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Jody Dickerson RN, BSN, MN

BrainSTEPS Coordinator

Jody Dickerson is a Brain Injury Consultant within the Exceptional Student Services Unit (ESSU) at the Colorado Department of  Education. She serves as the state consultant for learners with disabilities that stem primarily from brain injury, both traumatic, non-traumatic, and congenital. She is the coordinator of BrainSTEPS CO, which is a brain injury consultation model for the State of Colorado. She comes from a nursing background with a focus on school nursing, particularly Special Education (TBI/OHI) and brain injury support. 

Toni Grishman RN, BSN

BrainSTEPS Coordinator

Toni Grishman, BSN, RN is a Brain Injury Consultant within the Health & Wellness unit at the Colorado Department of Education and co-coordinator of BrainSTEPS Colorado.  Toni was previously a school nurse, the Brain Injury and Concussion Resource nurse, and BrainSTEPS Team Leader for 3 years at Jeffco Public Schools.  Toni also participated in the American Academy of Pediatrics ECHO teaching session on supporting Concussions in the Schools.  She is excited to educate others in supporting students with brain injuries.

Ilsa Loetzbeier

Regional Team Liaison- Eastern Pennsylvania
Ilsa Loetzbeier, Ed.S, NCSP, has served as a BrainSTEPS Team Lead for Allentown School District for the last several years. Ms. Loetzbeier has worked in the Allentown School District for 19 years as a nationally certified school psychologist. Ms. Loetzbeier earned her bachelor’s degree from Penn State University in Rehabilitation Education and her master’s degree in Counseling from Lehigh University. Ms. Loetzbeier worked in the Psychology Department at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown, PA. She returned to Lehigh University for her School Counseling Certification. She then attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine for her degree in School Psychology. Additionally, she continues to work per diem for Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital including the inpatient pediatric unit at the Bethlehem location as well as the outpatient site in Allentown as a licensed psychologist.

Dr. Jim Wolf, CBIS

Regional Team Liaison- Eastern Pennsylvania
Jim Wolf, PsyD, CBIS was the Team Lead for the BrainSTEPS team at the Delaware County Intermediate Unit #25 (DCIU#25) for nine years. He became a Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) in 2015 and appointed to the BrainSTEPS State Regional Council from 2016 until it ended in 2022. While attending and playing soccer at the University of Delaware Jim was injured during the summer of 1983 in a swimming pool/diving accident. He was paralyzed from the chest down becoming a Quadriplegic at 20 years of age. After six months in the hospital, he returned immediately to the University of Delaware to finish his senior year earning a Special Education teaching degree and then a master’s degree in Counseling where he was singled out at graduation with an award for excellence in the field of study. During this time, hand surgeries were conducted in Minnesota on both of Jim’s hands to transfer tendons from his arms thus allowing a gross motor grasp that made life easier to manage. Dr. Wolf then completed a 5-year Clinical Psychology program at Widener University where he received the Award for Caring and Empathy in Clinical Practice. Widener further honored Jim by establishing a Scholarship for Perseverance in his name which is given every year at Widener’s scholarship ceremony. Dr. Wolf worked as a psychologist at the DCIU#25 since graduating from Widener in 1998 and has simultaneously provided private evaluation services for Catholic Social Services at St. Edmond’s Home in Bryn Mawr for the past 22 years.

Joan Steinberg

Follow Up Assistant
Ms. Joan Steinberg is a Research Coordinator for the Brain Injury Association of PA working on the Student Transition after Traumatic Brain Injury (STATBI) grant project investigating BrainSTEPS student outcomes in PA compared to students in Ohio who do not have access to BrainSTEPS. Ms. Steinberg has completed the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS) Brain Injury Fundamentals training. She has an adult son who experienced two brain injuries requiring her to become his advocate and caregiver.

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