Barbara's commitment to children with disabilities began when she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Childhood Education and Education of the Visually Impaired from Syracuse University. Barbara earned a Master of Arts in Education of the Visually Impaired from Teachers College, Columbia University. While teaching the visually impaired at a local school district, Barbara initiated a unique approach to teaching children with severe, multiple disabilities. Utilizing evidence-based practices, she launched a transdisciplinary program designed to improve outcomes for the district’s most challenged and complex children. The success of this program, was the impetus for her founding TEAMability in 2003. Barbara and her husband love traveling, both abroad and to visit their three children and two grandchildren.