Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Services to Children and Youth with Deafblindness
Georgia Sensory Assistance Project Staff
Dr. Kathryn W. Heller, Project Director
Dr. Heller is a Professor at Georgia State University in Special Education. She is the Project Director of the Georgia Sensory Assistance Project. She is responsible for: proper implementation of the grant, supervision of personnel on the grant, maintaining the budget, coordinating activities across the grant and other agencies, providing technical assistance to teachers of students with deafblindness and their families, training and inservice programming, providing coursework and inservices in deafblindness, coordinating census information, developing materials, and grant writing. Dr. Heller may be contacted at kheller@gsu.edu.
Ms. Martha Veto, Project Coordinator
The Project Coordinator is responsible for: providing on-site technical assistance to teachers of students with deafblindness and their families, conducting inservices across the state, assisting with training and service programming, maintaining the census, supervising the educational advisor program, and disseminating information and resources. She may be contacted at mveto@gsu.edu
Ms. Barb Kearney, Early Intervention and Early Transition Coordinator
The Early Transition Coordinator provides technical assistance to school personnel and families of young children and works with parents, parent advisors, teachers, and other personnel to assist with making a smooth transition from home to school. She may be contacted at bkearney@gsu.edu
Ms. Deborah Fields-Harris, Family Support Coordinator
Deborah Harris is a parent of a child with deafblindness. She is responsible for: addressing family issues through training, networking, and product development; technical assistance to parents; training parents with SPARKLE material; and assisting with dissemination of materials and products. Ms.Fields-Harris may be contacted at fields-harrisd@comcast.net
Dr. Jennifer Tumlin Garrett, Identification and Dissemination Coordinator
The Identification and Dissemination Coordinator is responsible for: collecting and analyzing census information, promoting activities to increase identification of students who are deafblind, providing technical assistance, facilitating sibling workshops and sibling issues, and disseminating information and resources. She may be contacted at jennifergarrett@gsu.edu
