2003 Oscar Winners

List of Winners

star icon Administrator: Mental Health Center

Dr. John Randolph, Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas (Emporia, KS)

 
star icon Administrator: Special Education

Dee McKee, Director of Special Education, USD 383 (Manhattan, KS)

 
star icon Administrator: Principal

Dr. Chuck McLeon, Principal, Shawnee Mission North High School (Overland Park, KS)

 
star icon Administrator: Children's Director

Jody Patterson, Pawnee Mental Health Services, CBS Director (Concordia, KS)

 
star icon Attendant Care

Mike Rohr & Eric Pommier, Pawnee Mental Health Services (Manhattan, KS)

 
star icon Case Manager

Dawn Diaz, Wyandot Mental Health Center (Kansas City, KS)

 
star icon Child and/or Adolescent who has emotional and/or behavioral problems

Jennifer Teeter (Manhattan, KS) & Cassandra Landreth (Kansas City, KS)

 
star icon Cultural Competence (TIE IN THIS CATEGORY)

Reverend Samuel Castro (Topeka, KS) & Roberta Shafer (Emporia, KS)

 
star icon Family Involvement

Debbie Edwards, Teacher, Shawnee Heights Elementary (Topeka, KS)

 
star icon Foster Parent

Connie Murray (Junction City, KS), The Farm (Manhattan, KS)

 
star icon Independent Living Coordinator

Scot Carver, LINK (Colby, KS)

 
star icon Parent Trainer or Parent Support

Lee Ann Glover, Leavenworth Guidance Center ( Leavenworth, KS) & Bobbie Rine, Southwest Guidance Center (Liberal, KS)

 
star icon Parents

Tom and Theresa Berry and Grandmother Beulah Berry (Kansas City, KS)

 
star icon Parent Support outside of mental health

Annett Bynum, Mother to Mother (Topeka, KS) & Leia Holley, Families Together (Kansas City, KS)

 
star icon School Mental Health Collaboration - either part of a team effort around a specific child/adolescent, or the design of a multi-agency response to serve a group of children

Stacy Headd accepting for Wyandot Academy

 
star icon Social Worker

Permelia Clark, Southwest Medical Center, Transition Unit (Liberal, KS)

 
star icon Teacher

Shawn MacKay, Shawnee Mission North High School (Overland Park, KS)

 
star icon Therapist

Scott Whitney, Bert Nash (Lawrence, KS) & Sharon Freelon, Wyandot (Kansas City, KS)

 
star icon Wraparound Team " which has demonstrated extraordinary work and success for a child or adolescent with emotional/behavioral problems."

Berry team: Sharon Freelon (Therapist), Terri Hoenbeck (Attendant Care), Dawn Diaz (Case Manager), Leia Holley (Parent support, Families Together)