Name: Sarah Buckovitch

Title: Child Care Provider

Joined Clinical Staff: 2001

Education:
Dover High School, 1997

Special Interests: Child care provision for children with developmental disabilities

Name: Richard Clattenburg, MD

Title: Developmental Pediatrician

Joined Clinical Staff: 1997

Education:
BA, Harvard College
MD, Harvard Medical School

Certification:
American Board of Pediatrics

Special Interests: Developmental Pediatrics, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Behavioral Challenges

Name: Leslie Couse, Ph.D.

Title: Early Childhood Special Education

Joined Clinical Staff: 2005

Education:
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2001
M.S.P.A. Russell Sage College, 1993
MS Ed. State University of New York, Brockport, 1985
B.S.Ed State University of New York, Cortland 1980

Certification:
American Board of Pediatrics

Special Interests: Improving inclusive early education through parent, teacher, and service provider collaboration. Enhancing Early Childhood Special Education Teacher preparation through interdisciplinary experiences.

Name: Ann Dillon, M.Ed., OTR/L

Title: Coordinator of Clinical Training and Services

Joined Clinical Staff: 1994

Education:
M.Ed. in Special Education, University of New Hampshire, 1998
BS in Occupational Therapy, University of New Hampshire, 1975

Certification:
Licensed and Registered Occupational Therapist

Special Interests: Supporting families, supporting children who have developmental challenges, including children on the autism spectrum, person-centered planning for young children, teaching and training students and adult learners.

Name: Michelle Fox

Title: Program Support Assistant

Joined Clinical Staff: 2006

Education:
Degrees Somersworth High School, 1987

Certification:
Business Office Management, 1993

Special Interests: Program supports for clinicians, children with disabilities and their families.

Name: Amy Frechette, AS

Title: LEASD Faculty in Self-Advocacy

Joined Clinical Staff: 2008

Education:
AS New Hampshire Technical Institute
NH Leadership Series, 2007

Special Interests: Advocacy, self-advocacy, teaching, public policy, child care provision for children with developmental disabilities.

Name: Karen Gage Bensley, PT, MS, PCS

Title: Physical Therapist

Joined Clinical Staff: 1994

Education:
MS MGH Institute of Health Professions, 1988
BS University of Vermont, 1982

Certification:
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy- American Physical Therapy Association, Neuro-Developmental Treatment, Maine and New Hampshire State Licensure

Special Interests: Young children with neuromotor disabilities, adaptive equipment, orthotics, family-centered care.

Name: Colette Janson-Sand, Ph.D.

Title: Nutritionist

Joined Clinical Staff: 1994

Education:
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire, 1980
MS University of New Hampshire, 1970
BA Bridgewater State College, 1967

Certification:
Registered Dietician

Special Interests: Nutrition issues experienced by children with special needs; interdisciplinary teams.

Name: John Moeschler, MD

Title: Developmental Pediatrician and Geneticist

Joined Clinical Staff: 1994

Education:
Fellowship University of Washington, 1978-80
Residency University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 1975-78
University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 1975

Certification:
Board Certified Pediatrics, Medical Genetics

Special Interests: Diagnosis and management of children and adults with genetic diseases, developmental disabilities, and birth defects.

Name: Shelley Mulligan, Ph.D., OTR/L

Title: Occupational Therapist

Joined Clinical Staff: 1998

Education:
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1997
MS Colorado State University, 1991
B.S.C. University of Western Ontario, 1985

Certification:
Licensed Occupational Therapist, Certified in Sensory Integration

Special Interests: Pediatric occupational therapy, evaluation of programs for children with attention and regulation disorders, sensory integration and processing disorders.

Name: Rae Sonnenmeier, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Title: Speech Language Pathologist

Joined Clinical Staff: 1996

Education:
Ph.D. University at Buffalo, 1999
MS University at Buffalo, 1984
B.S.Ed. Buffalo State College, 1980

Certification:
Certificate of Clinical Competence - American Speech
Language Hearing Association
NH State Licensure, Speech Language Pathology

Special Interests: Communication issues of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders; expertise in augmentative communication and practices for supporting communication and learning of academics within the general education classroom.