Jennifer Barrett-Zitkus is an Education Program Specialist and State Lead for the Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Monitoring and State Improvement Division. She is a facilitator for Training Learning and Capacity Implementation Team. Jennifer is the lead area expert for Preschool Collaboration and neonatal abstinence syndrome and trauma informed care.
Jennifer began her career as an early interventionist for an OSEP funded research and demonstration project at East Tennessee University (ETSU). She served as an adjunct faculty member at ETSU. Jennifer established an Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education Program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers for Johnson City School System.
Jennifer was a Pediatric Consultant and providing technical assistance and quality assurance for the Early Intervention program in Illinois. She was appointed to the Governor’s Taskforce charged with reviewing Illinois’ Early Intervention Program. Jennifer was an adjunct instructor at the Erikson Institute in Chicago and a Regional Training Consultant for the Illinois Early Intervention Training Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
