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Administration
Cindy Lawrence serves as Director of the Outreach Department. She works closely with the Department
of Education, local Directors of Special Educaiton, First Steps, and other agencies providing services for deaf
and hard of hearing children as well as administrating the department. As a licensed educational audiologist at
ISD since 1986, she has served as the preschool and elementary school audiologist, Director of Assessment Services
and now as the Director of Outreach. She may be reached at clawrence@isd.k12.in.us
or at 317-920-6220 Voice,866-971-9975 VP.
Mary Rice functions as part of the support team in Outreach, specifically for the Director
of Outreach. She may be reached
at Mrice@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6311 TTY/Voice, 866-970-5998 VP.
Case Conference Team
Catherine Rahn serves as the secretary for the case conference team. She schedules about 500 conferences a
year. She’s been working at ISD since 1979 and knows the school well. She may be reached
at Crahn@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6225 Voice, 866-970-7897 VP.
Cynthia Floyd serves as one of the case conference coordinators. She joined the ISD staff in January 2002.
Her primary responsibility is for conferences for students in preschool and elementary. She may be reached
at cfloyd@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6266 Voice, 866-327-2946 VP.
Early Intervention and Family Life Team
earlyinterventions@isd.k12.in.us
Jodee Crace, Early Intervention Coordinator, has been involved in the Human Development field
for over 22 years. Currently, she networks, partners, and trains with various stakeholders in providing high
quality and unbiased comprehensive early intervention services. In addition, Jodee provides developmental
therapy and parent advising to these families. She may be reached
at jcrace@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6262 Voice, 866-971-9967 VP.
Michelle Coleman, Early Intervention Coordinator brings seven years experiance from working as a First Steps Intake Coordinator in Central Indiana. Michelle has a degree in Deaf Education and Elementary Education as well as her First Steps credentails. She may be reached at mcoleman@isd.k12.in.us or (317) 920-6262 Voice, or (800) 724-9550 Voice.
Diane Hazel Jones, who has worked at ISD since 1973, is the Family Resource Coordinator and provides
a variety of services to families with deaf and hard of hearing children from the age of 5 to 21. The services
include: educational visits, family workshops, and education consultations for families and professionals.
She may be reached at dhjones@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 924-8418
TTY/Voice, 866-971-5533 VP.
Shannon Stafford, is one of our expert audiologists and provides services for students from public schools
who are seen during evaluations and through First Steps referrals. She may be reached
at sstafford@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6347 Voice.
Multidisciplinary Team
Pam Burchett, a licensed social worker on the Multidisciplinary Team, has been employed at ISD since 1986.
She is the initial contact person for new families who are seeking admission into ISD or for local schools who
are interested in referring a student for an evaluation. She may be reached
at pburchett@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6275 TTY/Voice, 866-971-8310 VP.
Linda Charlebois received her Master's degree from Purdue University. She has served as an Educational Audiologist at the Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD) long enough to now be seeing the children of some of her former students come through Middle School and High School. Linda provides audiological services to Middle School and High School students. You can reach Linda at lcharlebois@isd.k12.in.us and at
(317) 920-6264 Voice, 866-971-1388 VP.
Joanie Jones serves as the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Outreach and for the Multidisciplinary Team. She
schedules appointments for specialized testing, monitors the Central Files and handles a myriad of
responsibilities in the Assessment Center. She may be reached
at jjones@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 924-8416 TTY/Voice, 866-970-7633 VP.
Louise Fitzpatrick, having served in a variety of capacities at ISD since 1982, is the Language
Specialist for the Multidisciplinary Team. She evaluates students' language and/or their communication system to
determine their needs in this area. She may be reached
at lfitzpatrick@isd.k12.in.us and at 866-327-9037 VP.
Debra Liebrich, received her Bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and her Master’s degree from Michigan State University. She recently completed her AuD at Salus University. She is another one of our expert audiologists in the Outreach Department. She has worked at ISD since 1998. She provides audiological services for students, preschool through elementary age enrolled at the Indiana School for the Deaf. She may be reached at dliebrich@isd.k12.in.us or (317) 920-6384 Voice, 866-327-1801 VP. Carolyn Pimentel has a M.A. degree in Developmental Psychology and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in School Psychology with specialization in working with deaf and hard of hearing children. She began working at ISD in 1981. Carolyn primarily concentrates her psychological evaluations with students who attend the public schools. She may be reached at cpimentel@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6230 TTY/Voice or 866-971-0161 VP.
Terri Waddell-Motter has a M.A. degree in Developmental Psychology and Specialist degree (Psy.S) in School Psychology with specialization in working with deaf and hard of hearing children. She began working at ISD in 1993. Terri primarily completes psychological evaluations for Middle School and High School ISD students. She may be reached at twaddellmotter@isd.k12.in.us and at 866-971-7679 VP.
Speech & Language Team
Julie Buck is one of three speech-language pathologists and earned her Master's degree in
speech-language pathology in 1986. She has worked in a variety of situations involving children
and adults. Having worked at ISD since 1993, Julie provides speech services for students & on a
consultation basis. She may be reached
at jbuck@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 941-4639 TTY/Voice.
Holly Geeslin, is an audiologist and one of three speech-language pathologists who works
with deaf and hard of hearing children in Indiana’s birth to three First Steps system and as a
contract SLP at the Indiana School for the Deaf. She
may be reached at hgeeslin@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6384 TTY/Voice.
Jacqueline D. Hall-Katter is one of three speech-language pathologists who contract with the
Indiana School for the Deaf. She has been working with deaf and hard of hearing students for nine years.
Jackie is the owner of her own business, Katter Speech Services. She specializes in children with cochlear implants, and specific language
disorders. She may be reached at jkatter@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6385 TTY/Voice.
OT/PT Team
Paula Berry is one of 2 Occupational Therapists who contract with Indiana School for the
Deaf. Paula can be reached at pberry@isd.k12.in.us or at (317)
920-6303.
Jeanine Goldner is a Physical Therapist who contracts with the Indiana School for the Deaf.
She can be reached at JGoldner@isd.k12.in.us or at (317) 920-6303.
Lori Kiel is one of 2 Occupational Therapists who contract with Indiana School for the
Deaf. She has been working at ISD since 1993. Lori has worked with students from preschool
through high school ages. Lori also is part of the deaf and hard of hearing evaluation team for
the Indiana First Steps program. Lori can be reached
at lkiel@isd.k12.in.us or at (317) 920-6303.
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