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Special Education

The Berlin Public School System is strongly committed to supporting students in their least restricted environment. The special education services provided to our students have been developed to support this concept. We believe that a continuum of placement options must be provided to meet the unique and individual needs of our students. Students may be serviced in a variety of settings which include: co-teaching within the general education classroom, learning center, semi-self-contained classroom, self-contained classroom, transition within the community, and out of district placements.

PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES

SPED  Guidance

Special Education Teachers
Diane Drapeau-Foyer
Jane Ponkos
Kari Deegan

School Psychologist
Cheyenne Valinsky

Social Worker
Brittney Lustrinelli

BLAST 

BCBA
Ali Curran
Lisa Murphy -Board Certified
Assistant Behavior Analyst

BLAST Program
Emily McCoy
Alex Ivimey

 ATOTPT speech and language pathologists
OT, PT, and Assistive Technology
Jessica Garrity
Michelle Hayward
Karen Daigle
Kathy Kanya
Kim Pier

Speech and Language Pathologists
Jackie DeBarge
Joan Schmidt
Stacey DelGiorno

 


 

 

Linda Holian


Linda Holian
Director of Special Education


  Michelle Zeuschne


Michelle Zeuschner, Ed.D
Supervisor of Special Education Pre-K - 5


BLAST Special Education Paraprofessionals
Michelle Budzik
Jen Czerepusko
Christie Dragan
Anna Etheridge 
Deborah Leidemer
Jen Matney
Leah Nappi
Joshua Thomas
Kara Baclawski

Preschool Special Education Paraprofessionals
Laura Berch
Luanys Betts
Barb Blanchette
Lauren Hutnik
Ellen Monroe
Rebecca Pipitone
Erin Roche
Allison Rutledge
Katie Beaupre
Kristen Levesque
Michelle Buoananno
Karen Brancato
 
Special Education Paraprofessionals
Lynn Cantafi
Olivia Davenport
Donna Van Dam