About Us

Curriculum Advisory Committee

Cathy Abraham

Cathy Abraham brings to the field over 25 years of experience. She has been a classroom teacher, CDA Rep and Advisor, center director, college instructor, trainer, and author of early childhood curriculum. She lives in St. Charles, IL and continues to consult on childcare issues.

Edyth J. Wheeler, Ph.D.

Edyth Wheeler is Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Early Childhood Education at Towson University, Maryland, where she has been on the faculty since 1996. She earned her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Education with a focus on Early Childhood at George Mason University, where she also has taught. Wheeler spent 11 year working with young children as a teacher and director of one of the first NAEYC accredited programs in Virginia. She has been a curriculum consultant to Kiddie Academy since 1994. Her first book, Conflict Resolution in Early Childhood: Helping Children Understand, Manage and Resolve Conflicts, was published in 2004. Currently, she is working on a new book, Families, Schools, and Communities in a Contemporary Context, to be published in 2010.