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CERTIFIED GROUP FACILITATORS
as of September 1, 2008

CONSULTANT
("Consultants" provide topic programs and full-length Parent's Toolshop parenting classes through PTC and their employers)

Ginger Smith is the Parent Support Coordinator for Family & Children First. She has a B.A. degree in Human Development and experience as a substitute teacher with special needs children and as a caseworker in the child welfare system. Ginger uses The Parent's Toolshop curriculum to engage students with group activities, lively discussion and, of course, humor.

Selena Dyke has a B.A. in Psychology and Social Work and is a Certified Life Skills Coach. Selena was a Guidance Counselor in Jamaica, working with children, adolescents and parents at a private school. She recently moved to the Bahamas to accept a position as a parent educator. Selena also offers teacher professional workshops in classroom and behavior management .

Cambra Mockabee, LSW, is a certified Parent’s Toolshop "Group Facilitator" instructor with nearly ten years experience in parent education. Beyond Cambra’s expertise in general parenting issues, she helped develop a parenting curriculum for prison populations that has been adopted statewide and has experience assisting parents and children through remarriage and step-family issues.

Deborah K. Ruscitelli, MS, LPC, CCDC III-E is a therapist at the Miami Valley Family Care Center in Dayton (OH), where she enhances parent-child relationships through counseling and custom-designed topic presentations using Parents Toolshop teachings. Deb has worked in the counseling field since 1988 and chose to become certified as a Parents Toolshop instructor because it reflects her own counseling style. She was awarded the "Outstanding Group Facilitator of the Year" in 2004.

ASSOCIATE
("Associates" provide topic programs and full-length Parent's Toolshop parenting classes only through their employers)  

Mary Ann Linscott is a parent mentor at Athens County Children’s Services in Ohio. There, she provides one-on-one in-home parenting services for non-custodial and custodial parents. She is the mother of four adult children, one biological and three adopted.          

Sharon Pierce has her bachelor's degree in education. She is the Walton County Coordinator for Okaloosa-Walton Child Care Services in Fort Walton Beach, Florida; prior to this position she served as a parent counselor. She has been working with parents and their children for over 12 years as a counselor and a teacher — and now a Parents Toolshop Group Facilitator. Spierce@ParentsToolshop.com

Iris Strunc, M.S. is a teacher trainer/advisor in the Adult Education department at Okaloosa Walton College in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. There, she teaches a college success class for incoming freshmen, where she comes in contact with students from varied backgrounds and constantly uses tools from the Parent's Toolshop.

SUPPORTING
("Supporting" GFs only provide topic programs for their own agency)

Mary Ann Mochan is the Early Childhood Specialist for Okaloosa-Walton Child Care Services in Florida and a Parent's Toolshop Group Facilitator. She has worked with children and their families for over 13 years in centers, promoting quality child care as a preschool teacher and a program coordinator.

Lynn Stephens, BA, MEd., is Chief Operations Officer at Okaloosa-Walton Child Care Services, a Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, in Ft. Walton Beach. Florida. There, she supervises a team of early childhood professionals who provide child care resource and referral information and eligibility services to families and training and technical assistance to early childhood programs. Lynn also has taught Early Childhood courses at Okaloosa-Walton College and serves as a CDA Representative. She is the recipient of the "Outstanding Parent's Toolshop Group Facilitator of 2002" award.