School Staff
Child Enrichment Program
Deborah Mugno, Ed.D.
School Director
Dr. Mugno has over 22 years experience in the fields of early childhood and early intervention. She holds a B.S. in special education from the University of Maryland and both an M.S. in education/reading and an Ed.D. in special education/leadership from Johns Hopkins University. She spent many years as an early intervention specialist and administrator in Maryland and has taught early childhood classes at several community colleges in North Carolina as well as at Meredith College. She has an extensive background in early intervention research and speaks frequently at both state and national early childhood conferences. Dr. Mugno was the Education Director at the Lucy Daniels Center from 1996 through 2003 and returned in 2010.
Barbara Snider, M.D.
Parent Therapist and Admissions Officer, Early Intervention Program; and Consultant, Child Enrichment Program
Dr. Snider is a child psychiatrist. She is in continued training in psychoanalysis through the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Snider is a parent therapist, Early Intervention Program admissions officer, and Child Enrichment Program consultant and has been fulfilling these roles at the Center since 2000.
Kathy Kelly
Teacher
Mrs. Kelly joined our staff in the fall of 2006. Mrs. Kelly's prior work experience was in the public relations field. She is also a long-time volunteer with children in elementary, middle, and high schools in the Wake County Public School System.
Tiffany Hall
Teacher
Ms. Hall joined the Lucy Daniels Center staff in 2010. She brings more than 10 years of experience in working with young children. She holds a B.A. in Child Development and Learning from Maryville College in Tennessee and an M.S. in Early Childhood with a Special Education endorsement from Kansas State University. She is a teacher of four-year olds in the Child Enrichment Program.
Theresa Sterlina
Teacher of transitional-kindergarten
Mrs. Sterlina joined our staff in 2002. She has an A.A.S. degree in early childhood education from Maria College in New York and a B.S. degree in elementary education from the University of Connecticut. Mrs. Sterlina has taught children ages 2-4 in the Child Enrichment Program and children ages 3-6 in the Early Intervention Program.
Early Intervention Program
Deborah Mugno, Ed.D.
School Director
Dr. Mugno has over 22 years experience in the fields of early childhood and early intervention. She holds a B.S. in special education from the University of Maryland and both an M.S. in education/reading and an Ed.D. in special education/leadership from Johns Hopkins University. She spent many years as an early intervention specialist and administrator in Maryland and has taught early childhood classes at several community colleges in North Carolina as well as at Meredith College. She has an extensive background in early intervention research and speaks frequently at both state and national early childhood conferences. Dr. Mugno was the Education Director at the Lucy Daniels Center from 1996 through 2003 and returned in 2010.
Susan Eder, M.D.
Associate Director and Parent Therapist, Early Intervention Program
Dr. Eder is the Center's associate director and a parent therapist in the Early Intervention Program. She completed her training in adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry at the Payne-Whitney Clinic of the New York Hospital and was an assistant professor of child psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Dr. Eder has served as a parent therapist and member of the EIP therapeutic team since 1998.
Marilyn Farrell
Teacher
Ms. Farrell returned to the Lucy Daniels Center staff for the 2011-2012 school year, where she teaches in the EIP classroom. She taught in both the CEP and EIP classrooms from 1997-2000. She brings over 20 years experience working with young children. Ms. Farrell holds a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Mount Olive College as well as an Associate of Arts Degree from the Colorado Art Institute.
David Fuller, M. D.
Parent Therapist, Early Intervention Program
Dr. Fuller is a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, serving as a parent therapist and a member of the therapeutic team. He completed his training in adult and child psychiatry at Duke University and in adult and child psychoanalysis at the Duke-UNC Psychoanalytic Education Program (now the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas). Dr. Fuller has been a parent therapist and member of the Early Intervention Program therapeutic team since 1995.
Fletcher Moore
Teacher
Ms. Moore joined our staff in 2010 as a teacher in the Early Intervention Program. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in family studies from Arizona State University. Ms. Moore has worked in early childhood education since 2006.
Jennifer Murphy
Teacher
Ms. Murphy joined our staff in August 2007. She received her bachelor's degree in social work from Frostburg State University in Maryland and had seven years of experience in mental health and early childhood development positions. She received her certification as a Certified Psychoanalytic Educator (CPE) during the summer of 2011. Ms. Murphy currently teaches in the preschool Early Intervention Program classroom.
Jennifer Reid
Teacher/Associate Director of Education
Mrs. Reid joined our staff in 2005 and has taught in the Child Enrichment Program, the Early Intervention Program Preschool, and currently teaches in the Early Intervention Program Kindergarten. She has a Master's degree in early childhood and elementary education from New York University, an early childhood teacher credential from the American Montessori Society, and the professional credential of Certified Psychoanalytic Educator (CPE). Ms. Reid has taught preschool and kindergarten aged children since 2001.
Daphne Rosenblitt, M.D.
Parent Therapist, Early Intervention Program
Dr. Rosenblitt is a parent therapist and has been a member of the Early Intervention Program therapeutic team since 2006. She received her training in adult and child psychiatry at Duke University and her analytic training through the Duke-UNC Psychoanalytic Education Program (now the Psychoanalytic Education Center of the Carolinas), where she is currently on the faculty. Dr. Rosenblitt also has a private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in Durham.
Barbara Snider, M.D.
Parent Therapist and Admissions Officer, Early Intervention Program; and Consultant, Child Enrichment Program
Dr. Snider is a child psychiatrist. She is in continued training in psychoanalysis through the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. Dr. Snider is a parent therapist, Early Intervention Program admissions officer and Child Enrichment Program consultant, and has been fulfilling these roles at the Center since 2000.
" The EIP provided our son with the help and guidance he needed. The teachers helped him learn how to navigate a preschool classroom at his own pace. "
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