
Academy of Art and Learning Paulinefortier651@comcast.net Christina Gladden
Indian Valley YMCA
Christina.gladden@ghymca.org Latrice Grumley
ECHN Director
Family Development Center lgrumley@echn.org
Michelle Hill
Community Plan Coordinator
Vernon Children’s Network/KIDSAFE mhill@kidsafect.org
Laura Corliss
Student Support Services Maple Street School
Laura.Corliss@vernonct.org
Stacy Lagasse
Vernon Preschool Collaborative/School Readiness Council
WEST HARTFORD Beth Bye Coordinator Great by 8 beth_bye@whps.org Jane Lehman Co-chair Great by 8 jel58@aol.com Cathy Martin
Early Literacy Interventionist West Hartford Public Schools cathy_martin@whps.org Kim O'Connell
Literacy Facilitator
Open Choice Early Beginnings & Great by 8 board member kim_zanotelli@yahoo.com Jennifer Vendetti Nurturing Families jvendetti@uchc.edu Deborah Zipkin Director
Family Resource Center & Great by 8 board member
Deborah@bridgefamilycenter.org
Tammy Exum PLTI Coordinator
Parent Leadership Training Institute tammyexum@gmail.com WINCHESTER Lisa Goulet Parent Educator WFRC Ruthann Horvay Director, SR/liaison WFRC ruthann.horvay@winchesterschools.org Kristin Stoeke Coordinator Cradle to Career ctoc@winchesterschools.org Rachel Tway-Grant Director
Winsted Area Child Care Center Waccc.rtwaygrant@yahoo.com
Pat Ursaki
School Social Worker Winchester Public School
WILLIAM CASPAR GRAUSTEIN MEMORIAL FUND
Catherine Bradshaw
Community Liaisons / Consultant
catherine.bradshaw@newhavenlandtrust.org Mary Broderick
Community Liaisons / Consultant mary-broderick@att.net
Malwin Davila
Capacity Building Associate Mdavila@wcgmf.org Laura Downs Consultant
laura.downs@sbcglobal.net Cindy Guerreri
Community Liaisons / Consultant essentialoutcomes@sbcglobal.net Nancy Leonard
Policy Officer
Nleonard@wcgmf.org
CAMPAIGN FOR GRADE-LEVEL READING/ HEALTHY READERS
William Fay Senior Consultant
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading willfay@ameritech.net
Jeanne Jehl Senior Consultant
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading/Healthy Readers
jeanne.jehl@verizon.net Ann Rosewater
Senior Consultant
Campaign for Grade-Level Reading/Healthy Readers
annrosewater@comcast.net
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN IN POVERTY
Sheila Smith Director
Early Childhood
National Center for Children in Poverty Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University
PARTNERS Abby Alter
Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut
aalter@uchc.edu Andrea Brinnel Education Consultant
Division of Early Care and Education Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Andrea.Brinnel@ct.gov
Harriet Feldlaufer
Director, Division of Early Care and Education Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
harriet.feldlaufer@ct.gov Linda Franciscovich Executive Director
The Grossman Family Foundation lfranciscovich@gffdn.org
Margaret Holmberg President
Association for Infant Mental Health margaret.holmberg@att.net
Michelle Levy
Education Consultant
Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Michelle.levy@ct.gov
Judith Meyers President and CEO
Children's Fund of Connecticut and Child Health and Development Institute
meyers@uchc.edu Grace Whitney Director
Head Start State Collaboration Office Grace.Whitney@ct.gov
Michael Williams Deputy Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Children and Families Michael.Williams@ct.gov PRESENTERS Gerald Calnen, MD Prohealth Physicians gcalnen@cox.net Christine Garber Executive Director
Connecticut Reach Out and Read christine.garber@reachoutandread.org Lisa Honigfeld
Vice President for Health Initiatives Child Health and Development Institute honigfeld@uchc.edu
Myra Jones-Taylor Executive Director
Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Myra.Jones-Taylor@ct.gov
Cliff O’Callahan, MD, PhD, FAAP
Pediatric Faculty and Director of Nursuries Middlesex Hospital