About Me

Mary “Bud” is well known throughout Connecticut for her informative and engaging presentations for early care and education teachers and parents.  With over thirty years of experience, Mary addresses topics relating to preschool curriculum, assessment, classroom organization and management, discipline, and working with families.  Best practices strategies are presented in a direct, simple style that both teachers and parents appreciate.  Mary is personally very approachable and brings a great sense of humor to every presentation.

Mary Budrawich has an M. S. and Sixth Year Certificate in School Psychology and has worked in the fields of early childhood education and special education since 1976.  She is a certified School Psychologist in CT and also holds certification as a CT public school administrator.  She has worked as an Early Childhood Consultant with Cooperative Education Services, Trumbull CT for seventeen years and most recently worked for Norwalk Public Schools as the district’s Instructional Specialist for Early Childhood. She has a B.S. in Early Childhood Education  from the University of Connecticut in Storrs.