Alabama Special Education Advisory Panel
2008-2009
The function of the Special Education Advisory Panel is to collect comments from the public regarding the provision of services to students with disabilities and make recommendations to the State relative to unmet needs in the education of students with disabilities, comment publicly on any rules or regulations proposed by the State regarding the education of children with disabilities, advise the State regarding the development of evaluations and the reporting of data to the United States Secretary of Education, advise the State in the development of corrective action plans to address findings identified in federal monitoring reports, and advise the State in the development and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for children with disabilities.

Panel Membership 2008-2009

Ms. Sue Berry

Dept. of Human Resources, Program Supervisor

50 N. Ripley St.

Montgomery, AL 36130

Ms. Amy Blakeney

Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services

Division of Early Intervention

602 South Lawrence Street.

Montgomery, AL 36104

Mr. Jerre Brimer

The Learning Tree, Inc.

P.O. Box 1306

Semmes, AL 36575

Ms. Nancy Bryan

Teacher

Chambers County Schools

Box 408D

LaFayette, AL 36862-0408

Ms. Jessica Bullock

Student

Montgomery, AL

Ms. Trisston Wright Burrows

Individual w/Disability

1442 Brock’s Trace

Hoover, AL 35244

Dr. Robin Bynum

Troy University, Dothan Campus

Post Office Box 8368

Dothan, AL 36304

Ms. Brittany Coston

Student

Thomasville, AL 36784

Ms. Cardelia Cunningham

Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services.

340 Westmoreland Avenue

Florence, AL 35630

Ms. Tyna Davis

Director Special Education Services

Alabama Education Association

5578 Highway 143

Elmore, AL 36025

Ms. Rosie Edwards

Director Special Education Services

J. F. Ingram State Technical College

5578 Highway 143

Elmore, AL 36025

Dr. Linda Felton-Smith

Superintendent,

Troy City Schools

Post Office Box 529

Troy, AL 36081-0529

Ms. Teresa Goodson

Alabama Parent Education Center

Director Network for Children with Disabilities

Post Office Box 118

Wetumpka, AL 36092

Ms. Karen John

Alabama Dept. Of Youth Services

1000 Industrial School Road

Mt. Meigs, AL 3609257

Dr. Saima Kanwal

Parent

602 Raven Wood Drive, Apt. 1

Selma, AL 36701

Dr. Sheila Martin

Special Education Coordinator

Mobile County Public Schools

Post Office Box 180069

Mobile, AL 36618

Ms. Sheryl R. Matney

National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities

225 S. Franklin Drive

Troy, AL 36081

Ms. Sandy Mountz

Parent

2800 Vestavia Forest Place

Birmingham, AL 35216

Ms. Susan B. Owens

Parent/Teacher

7634 County Road 7

Newville, AL 36353


Ms. Valerie Patterson

Parent

103 Thomas Woods Court

Huntsville, AL 35806

Ms. Osie Pickens

Special Education Coordinator

Hale County School Systems

1115 Powers Street

Greensboro, AL 36744

Ms. Jackie Potts

Teacher

Sylacauga City Schools

400 Pineview Road

Sylacauga, AL 35150

Mr. Scott Renner

Montgomery Center for Independent Living

600 South Court Street

Montgomery, AL 36116

Ms. Velma Rowden

Clarke County Schools

Post Office Box 936

Grove Hill, AL 36451

Ms. Benita Surles

Parent

1357 Biscayne Dr.

Montgomery, AL 36116

Ms. Genell Townsend

Special Education Coordinator

Elmore County Public Schools

Post Office Box 817

Wetumpka, AL 36092

Dr. Debbie Voltz

University of Alabama Birmingham

1530 13th Street South

Birmingham, AL 35294-1250

Panel Membership 2008-2009