Acknowledgments

Special thanks to all who had a role in this project. 

Project Coordinators

Smita Worah, Ph.D.*†
Consultant
State Education Resource Center

Claire Conroy
Consultant
State Education Resource Center

Editor 

Jennifer Baker
Coordinator, Oak Hill Centers
New England Assistive
Technology Center 

Project Managers 

Sarah Harvey†
Education Consultant
Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Special Education 

Thomas S. Boudreau* 
Education Consultant
Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Special Education 

Guidelines Writing Group 

Aimee Turner†
Director of Pupil Personnel Services
New Fairfield School District 

Nicole Natale, CCC-SLP, ATP† 
Education Specialist
Capitol Region Education Council
Technical Assistance and Brokering Services 

Amy Norton† 
Assistive Technology Specialist
EASTCONN 

Carol Magliocco, Ph.D.† 
Assistive Technology Coordinator
EASTCONN 

Pam Roberts, Ed. D.† 
Education Consultant
EASTCONN 

Patricia Anderson, Ph.D.† 
Education Consultant
Connecticut State Department of Education 

Karen Stockton, Ph.D.† 
Training Coordinator
Birth to Three Statewide Disabilities 

Lynn Johnson 
Assistant Director
Connecticut Birth to Three
Department of Developmental Services 

Linda Goodman 
Director
Connecticut Birth to Three
Department of Developmental Services 

Rita Esposito 
Director
Reachout Inc.,
Hamden School District 

Assistive Technology Guidelines Working Group 

Amy M. Gates
Administrator
Hartford School District 

Amy Mindell 
Assistive Technology Specialist
Hartford School District 

Karen Zimmerman 
Consultant,
Central Office Connecticut Technical High School System 

Ana Wittig
Assistant Director
Connecticut Institute for the Blind Oak Hill 

Laura Giovanetti 
AT Project Coordinator
CES 

Carolann Cormier
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Capitol Region Education Council
Technical Assistance and Brokering Services 

Lauren Skau 
Assistive Technology Coordinator
West Hartford School District 

Claudia Anderson 
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Danbury School District 

Craig Struble 
Team Coordinator
State Education Resource Center 

Nancy Shuster 
Assistive Technology Coordinator
Area Cooperative Educational Services 

Deborah Newton, Ph.D. 
Professor
Southern Connecticut State University 

Vanessa Taragowski
Director of Pupil Services
Area Cooperative Educational Services 

Denise Monte
Audiologist, ASD
Capitol Region Education Council 

Matthew Falconer 
Editor,
Office of Communications
Connecticut State Department of Education 

Dennis Gallant
Assistive Technology Specialist
Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind 

Jeremy Bond 
Publications Coordinator
State Education Resource Center 

Jill Raney, Ph.D.
Audiologist
Capitol Region Education Council 

Jodylynn Talevi
Media/Technology Associate
State Education Resource Center 

Janet Stuck 
Education Consultant
Connecticut State Department of Education 

Joe Amenta 
Education Consultant
Connecticut State Department of Education 

Joyce Rioux, OTR 
Occupational Therapist
Capitol Region Education Council 

* Assistive Technology Guidelines Writing Group
† Assistive Technology Guidelines Work Group