Corinne is the Associate Director for Education, Inclusion, and Development at Montclair State University’s Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health. She is the project manager for the NJ Preschool Inclusive Education Project (NJPIEP) funded by the NJ Department of Education Office of Special Education. Corinne teaches graduate courses in Montclair’s Teaching and Learning Department and is a faculty member for the Infant and Early Childhood Development Ph.D. program at Fielding Graduate University. She is a member of the NJ State Interagency Coordinating Council (SICC) for Early Intervention and chairs the SICC Personnel Preparation Committee. She also served on the NJ Autism Advisory Panel charged with revising the NJ Department of Education Autism Quality Indicators.
Corinne worked as a school psychologist at the Montclair State University (MSU) Demonstration Program from 1995 until 2005 as a member of an interdisciplinary team using a developmental, relationship-based approach to work with 3-5 year old children diagnosed with developmental delays. She then went on to develop and coordinate the Inclusive Demonstration Program, a state-approved special education school program for preschool age children with pervasive developmental delays and autism spectrum disorders embedded in the MSU Ben Samuels Children’s Center.
Corinne completed her Ph.D. in Teacher Education and Teacher Development at Montclair. She completed an Infant Mental Health Certificate at The Institute for Clinical Studies of Infants, Toddlers and Parents and was awarded the IMHM-IV ®– Mentor-Clinical endorsement in infant mental health in NJ. She developed and validated the Teacher Self-efficacy for Autism Spectrum Disorder Inclusion (TSE-ASDI) Scale and is the author of articles and book chapters on teacher education, teacher self-efficacy, inclusion, autism as well as the impacts of stress on learning.