Alexandra Curlin & Dee Kempson (video)
Alexandra Curlin, JD (play video)
The Curlin Law Office
Ms. Curlin practices law throughout the State of Indiana. She focuses her practice in the areas of special education and general education law, family law, and employment law. Prior to her career in private practice, Ms. Curlin was a teacher in grades kindergarten through fourth grade in metropolitan Indianapolis. She also served as a reading specialist. Upon gradution from law school, she served as an Expulsion Hearing Officer and later worked for the Indiana Department of Education, where she served as the Assistant Director of Due Process. Ms. Curlin received her Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University with minors in reading and early childhood education. She takes her law degree from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis. Ms. Curlin is admitted to practice before all Indiana courts and the U.S. District Court for Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Dee Kempson, LSW, ACSW
Indiana Department of Education, Social Work Consultant
Ms. Kempson was born and educated in London, England, where she graduated and taught in a London elementary school for three years before emigratingg to the United States with her husband. As they moved aruond the country, Ms. Kempson held a variety of positions, including Director of the Strong-Memorial Hospital School Program in Rochester, New York. She returned to school when she and her family settled in Indiana. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education and a Master's Degree in Social Work from Indiana University. Ms. Kempson practiced as a school social worker for 14 years in the Indianapolis Public Schools. She has been honored as Indiana School Social Worker of the Years and has served as president of the Indiana School Social Work Association. Ms. Kempson ia current member of the Midwest School Social Work Council and has served as the School Social Work Consultant for the Indiana Department of Education since August 2005.
Richelle Greaves, MSW, LCSW
Student Assistance Consultant, MSD Pike Township
Ms. Greaves attended Indiana University, where she graduated with majors in Psychology and Sociology in 1997. She obtained a Master's Degree in Social Work from Indiana University in 2000. She has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2003. She worked in the mental health field for seven years as both a therapist and supervisor for Midtown Community Mental Health Center, working with adolescents with mental illness from Indianapolis Public Schools and their families. Ms. Greaves has additional experience with adoption and NOVA crisis prevention. She currently works for MSD of Pike Township as a Student Assistance Consultant to implement Response to Intervention and to develop mental health services for Pike Township Schools.
Pamela L. June, Ph.D., HSPP
June Psychological and Consulting Services
Dr. Pamela June has focused her training and experience in work with children and adolescents. She has experience providing a full range of clinical services in schools, hospital, and private practice. Dr. June worked eight years in private industry for Magellan Behavioral Health, where she was Clinical Director. She was responsible for the development and implementation of policies and procedures, implementation and reporting of Quality Improvement activities, clinical consultation to Clinical Care Managers, and the development and coordination of wellness trainings for the State of Indiana EAP. She has taught undergraduate classes at Marian College, graduate Assessment classes at IUPUI and Lesley College in Cambridge, Massechusetts, and provided crisis counseling at the St. Vincent Stress Center. Currently, Dr. June works for the MSD of Pike Township as a Behavioral Specialist/ School Psychologist. June Psychological and Consulting Services is he independently owned business that provides psychological evaluation and psychotherapy services to adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families.
Ms. Laurice Varnaw
Parent
Ms. Varnau presents a parent's perspective on this panel.