Lee is on the faculty in special education at the University of Central Florida and teaches courses in early childhood special education and curriculum and assessment for school age children with mild/moderate disabilities. She directs numerous grant programs related to teacher and paraprofessional preparation. She is the Project Director of the Central Florida Professional Development Partnership (CSPD). Her special interests include teacher preparation and improving services for young children with disabilities and their families. She enjoys gardening, reading and most of all shopping.
Sue works in Orlando at the University of Central Florida and is the Project Director on the TATS grant with oversight responsibility for the state. Her background is in early intervention (birth to five) and developmental disabilities (birth to 21). She has worked in the field of early intervention and special education for over 25 years as a service provider, program manager and consultant. She was the Part C Coordinator in Maine and provided technical assistance to the U.S. military Early Intervention program overseas. Her work areas of interest are early intervention policy and systems change, family/professional partnerships and inclusion. She has three grown daughters and two grandchildren who live in Maine. She enjoys traveling - especially in Italy.
Clare Bai, M. S.
Coordinator, Computer Applications wbai@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 823-1589
Clare works in Orlando at the University of Central Florida and is the Coordinator of Computer Applications on the TATS grant. Her background is in Information Systems and she has worked as a software programmer for Insurance Decisions Inc., and as a freelance website designer/developer in Connecticut. Her work areas of interest are website design, and new technologies in website development. She enjoys Internet surfing, reading, watching movies, and traveling.
Bettianne lives in Gainesville and travels throughout the State of Florida in her work as Coordinator of Florida's Transition Project. She provides training and technical assistance to local interagency teams working together on transitions of young children, birth to 6 years old. She has worked in the field of early childhood for more than 30 years, with a focus on children with disabilities in the past 10 years. Her work has included 14 years as Director of child care centers, serving as the Part H Liaison for the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, coordinating a Local Interagency Community Collaboration Project and providing consulting services to other projects. Her early work in childcare provided the basis for community interagency work focusing on the development of transition systems. She has a son and daughter, both married, who have graced her with three darling grand daughters, all living within 30 miles of Gainesville. She enjoys photography, creating stained glass, painting and traveling.
Danielle Franco, Ed. D.
Central Florida Regional Partnership (UCF) tats-ucf@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 432-5634
Springs Regional Partnership (UF) tats-uf@mail.ucf.edu
(407) 432-5634
Danielle's background is in communicative disorders and educational leadership. She has worked as an itinerant therapist, ESE classroom teacher, evaluator, transition specialist and staffing coordinator. Her work interests include finance, program evaluation and child evaluation. Danielle enjoys spending time with her husband and three-year old son.
Kim Galant, Ph.D.
FSU/FAMU Regional Partnership tats-fsu@mail.ucf.edu
(850) 297-2239
Kim's background is in early childhood special education and speech-language pathology. Kim has worked as a teacher and director of inclusive preschool programs, a public school speech therapist in a prekindergarten program, coordinator of a program serving young children with autism spectrum disorders, a college professor, an early interventionist, and a consultant and trainer for programs serving children 0-5 years and their families. Her work interests include the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices that provide support, information, and skills to families of young children with disabilities. Kim enjoys spending time kayaking, hiking, and reading.
Sandy Johnson
North Florida Regional Partnership (UNF) tats-unf@mail.ucf.edu
(904) 571-8562
Sandy lives in Jacksonville and is the TATS Regional Facilitator for the UNF region. Her background revolves around the classroom, having taught prekindergarten typically developing children as well as children with disabilities. Her work interests are centered around prekindergarten children with disabilities, early intervention, inclusion and autism. Sandy enjoys playing competetive tennis, painting, reading, playing bridge, and spending time with her husband, two sons, and two granddaughters.
Paula Kendig
West Florida Regional Partnership (UWF) tats-uwf@mail.ucf.edu
(850) 857-6101
Paula has worked in the field of early intervention and special education for the past 15 years as a parent advocate and consultant providing technical assistance and training for various early intervention and special education initiatives. She is the chair of the Florida Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers (FICCIT) and a member of the Florida Department of Education State Advisory Committee. Paula's work interests are family/professional collaboration, early intervention and prekindergarten inclusion, and transition from early intervention. Paula enjoys spending time with her three children and two grandchildren.
Kimberley Megrath lives in Belleair, Florida and is the TATS Facilitator for the University of South Florida (USF) Region and the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) Region. Kim has thirty years of experience in pediatric physical therapy, special education, and early intervention, working as a practitioner, administrator, teacher, researcher, grant writer, and consultant. Her interests include special education/early intervention policy; interdisciplinary personnel preparation; evaluation and assessment; curriculum and instruction; emerging literacy and reading; inclusion; transition; family involvement; and program evaluation. Kim has two sons, Todd and Kyle who are living, working, attending graduate school, and playing in Boston. Kim enjoys reading, biking, swimming, tennis, sailing, kayaking, gardening, and traveling!
Lori Miranda
Southeast Regional Partnership (FAU) tats-fau@mail.ucf.edu
(772) 971-9113
Dorit's background is in the classroom, teaching prekindergarten children with disabilities. She has primarily worked with students who have emotional disabilities, developmental delays, and language impairments. She has also worked with typical children for the Department of Defense and in a private school. Her work interests include curriculum approaches which promote healthy social skills and attachments for young children. She enjoys dancing, singing, and writing.
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