Meet the experts
Our Team
The robust Continued Early Childhood Education course library is developed and overseen by an experienced team of early childhood education specialists and industry professionals.
Jessica Lewis
MEd, ECSE
Senior Managing Editor
Kimberly Norris
MEd
CEU Administrator
Ashley Burck
MEd
Associate Continuing Education Producer
Featured Presenters
The instructors and guest editors who present our ECE courses are skilled experts in topics such as child development, child care training, and professional development for early childhood providers.
Megan Kapcar, MA, CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Outpatient Northern Kentucky Satellite. Her area of interest and expertise is in treating children and adolescents with apraxia, autism and language impairments. She also specializes in early intervention, ages birth to three years old, as well as treating Oromyfunctional Disorders. Megan has previously worked within the school setting with children ages preschool to 8th grade, who have various diagnoses. She is the previous Chair for the Birth-Three Team and a contributing member of the Oromyofunctional Disorder Team.
Sara is an occupational therapist with over 15 years of experience. She began her career working in pediatrics before becoming a certified hand therapist in 2010. With this role, Sara was able to explore ergonomics as an area of interest by performing job site evaluations and helping injured workers return to work. She is now an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University and has utilized her clinical background to look into the health and wellness of new mothers and supporting those caring for small children – of which ergonomics can play a large role.
Dr. Connie Jo Smith’s professional passions include exploring play, encouraging curiosity and problem solving in children and adults, designing professional development opportunities, and writing for the practitioner. Her most recent publications include “Behavioral Challenges in Early Childhood Settings” and “Growing, Growing Strong: A Whole Health Curriculum for Young Children” published by Redleaf Press. She has contributed to the early childhood field as a teacher of young children; director of for-profit and non-profit child care and Head Start programs; administrator of state and foundation programs; child care resource and referral administrator; child studies faculty member teaching undergraduate and graduate classes; instructional design graduate faculty member; instructional designer; trainer, and author. Her academic background includes an EdD in Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, an EdS in Elementary and Early Curriculum and Instruction, an MA in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Area of Concentration, and a BS in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Endorsement.
Advisory Board
All Continued Early Childhood Education content is vetted by a distinguished Advisory Board that provides topic-specific content and curriculum development.
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