Our Team

Pooja Patel
Teacher, Dwight-Englewood School, NJ

Amanda Rhea

Tiana Phillips

Lisa Regele
Retired Teacher, Worcester Public Schools

Allison Lienert

Jess Macedo

Dr. Mary Alpaugh
SRSD Teacher & Researcher, Glendale Community College

Dr. Leslie Laud
Teacher and Instructor, Bank Street College of Education

Jules Csillag

Amy Thomas

Dr. Joyce King-McIver

Dr. Jaime Greene & Dr. Derek Voiles

Heidi Zollman
Our Story
thinkSRSD began in the classroom and continues to focus on the classroom

Beginnings
Run SRSD courses for NYC DOE, NYBIDA and Bank Street College. Begin presenting on SRSD at schools in NYC, Teachers College and national conferences (CEC).

Launch
Dr. Laud offers first ever online SRSD course via Bank Street College, & Pooja Patel begins presenting SRSD in France & UK.

Current Work
We collect data on growth in schools using blended model vs entirely eLearning to track gains from each model.
Additional Experts Who Advise Us
All advisors, including Dr. Karen Harris & Dr. Steve Graham, have no financial ties with thinkSRSD.
Assistant to the Associate Superintendent of Special Education and Student Services for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland
Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Utah
Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Texas State University
Associate Professor & Division Director for Special Education, University of Albany
Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University
Assistant Professor of Special Education at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
About Us
thinkSRSD is the community of teachers and researchers who use and study SRSD. We offer SRSD in-person professional development and e-learning courses taught by teachers with decades of experience using SRSD. The teachers at thinkSRSD have taught SRSD courses for over 10 years, since offering the very first open-enrollement course in SRSD in 2008.