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EXPERT PANEL MEMBERS

An Expert Panel was established to examine and review current research, policy and practice documents. The panel of experts was chosen to represent research, training and technical assistance, state level implementation, and national and state policy. Expert Panel members to date include the following.



Judith J. Carta, Ph. D.
University of Kansas
Jupiter Gardens Children's Project


Michael Fahey, M.Ed.
Student Support Services
Hawaii Department of Education
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Paula E. Goff, M.S.

Consultant
River Ridge, LA


Mary E. Janson
Child Advocacy Center
Cincinnati, Ohio


George Jesien, Ph.D.
Association of University Centers on Disabilities


Christine Teeters Myers, M.H.S, O.T.R./L
Department of Occupational Therapy
Eastern Kentucky University


Robin Rooney, Ph.D.
FPG Child Development Institute


Rosa (Amy) Santos, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Patricia Snyder, Ph.D.
Center for Child Development
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Alan Sugawara, Ph.D.

Oregon State University and
the Old Mill Center for Children and Families


Pamela J. Winton, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist and Director of Outreach
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.


Mark Wolery, Ph.D.
Department of Special Education Vanderbilt University
Diane Early, Ph.D. Scientist,
FPG Child Development Institute


Polly Taylor Dennler, M.Ed


James Gallagher, Ph.D.
FrankPorter Graham Child Development Center;
National Center for Early Development and Learning
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Rena Hallam, Ph.D.
Child and Family Studies
University of Tennessee, Knoxville


Richard J. Lewis, Ed.D.
ASC/Mid-South Regional Resource Center
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute
University of Kentucky


Robin A. McWilliam, Ph.D.
Center for Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Jo Shackelford, M.P.H., M.A.

National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center University of North Carolina


David Smith, M.A.
Colorado Department of Education


Kim F. Townley, Ph.D
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Division of Early Childhood Development
Kentucky Department of Education


Sharon Walsh, M.A.

Walsh Taylor Incorporated
Burke, VA


Kathy T. Whaley, M.S.
National Early Childhood T.A Center
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill






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