Assistive Technology Specialist

  • Assistive Technology Specialists provide a service that directly assists a student with a disability in the selection, acquisition, and use of an assistive technology piece of equipment or product system used to increase, maintain, or improve their functional capabilities. The service delivery is a process by which Assistive Technology is considered, selected, provided, supported and periodically evaluated to determine its effectiveness for a particular student with a disability.
  • The assistive technology staff are Sandy Czernik (Email), Liz Bell (Email).

Certified Orientation and Mobility Instructor

  • The Certified Orientation and Mobility Instructor provides instruction to students with visual impairments (ages 3-22) who require specialized training in order to travel safely and independently in the school, home, and community environments.
  • Liz Schatz is the orientation and mobility staff member for Maplebrook. Email

Hearing Itinerant

  • The Hearing Itinerant Teacher serves students who require educational services due to a hearing impairment. The Hearing Itinerant Teacher addresses the educational, communication, and social/emotional needs of the student and provides guidance to the student’s family and school personnel. The Hearing Itinerant Teacher travels to multiple buildings to directly serve students and collaboratively works with staff to monitor the impact the hearing loss may have on the student’s educational progress.
  • Joanne Vine is the hearing itinerant for Maplebrook. Email

Itinerant Teacher of the Visually Impaired

  • The Itinerant Teacher of the Visually Impaired provides diagnostic, consultation and instructional services to identified visually impaired students. Itinerant Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI) travels throughout the District to provide direct and consultation minutes for students at all levels (EC-Transition). The TVI supports core academic instruction and provides direct instruction in expanded core curricular areas. The TVI is responsible for adapting materials including the use of Braille and Nemeth codes. This includes ordering of large print, Braille and other tangible teaching materials. The TVI is a member of the IEP team and is responsible for performing and documenting results of Functional Vision and Learning Media assessments as well recording data and reporting on IEP goals.
  • Traci Wilks (Email) and Maura Guimon-Warren (Email) serve as vision itinerants for Maplebrook.

Learning Behavior Specialist (LBS Teacher)

  • LBS Teachers provide specialized instruction and support by serving as a teacher with specific responsibility  to students eligible for special education services. LBS Teachers work to increase academic and social-emotional skills of students within the classroom or other assigned areas. They develop lesson plans and deliver group and individual student instruction within established curriculum guidelines and Individual Education Programs, while collaborating with other teachers, related services personnel, parents, paraprofessionals and administrators to develop instruction and monitor student progress. LBS Teachers also work in the capacity as case manager to facilitate IEP meetings, write appropriate goals and objectives, collect data, and report progress for the purpose of assessing goal attainment.

  • Emily Liszka (Email), Olga West (Email), and Lauren Ralph (Email) are the learning behavior specialists at Maplebrook.

School Psychologist

  • The School Psychologist works with students to:
    • Provide counseling, instruction, and mentoring for those struggling with social, emotional, and behavioral problems
    • Increase achievement by assessing barriers to learning and determining the best instructional strategies to improve learning
    • Promote wellness and resilience by reinforcing communication and social skills, problem solving, anger management, self-regulation, self-determination, and optimism
    The School Psychologist works with students and their families to:
    • Identify and address learning and behavior problems that interfere with school success
    • Support students' social, emotional, and behavioral health
    • Teach parenting skills and enhance home–school collaboration
    • Make referrals and help coordinate community support services
    The School Psychologist works with teachers to:
    • Identify and resolve academic barriers to learning
    • Design and implement student progress monitoring systems
    • Design and implement academic and behavioral interventions
    • Create positive classroom environments
    • Motivate all students to engage in learning
  • Kristy Herrell is the school psychologist at Maplebrook. Email

School Social Worker

  • School Social Workers serve as a link between home, school, and community. School social work is a specialized area of practice within the broad field of the social work profession. School social workers bring unique knowledge and skills to the school system and the educational support team. In particular, school social workers are trained in mental health concerns, behavioral concerns, positive behavioral supports, academic and classroom interventions. Through on-going consultation, school social workers assist classroom teachers, parents, and administrators in identifying potential barriers to students’ academic success and social/emotional well-being. School social workers provide support through crisis intervention, individual or group counseling that may address a variety of concerns, including:
    • Developing positive peer relationships
    • Mediating conflicts
    • Improving social skills
    • Learning problem-solving, decision-making, and coping skills
    • Developing strategies to increase academic success
    • Providing crisis intervention
    • Managing stress
    • Identifying symptoms of depression, anxiety, and reactions to loss or trauma
    School social workers are well-versed in the numerous resources available in the community and are able to link families with appropriate agencies and service providers.
  • Laura Loehmann is the social worker for Maplebrook. Email

Speech & Language Pathologist

  • The Speech and Language Pathologist works with the educational team to identify students with communication disabilities that adversely impact the student in the educational environment. The Speech and Language Pathologist develops and implements appropriate Individual Education Programs according to IDEA, collaborates with others, including parents, to communicate information, provides training to assist in generalization of skills in other environments, provides appropriate communication technologies when appropriate, and collects data to ensure compliance with established guidelines and legal requirements.

  • Hannah Wood is the speech and language pathologist for Maplebrook. Email