6-Week Training Done
267 Child-Abuse Staff Ready to Go

The Administration for Children's Services held graduation ceremonies March 3 for 265 Child Protective Specialists and two Investigative Consultants.

The new graduates completed a six-week training course that emphasized investigative skills and how to make child-welfare assessments. They are part of stepped-up efforts by the agency to combat child abuse and identify homes where children are at risk in the wake of the beating death of Nixzmary Brown - whose stepfather is currently on trial for murder - in January 2006.

Kenneth Demarest and James Osgood are the new Investigative Consultants.

Protective Specialists

The Child Protective Specialist grads are:

Rossella Abbate, Elizabeth Adames, Toyin Adesina, Nancy Adolphe, Farhana Afroze, Temitayo Aiyeku, Nafees Alam, Lashonda Alderman, Pamela Alfred, John Alvarado, Samantha Amonoo-Thomas, Alana Andrews, Michael Antonello, Cathy Baker, Victoria Banks, Nicole Barker, Michelle Barnes, Chanel Bascombe, Deyoui Bauer-Deluigi, Tiffany Baylock, Barbara Bazile, Sharon Belizairo;

Ingrid Bello, Nedgy Beraud, Jessica Bidaisee, Camille Blake, Natesha Blanchard, Kwaku Boasiako, Jamie-Lynn Bock, Kristila Brace, Jonelle Bristol, Lakeisha Brown, Nyisha Brown, Eleanor Browne, Michael Brubacher, Paul Brunswick, Vanessa Bryant, Stephanie Cancel, Charles Castro, Wai Nga Chan, Natasha Christian, Sharise Christian, Teresa Christian, Chantel Clark, Tanya Classi, Kary Collado, Helen Colon, Carl Cruz, Jennifer Cruz, Tiffany Cruz, Virginia Cureno, Bernice Delgado, Diana Dinzey;

Erick Echeverria, Heidi Ellis, Racquel Ellis, Vashti Ellis, Elicia Enriquez, Javier Enriquez, Michelle Escalera, Virginia Evans-Barnett, Faidat Fahm, Natalia Filatova, Lindsay Flaverney, Mtonya Fletcher, Florence Fontaine, Carmen Francis-Nurse, Yolanda Franco, Sonia Fraser, Charmaine Gabay, Myrna Galindez, Cecelia Garza, Regina Gilchrist, Andra Gilling, Sharmilla Girdharrie, Kaffa Goda;

James Goode, Leora Granger, Roshelle Green, Takiya Green, Wonderful Griffin, Karina Guerrero, Thekisha Guillot, Nicole Hackett, Oscie Harding, Nefretiri Headley, Kerry Hendrickson, Widnelia Hernandez-Perez, Letitia Hodges, Ngu Hoe, Tarnesha Holley, Peggy Holloway, Tu' Wanna Hoover, Brenda Howard-Boyce, James Hunter, Donnalee Hutchinson, Shawnae Hyde, Joanne Infantes, Monique Irick, Terrilyn Jackson, Sade Jacobs, Veronica Jarrett-Mackey, Leslie Jeffrey, Kattia Jimenez, Coretta Johnson, Ebony Johnson, Laray Jones, Latonya Jones, Josianne Joseph-Mothersil;

Kerri-Ann Kelly, Takia Kinloch, Tracy Kitt, Katherine Koczynski, Tunisha R. Lammers, Melissa Lau, Farrah Lawrence, Ingrid Leckie, Sara Leconte, Krashawn Lee, Laura Lekocevic, Lidia Leon, Melissa Lewis, Velesia Lewis, Youshana Lewis, Monique Llewellyn, Angie Lloyd, Omarr Lofton, Jose Lopez, Omean Louison, Latoi Luter, Madeline Maeweather, Christopher Magarin, Shermaine Manifold;

Troy Mann, Belky Marte, Eboni Mason, Darryl Maye, Bhojranie Maygoo, Tracy Maynard, Sheena McCall, Kathleen McCarthy, Octavia McFarlane, Pansey McGregor, Grace McKoy, Lotoya McLeod, Patrice McRae, Stephanie Mei, Raeanna Metzger, Stacey-Ann Miller, Makeda Modeste, Shanel Monore, Shawnte Moore, Nefretiti Morant, Aja Morrow, Kevin Moss, Aja Murray, Stephanie Napolitan, Andres Narvaez-Perez, Giancarlo Nati, Christina Nazario, Nadlie Neish-Scott, James Nelson, Scheherazade Newton, Belisa Nieves, Stephanie Nieves;

Celenia Nivar, Ana Nunez-Martinez, Melissa Nussbickel, Laura Obuobi, Mayano Ochi, Harvey Ogun, Ijeoma Onyebuchi, Cindy Orbegoso, Edward Orji, Marisol Otero-Morales, Faith Oviasuyi-Brown, Geraldo Padilla, Erica Pagan, Stephanie Page, Lynn Parker, Elizabeth Payero, Toni Payne, Anika Peaster, Ana Pena, Rosa Perdomo-Barton, Dola Phair, Danielle Phillips, Auria Pineda;

Erica Pitts, Joy Pleasants, Elzbieta Plonska, Irene Polanco, Lisa Pollonais, Justyna Poltorak, Alexis Porter, Reena Prashad, Bernal Price, Mary Prince, Cyndy Quinones, Cindy Raoul, Dena Reid, Monique Reid, Moses Rodriguez, Rebecca Rojas, Vicky Rojas, Jessica Roman, Alexander Rosario, Karen Ross, Ray Salinas, Chana Sands, Yolanda Santiago, Regina Scott, Tamiko Scott, Dionisia Sentino, Majidah Shabazz, Aaliyah Sharif, Marie Silien, Lanique Silverman-Cox, Eddie Simpson, Baajnarine Singh;

Maurieth Slader, Corlis Smith, Edwin Sosa Jr., Jennifer Soto, Marlene Spence, Curtis St. Surin, Caryl Stanley, Stephanie Stephens, Tiffany Stone, James Stratford, Robert Suozzo, Ronald Svarney, Michelle Tatum, Adrianne Texeira, Valerie S. Trazile, Theophilia Tribie-Lewis, Philippe Turenne, Khalilah Turner, Sairis Urbina, Antonia Uthman;

Alicia M. Valdez, Vontaisha Valdez, Jessica Valencia, Frank Vivola, Olga Vlasova, Carol Warner, Kimberly Washington, Nakole Washington, Kristan Webb, Shaneice Wells, Beautiful White, Debra Wiggins, Markeena Williams, Angela Williams-Hackett, Sharllene Wilson, Sefora Wilson-King, Kathleen Woods, Portia Woods, Kateca Wyette, Melissa Yaniro, Byung Yoo, Angelina Young and Elizabeth Yusuf.