Meet the experts

Rosemarie Griffin, MA, CCC/SLP BCBA, is an ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She divides her time between a public school and a private school for students with autism in Ohio. She's presented at the national, state and local level about systematic and collaborative language instruction for students with autism. She is also a blogger and product developer (action builder cards). Her professional mission is to help all students expand their communication step by step. She can be reached at www.abaspeech.org.

Jennifer McCroddan recently transitioned as Program Director for Cross Church Preschool to develop supporting and consultation roles. Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in the field of early childhood where she has served as an educator, writer, administrator, and mentor. She has a passion for training early childhood professionals and finds herself right at home in a group of teachers who are eager to grow themselves and encourage the growth of young children and support their families.

Carol Westinghouse has worked with child care programs, K-12 schools, colleges/universities, and a range of other facilities to improve their indoor air quality over the past 20 years.  She has specialized in assisting facilities that provide services to children in adopting green cleaning and integrated pest management programs.

She has served as an advisor and consultant for numerous projects relating to indoor air quality and green cleaning for the States of Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, New York, Rhode Island and the Universities of Connecticut, Washington, and California.

Ms. Westinghouse is the co-author of the Green Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting Toolkit for Early Care and Education, has adapted the publication into an online professional development course for Penn State's Better Kid Care, and written several articles and other publications relating to indoor air quality in children’s environments.