Bureau of Special Education & Ancillary Staff Directory
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- Bureau of Special Education
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- Performance Office
- Bureau of Student Assessment
- Bureau of Fiscal Services
- Office of Dyslexia & Reading Disabilities
Leadership
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Mildred Pagán
Assistant to the Special Education Division Director
Bureau of Special Education & Ancillary Staff
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Kristin Allen
Consultant
- Dyslexia Point of Contact
- SERC/RESC/CPAC Literacy Initiatives
- ODRD/BSE Liaison
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Jay Brown
Consultant
- Communications
- Related Services/COPs
- Complaint Investigations
- PPTLI
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Bridget Corcoran-Adams
Consultant
- General Supervision
- Integrated Monitoring Lead
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Sean Cronin
Consultant
- Parent Involvement
- Complaint Investigations
- State Advisory Council
- Restraint & Seclusion
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Nicole Deal
Consultant
- Surrogate Parent Program
- DCF Point of Contact
- Least Restrictive Environment
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Ashley DiGangi
Consultant
- APSEP Approvals
- Secondary Transition
- State Assessment SPP
- Indicator (3)
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Deirdre Ducharme
Consultant
- Special Populations & Accommodations for Smarter Balanced
- CT Alternate Assessment System
- CT School Day SAT
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Regina Gaunichaux
Support Staff
- Special Education Support Staff
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Jen James
Consultant
- Complaint Investigations
- General Supervision
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Natalie Jones
Consultant
- Complaint Investigations
- General Supervision
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Renee Kleinman
Consultant
- Early Childhood Sp Ed (619 Coordinator)
- FAPE by 3, LRE 3–5
- Early Childhood Outcomes
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Ada Kovaci-Kume
Consultant
- Evaluation Timelines
- Early Childhood Outcomes
- CT-SEDS
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Heather Levitt Doucette
Project Manager
- General Supervision – Project Manager
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Laura Luna
Consultant
- Complaint Investigations
- Secondary Transition
- SPP Indicators (13 & 14)
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Jolie (Yolanda) Medina
Support Staff
- Support Staff for the Due Process Unit
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Diane Murphy
Consultant
- Data Analysis: APR, SEDAC, R/S, SSIP
- Federal/State Reporting
- Disproportionality
- CT-SEDS Training/Support
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Georgette Nemr
Consultant
- CT-SEDS Training/Support
- State Personnel Dev Grant
- IEP Quality Training
- Surrogate Parent Program
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Alexa Osterhout
Consultant
- Secondary Transition
- Low Incidence Populations
- Charter Schools
- Paraeducator Training
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Dori Papa
Consultant
- Approved Private Programs
- Gifted & Talented
- Autism/DD
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Katherine Seifert
Consultant
- Special Populations and Accommodations for Smarter Balanced & NGSS
- CT Alt. Assessment System (CTAA/CTAS)
- CT Alt. Assessment of ELP
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Michael Tavernier
Consultant
- SPP/APR
- General Supervision
- CT-SEDS Training/Support
- IEP Initiatives
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Viviana Toure
Consultant
- MTSS Liaison
- Disproportionality
- Evaluation Timelines
- AT/AEM
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Alycia Trakas
Consultant
- IDEA Part B Grant Manager
- SSIP
- General Supervision
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Kim Traverso
Consultant
- School Discipline/MTSS
- Social Emotional Learning
- College & Career Ready
- School Counseling
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Bureau of Special Education
450 Columbus Blvd., Suite 604
Hartford, CT 06103
Main: 860-713-6910
Main Fax: 860-713-7051
Due Process Fax: 860-713-7053
https://portal.ct.gov/SDE