Dana Bennett serves as a Technical Assistance Specialist with SCPI. In this position, she provides training and technical assistance to districts to increase their use of evidence-based practices that support the inclusion of young children with disabilities in early learning programs.
Dana holds a M.Ed. and has 18 years of experience teaching Early Childhood in the public school system. She has also served as an Inclusion Specialist for Child Care of Southwest Florida, a Regional Facilitator for the Technical Assistance and Training System Project, and a family childcare teacher. Dana was also awarded the 2019 Council for Exceptional Children Special Educator of the Year Award for the state of South Carolina.