Special Education Administrative Staff

Diane Paul

Director of Special Education

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1200 

dpaul@bucksiu.org 

Assistant: Alice Schaible ext. 1201 aschaible@bucksiu.org


Tom Norlen, Coordinator Homeless Initiative

 (215) 348-2940 ext. 1360  tnorlen@bucksiu.org


Early Childhood Services:

Beth Liddle, Supervisor
(215) 348-2940 ext. 1321, bliddle@bucksiu.org  
Assistant: Diane Sorcigli ext. 1816, dsorcigli@bucksiu.org
 
Karin King-Rigby, Acting Supervisor
(215) 348-2940 ext. 1710, kkingrig@bucksiu.org

Assistant Early Childhood: Kay Basil ext. 1711, kbasil@bucksiu.org

 

Assistants for Early Childhood Services: 

Assistant: Wendy Adams ext. 1716, wadams@bucksiu.org

Assistant:  Karen Zanolini ext 1715, kzanolini@bucksiu.org

EC Specialist: Sandy Johnson ext. 2311, sjohnson@bucksiu.org

EC Specialist:  Sarah Shoffler ext. 2818, sshoffler@bucksiu.org 

Data Clerk:  Meryl Lubchansky ext. 1253, mlubchansky@bucksiu.org

 

School Age Services: 

Daniel Vorhis

Director of Professional Learning and Curriculum Alignment, TACs

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1340, dvorhis@bucksiu.org

Assistant: Kathi Dempsey ext. 1325 kdempsey@bucksiu.org

Support:  Kim Cronin ext. 1342, kcronin@bucksiu.org
Registrar:  Cindy DeHaven ext. 1341, kdehaven@bucksiu.org 


 

Judy Hengst

Director of Autistic Support, MDS, Nursing, PSSA/PASA

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1250, jhengst@bucksiu.org

Assistant: Rhonda Hiett ext. 1251 rhiett@bucksiu.org


Shannon McMahon, Autistic Support Coordinator 

267-885-7987, SMcMahon@bucksiu.org 

 

Roseanna Mitsch, PT Autistic Support Coordinator 

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1223 (or 267-718-9570), RMitsch@bucksiu.org

 

Rachel Murray, PT Autistic Support Coordinator

267-885-8604, rmurray@bucksiu.org 


Jenifer Wilde, MDS Coordinator Upper County

215.262.2858, jwilde@bucksiu.org


Rebecca Pettineo, MDS Coordinator Lower County

267.614.2322, rpettineo@bucksiu.org


Susan Glenn, Lead Health Specialist Coordinator

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1630 (or 267-221-4182), sglenn@bucksiu.org

 

Karen Jackson

Supervisor:  Palisades, Pennridge & Quakertown

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1223, kjackson@bucksiu.org

Assistant: Diane Happ 1331 dhapp@bucksiu.org

 
Marty Ward
Supervisor:  Bristol Borough, Bristol Township & Bensalem
(215) 348-2940 ext. 1350, mward@bucksiu.org
Assistant: Sara Bauer ext 1351 sbauer@bucksiu.org
 

Tina Dolan 

Supervisor:  Neshaminy (Hoover, Maple Pt, Miller, Poquessing & Schweitzer) & AS at Tawanka 

(215 348-2940 ext. 1811, tdolan@bucksiu.org

Assistant:  Julie Rossi ext. 1813  jrossi@bucksiu.org 


Steve Schumacher

Supervisor: Centennial, Red Cedar Academy at Tawanka & Neshaminy (Ferderbar, Everitt, Nesh HS, Ombudsman & Pearl Buck)

267-446-0727, or (215) 322-7058 @ Red Cedar Academy, sschumacher@bucksiu.org

Assistant: Theresa Haleman, 215 322-7038, thaleman@bucksiu.org




Kelly Lambert

Director of IDEA, ESY, ES, Special Learning, Life Skills, Psychologists, Social Workers, Behavior Analysts

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1220, klambert@bucksiu.org

Assistant: Rachael Burkett ext. 1221 rburkett@bucksiu.org


Denise Miller, Emotional Support Coordinator
267-778-2224, dmiller@bucksiu.org
 
Kelly Housman, Extended School Year Specialist
(215) 348-2940 ext. 1307  khousman@bucksiu.org
Assistant: Michelle Connor ext. 1311, mconnor@bucksiu.org


Regina Carpenter 

Supervisor:  Central Bucks & Residential Treatment Facilities, Alt Emotional Support, Detention Center

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1330, rcarpenter@bucksiu.org

Assistant: Cindy Trauger ext. 1332 ctrauger@bucksiu.org

 
Lezley Dale
Supervisor:  Council Rock, Morrisville & Pennsbury
(215) 348-2940 ext. 1210, ldale@bucksiu.org
Assistant: Anne Lesmeister ext. 1211, alesmeis@bucksiu.org

 
 

Marguerite Vasconcellos

Director of Related Services & BrainSTEPS:  School Age Therapies in Speech, Hearing, Vision, Language, Occupational and Physical, C-Print Captionists, Interpreters and Preschool Hearing.

 Direct Supervision of the following districts: Neshaminy, NH-Solebury, Council Rock, Central Bucks, Palisades, Pennridge & Quakertown 

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1679, mvasconcellos@bucksiu.org

 

Jane Zientara, Speech & Language Coordinator 

(215) 348-2940 ext. 2179 jzientara@bucksiu.org 

 

Peggy Hoffman, OT/PT Coordinator 

(215) 348-2940 ext. 2161, phoffman@bucksiu.org

 

Cheryl Locker, Vision Coordinator

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1252, clocker@bucksiu.org


Jill Seidman

Supervisor  Speech, Hearing and Language Services:  (Bensalem, Bristol B, Bristol Twp, Centennial, Morrisville, Pennsbury)

Hearing Support Class at Davis Elem in Centennial, Feeding & AAC - All Schools

(215) 348-2940 ext. 1230, jseidman@bucksiu.org 

 

Related Services Assistants: 

Speech, OT & PT:  Joanne Cummings ext. 1231, jcummings@bucksiu.org

Itinerant Time Tracker: Paula Watts ext. 1678, pwatts@bucksiu.org

Hearing & Vision: Beth Josuweit ext. 1241, bjosuweit@bucksiu.org

Audiological Scheduling & Instructional Media for Vision: Debra Camburn ext. 1525, dcamburn@bucksiu.org