About Us
Illinois Developmental Therapy Association
P.O. Box 1114 Oswego, IL 60543
Officers and Board of Directors
2008-2009
Executive Committee
President: Lisa Lampman, LisaLampmanDT@aol.com
1st Vice President: Angela Searcy, asearcya@aol.com
2nd Vice President: Natalie Farmer, nmfarmer@hotmail.com
Treasurer: Eileen Woosley, woosley_dt@comcast.net
Secretary: Ronnie Kodish, ronniemk@sbcglobal.net
Past President: Elizabeth Benney, elizbenney@sbcglobal.net
Regional Representatives
Region I: TBA (to be announced)
Region III: TBA (to be announced)
Region IV: Barb Utz, bnbutz@mchsi.com
Advisory Committee
Sharon Syc, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
Co-director, Irving B. Harris Infant Specialist Certificate Program
Therese Wehman, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Program, Early Childhood Special Education, Elmhurst College,
Elmhurst Illinois
Jennifer Barrett-Zitkus MS Ed
Illinois Medical Diagnostic Network Coordinator, Lutheran General Children's Hospital
Park Ridge, Illinois
Linda S. McPhee M.Ed
Director, CCAR Industries, Birth through Two Program
Charleston Illinois
Committees
Professional Development:
Chair: Sally Wilson-Gamble, sally.gamble@hhrehab.org
Continuing Education:
Chair: Amy Cocorikis, acocorikis@ucpnet.org
Publications: Chair: Cathy Bosse, cathyb13@hotmail.com
Legislative: Chair: Melisa Alaba-Yusouf, melisaa@melicenter.com
Membership: Chair: Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi, nasia999@msn.com
Finance: Chair: Eileen Woosley, woosley_dt@comcast.net
Professional Development
The Professional Development Committee is focused on researching and working toward State Licensure for Developmental Therapists. This includes:
- Determining State requirements for Licensure as an independent discipline and fulfilling necessary requisites, terms, conditions, and stipulations to establish DT licensure for the State of Illinois.
- Drafting an appropriate accreditation curriculum.
- Making professional contacts to assist in the process of establishing an appropriate accreditation curriculum and program.
- Collaborating with Illinois Colleges/Universities to incorporate the Developmental Therapist Program into their offered degrees and coursework.
- Reporting to the Executive Committee and Board of Directors on the progress of the committee and for approval and concurrence on all activities and endeavors prior to implementation of any plan of action.
It is the intent of the Illinois Developmental Therapy Association that Developmental Therapists be universally recognized as highly qualified specialists who have met uniform standards of professional post-baccalaureate education, and that the credentials conferred by IDTA will assure the public and other professionals of the competence, integrity, and professionalism of Board-Certified Developmental Therapists.
For more information or join this committee, contact:
Sally Wilson-Gamble - sally.gamble@hhrehab.org
Continuing Education
The role of the Continuing Education Committee is to encourage professional development on an ongoing basis. CEC Strives to provide programs of general interest to members of IDTA, to promote and facilitate the continued development of members of IDTA, and to ensure the highest quality for IDTA training programs and educational opportunities for Developmental Therapists.
The committee has set specific objectives to guide it towards it goal that include:
- Identify and promote new educational programs
- Monitor the quality of courses presented under the auspices of the committee
- Work with other committees to periodically assess the member’s needs for continuing education
- Offer course programs or organized learning experiences to enhance personal/professional goals including programs/trainings that include for-credit, continuing Education Units (CEUs)
- Provide a list/collection of courses for completion of a specialized program of study
For more information or join this committee, contact:
Amy Cocorikis – acocorikis@ucpnet.org
Publications Committee
The role of the Publications Committee will be to provide an IDTA newsletter and bring publications and articles of interest to its members.
For more information or join this committee, contact:
Cathy Bosse, cathyb13@hotmail.com
Legislative Committee
The Legislative Committee is committed to providing information to members about current and proposed legislation and other state/agency news and advocate for the rights of IDTA members. This includes:
- developing a legislative program under the direction of the Executive Committee or the General membership;
- disseminating current information pertinent to national and state and local legislative programs;
- developing a political action network;
- periodically surveying the needs to the membership to assess their priorities; and
- working as a liaison with various local, state and federal agencies.
For more information or join this committee, contact:
Melisa Alaba-Yusouf, melisaa@melicenter.com
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee is dedicated to serving the needs of its members and will focus on the following activities:
- maintain an active record of members
- maintain an active program for the recruitment of new members;
- identify and study problems in the requirement of new members and retention of current members.
For more information or join this committee:
Nasiah Cirincione-Ulezi, nasia999@msn.com
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee will focus on the following activities:
- assist in developing a budget;
- develop plans for raising funds;
- audit the treasurer’s report.
For more information or join this committee, contact the Chair:
Eileen Woosley, woosley_dt@comcast.net
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