Mary N. Wonderlick, M.A. Consultant and
speaker with experience |
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Mary N. Wonderlick, M.A. Consultant and
speaker with experience |
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| MARY N. WONDERLICK,
M.A. Learning Disabilities, is a facilitator of the NAEYC At Risk and
Special Needs Interest Forum and also holds positions on IL AEYC and IDEC
boards and committees. Now an EC / ECSE consultant, she retired from
the Chicago Public Schools Pre School for All Community Partnership
Programs as an Early Childhood Special Education teacher who provided
program and staff support services in classroom/behavior management,
curricular modifications and referral for evaluation. Mary’s
experiences cover self-contained early childhood special education, State
Pre K, Head Start and Child Care programs including children with special
needs. As a consultant to the Center for Early Childhood Leadership,
Mary was an ECERS assessor; currently she consults in the child care
community giving technical assistance for the Quality Rating System.
Mary provides professional development trainings for the Chicago Public
Schools, CCR&R’s and Starnet (Nectas) Region V. In the area of adult
education, she has been a Professional Development Coach supporting new
teachers and has taught at the college level. Mary presents on a
variety of topics at local and national conferences: ADHD, behavior,
learning needs / learning differences, sensory processing, learning
environments, the development of prewriting and the concept of time. She
is one of the authors of the brochure "Finding an Appropriate Preschool
for your child with special needs".
Mary was honored to be selected by NAEYC as one of the members of the initial NAEYC/DEC work group that created the Joint Position Statement on Inclusion. National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Position Statements:
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