Sandra Z. Lutzker, M.S.
Sandra Z. Lutzker is a curriculum specialist for the National SafeCare Training and Research Center. Prior to that, she spent 18 years as a classroom teacher (kindergarten - 3rd grade). She was a Mentor teacher and supervised student teachers. She spent 12 years as an Early Childhood Education Director (infancy - age 7), and developed the parent/infant curriculum for Project 12-Ways (SafeCare precursor) while providing home visitation for young mothers. She has presented 28 papers and workshops. She is the author of 3 peer-reviewed journal articles and a book chapter. Plus, she has served as a guest reviewer for Young Children. Having served on numerous committees and boards, she served as Vice-President, then President of Southern Illinois Association for the Education of Young Children.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of the Pacific and her Master of Science degree in Human Development (Emphasis on Child and Family) from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her master thesis was “Prompting to increase mother-baby stimulation with single mothers” which was published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
