Outreach Services Staff

Joanie Jones serves as an Administrative Secretary to the Director of Outreach.She may be reached at jjones@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6311 TTY/Voice.

Marty Fisk serves as the secretary for the case conference team. She schedules about 500 conferences a year. She’s been working at ISD since 1965 and knows the school well. She may be reached at mfisk@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6225 TTY/Voice.

Cynthia Van Manen is the second case conference coordinator. She joined the ISD staff in January 2002 Her primary responsibility is for conferences for students in preschool and elementary. She may be reached at cvanmanen@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6266 TTY/Voice.

Carol Wild, having worked at ISD since 1978, serves as one of two case conference coordinators. She facilitates conferences, annual case reviews and acts as liaison between the Local Education Agency and ISD. Her primary focus is conferences for students in middle school and high school. She may be reached at cwild@isd.k12.in.uss and at (317) 920-6224 TTY/Voice.

Jodee Crace , the Early Intervention Coordinator, has been involved in the Human Development field for over 22 years. Currently, she networks, partners, and trains with various stakeholders in providing high quality and unbiased comprehensive early intervention services. In addition, Jodee provides developmental therapy and parent advising to these families. She may be reached at jcrace@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6262 TTY.

Michelle Coleman, the Early Intervention Coordinator, brings seven years experience from working as a First Steps Intake Coordinator in Central Indiana. Michelle has a degree in Deaf Education and Elementary Education as well as her First Steps Credentials. Michelle can be reached at mcoleman@isd.k12.in.us or (317)-924-8415 or 1-800-724-9550 V/TTY.

Diane Hazel Jones, who has worked at ISD since 1973, is the Family Resource Coordinator provides a variety of services to families with Deaf and hard-of-hearing children from the age of 5 to 21. The services include: educational visits, family workshops, and education consultations for families and professionals. She may be reached at dhjones@isd.k12.in.uss and at (317) 924-8418 TTY/Voice.

Pam Burchett, a licensed social worker on the Assessment Team, has been employed at ISD since 1986. She is the initial contact person for new families who are seeking admission into ISD or for local schools who are interested in referring a student for an evaluation. She may be reached at pburchett@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6275 TTY/Voice.

Linda Charlebois has served as an educational audiologist since 1978, providing services for ISD's middle school and high school students, as well as children throughout the state from birth through the age of 21. She may be reached at lcharlebois@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6264 TTY/Voice.

Joyce Conner serves as secretary to the assessment team. She schedules appointments for specialized testing, monitors the Central Files and handles a myriad of responsibilities in the Assessment Center. Joyce has been with ISD since 1997. She may be reached at jconner@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 924-8416 TTY/Voice.

Louise Fitzpatrick, having served in a variety of capacities at ISD since 1982, is the Language Specialist for the assessment team. She assesses students' language and/or their communication system to determine their needs in this area. She may be reached at lfitzpatrick@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6263 TTY.

Lisa Herbert has a M.A. degreee in Developmental Psychology and Specialist degreee (Psy.S) in School Psychology with specialization in working with Deaf and hard-of-hearing children.  She began working at the Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD) in 2005.  Lisa primarily works with Preschool and Elementary ISD students, completing psychological assessments. 

Lisa may be reached at lherbert@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 941-6525 (VP or TTY)

Debbie Liebrich, the second audiologist, provides audiological services primarily for students preschool through elementary age. Having worked at ISD since 1998, Deb also provides services for children 0-21 throughout the state of Indiana. She may be reached at dliebrich@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6384 TTY/Voice.

Carolyn Pimentel has a M.A. degree in Developmental Psychology and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in School Psychology with specialization in working with Deaf and hard-of-hearing children.  She began working at ISD in 1981.  Carolyn primarily concentrates her psychological assessments with students who attend the public schools.  She may be reached at cpimentel@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6230 TTY/Voice or (317) 941-6525 VP.

Shannon Stafford, one of the four audiologists, provides services for students from public schools who are seen during assessments and through First Steps referrals.

