Agnes (Agi) Maulik, Conductor  

Agi is a qualified conductor, graduated from the International Petö Institute, Hungary. She has experience in Conductive Education having worked in Hungary and several other European countries (listed below). She also holds a degree in English education.  

While studying at the Pető Institute Agi worked with a variety of ages ranging from infants to adults as well as a variety of diagnosis. Her experience includes:

• infant and mother-and-child groups;
• children's department (0-3 year olds);
• kindergarten groups (3-7 year olds)  with mixed spastic children;
• school-age groups (8-9 year olds) with mixed spastic children (tetraplegia spastica, hemiplegia spastica, diplegia spastica, athetosis, cerebellar ataxia);
• adult group with Parkinson's disease, hemiplegia spastica, Multiple Sclerosis and stroke.  

Education  

• Four-year diploma, Conductor-Teacher, Petö Institute, Budapest, Hungary - 2002
• Three-year diploma, English language teacher, Kodolanyi Janos College, Budapest, Hungary – 2008  

Experience

• Individual session leader, Mullback Institute, Karlsborg, Sweden (June - August 2002)
• Kindergarten group leader, Luxembourg (September - October 2002)
• Group leader, Rainbow Centre, Fareham, England (January - July 2003)
• Mother-and-child group leader, Moira Centre, Hamar, Norway (December 2003)
• Group leader, Zentrum Für Konduktive Therapie, Oberhausen, Germany (September 2003 - December 2004)
• School-age group leader, Summer Camp, Valencia, Spain (July 2004)
• School-age group leader, Komplex Primary School, Budapest, Hungary (April 2005 - August 2008)

Lara DePoy, M.S., OTR, Program Director
Lara has worked in occupational therapy programs since earning her master’s degree in 1999.  She does dual duty at the Jackson Center as Program Director/Occupational Therapist and Mom to Jackson DePoy, for whom the Jackson Center was named. 

Education

• B.S. Human Development/Family Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
• M.S. Occupational Therapy, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
• Specializations in oral motor skills (Beckman Oral Motor), Sensory Integration (Carol      Kranowitz), Craniosacral Therapy (Upledger Institute)

Experience and Professional Affiliations

• Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities, Partners in Policymaking, 2004
• Founding member, ACENA
• Member, University of Indianapolis Advisory Council for the School of Occupational Therapy
• Certified in the Principles of Conductive Education, Governor’s State University, IL
• Fieldwork Advisor - Level I and II students, University of Indianapolis and Indiana University-Purdue University
• Prior member First Steps Early Intervention Education Team
• Private Therapy Practitioner, Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation
• Building Bridges, Support Group Leader, Mooresville First United Methodist Church, Mooresville, IN

Lauren Snyder, B.S. K-6 Elementary Education/Special Education (Mi-MH)

Lauren has had experience working with children of special needs, ranging from mild learning disabilities, speech disabilities, ADD, emotional disorder, Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy since 2000 through private child care. Following her passion for working with special needs children, Lauren earned her B.S. degree from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College where she majored in Elementary and Special Education.

Lauren joined the Jackson Center staff in 2009 where she is leading an academic enhancement program.  She provides classroom instruction for children enrolled in the Jackson Center who are pre-school to elementary-aged to supplement instruction they are receiving through the public schools. 

Education

• B.S. K-6 Elementary Education/Special Education (Mild/Moderate Disabilities), Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN-2006

Experiences and Professional Affiliations:

• 6th grade teacher of an inclusion classroom, integrating children with special needs into a mainstream classroom, Northwood Elementary School, Mooresville Consolidated School System
• 3rd grade teacher, gifted and talented class, JEWEL Christian Academy
• Pre-school teacher, working with children with special needs, helping them integrate into the classroom, Goddard School
• Co-founded/ President of the SMWC chapter of Indiana Student Education Association
• District Representative/State Delegate, Indiana Student Education Association, 2005
• Prior member, Indiana State Teacher Association

Aides and Administrative Support