MACON-PIATT SPECIAL EDUCATION DISTRICT PRESENTS:
An Overview of the Center for Excellence in Child Welfare
🎙️ Barbara Moore, Director of CECW
🗓️ Thursday, April 30, 2026
🕒 1:00PM – 3:00PM
📍 MPSED Office; 620 E Garfield Ave. Decatur, IL 62526
Presenter Bio:
Barb Moore began her career as a school psychologist in central Illinois after earning her Specialist degree from Eastern Illinois University. She subsequently obtained a Master’s degree in Educational Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She later served as principal of a public special education school supporting children and youth with behavioral and emotional challenges.
Ms. Moore advanced into leadership roles as a special education director and early childhood administrator, first within a special education cooperative and then in a rural school district. In 2018, she was appointed State Director of Special Education at the Illinois State Board of Education. Following her “retirement” in March 2024, she transitioned to higher education, serving as Director of IDCFS Partnerships at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, a role later retitled Director of the Center for Excellence in Child Welfare.
In 2025, Ms. Moore launched the Youth in Care with Disabilities Training Project, integrating her longstanding expertise in special education and child welfare.