Shannon may be reached at sstafford@isd.k12.in.uss and at (317) 920-6347 TTY/Voice.

Terri Waddell-Motter has a M.A. degree in Developmental Psychology and Specialist degree (Psy.S) in School Psychology with specialization in working with Deaf and hard-of-hearing children.  She began working at ISD in 1993.  Terri primarily completes psychological assessments for Middle School and High School ISD students.  She may be reached at twaddellmotter@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-7117 (VP).

Sheryl Whiteman , the fourth audiologist, provides audiological services primarily for students preschool through elementary age. Having worked at ISD since 1986, Sheryl also provides services for children 0-21 throughout the state of Indiana. She may be reached at swhiteman@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6347 TTY/Voice.

Ruth Asher-Lynch is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked at ISD since 1994.  Ruth provides counseling services to students, primarily in the Middle School and High School departments.  Ruth can be reached by e-mail: RAsherLynch@isd.k12.in.us, or by phone at (317) 920-6355 V/TTY.

Mike McGeath

Cathy Pardee is a Master’s level social worker with varied duties such as helping to find community resources for parents, staff, and students; facilitating the weekly consulting psychiatric clinic and referral system; coordinating reporting of suspected child abuse and education for staff; and is working toward become registered as a play therapist. She may be reached at cpardee@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6295 TTY/Voice.

Molly Peters, school counselor on the Counseling Team, has been employed at ISD since 2000. She provides individual, group and family counseling services with Preschool/Elementary and Middle School students. She also provides consultation with campus wide staff concerning the students' needs. The goal is to help students to be aware of their emotional intelligence to be become a well-being, productive citizen. Molly is involved with Cultural Audit Committee for the

school-wide campus. Molly may be reached at mfpeters@isd.k12.in.us

Cindy Pickering, who has worked at ISD since August 1999, is a School Counselor for Middle and High School students. She provides varied duties such as providing one to one therapy; group therapy; family therapy and workshop/teambuilding activities. I am also ISD Jr. NAD Sponsor. Cindy may be reached at cpickering@isd.k12.in.us.

Speech & Language Team

Julie Buck is one of three speech-language pathologists and earned her Master's degree in speech-language pathology in 1986.  She has worked in a variety of situations involving children and adults.  Having worked at ISD since 1993, Julie provides speech services for students & on a consultation basis.  Julie is married and is the mother of three girls and a boy. She may be reached at jbuck@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 941-4639 TTY/Voice.

Holly Geeslin, is an audiologist and one of three speech-language pathologists who works with deaf and hard-of-hearing children in Indiana’s birth to three First Steps system and as a contract SLP at the Indiana School for the Deaf. She is married to a Deaf man and has 2 daughters. She may be reached at hgeeslin@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6384 TTY/Voice.

Jacqueline D. Hall-Katter is one of three speech-language pathologists who contract with the Indiana School for the Deaf. She has been working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing students for nine years. Jackie is the owner of her own business, Katter Speech Services. She is the mother of four children; two of whom are hard of hearing. She specializes in children with cochlear implants, and specific language disorders. She may be reached at jkatter@isd.k12.in.us and at (317) 920-6385 TTY/Voice.

Christine Wood has a M. A. degree in Deaf Education from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College), and is certified by the American Sign Language Teacher’s Association (ASLTA) since 1996, currently at the professional level.  Christine began contracting part-time with Outreach in 2000.  She assesses students' language and/or their communication system to determine their needs in this area. She may be reached at cwood@isd.k12.in.us and (317) 920-6311 (VP). 

Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy Team

Paula Berry, is one of 2 Occupational Therapist’s who contract with Indiana School for the Deaf.  Paula can be reached at pberry@isd.k12.in.us or at (317) 920-6303.

Jeanine Goldner is a Physical Therapist who contracts with the Indiana School for the Deaf. She can be reached at JGoldner@isd.k12.in.us or at (317) 920-6303.