Adele Connolly Email & Phone Number

After 39 years of State service I am now a relaxed retiree. I may be looking for consultant work at some point in the future.

Hagerstown

Provide management and oversight for Maryland High School/High Tech Program, an enrichment program to encourage high school students with disabilities to enter high tech careers. Provide management and coordination for Baltimore City Literacy and Disability Project, a grant-funded program to increase literacy skills and employability of disabled adults in.

Provided management, leadership, and supervision of 6 rehabilitation specialists, 2 of which worked with the deaf and hard-of-hearing populations; 1 counselor for the blind and visually impaired; and 3 with general caseloads. In this capacity, I also facilitated training for my staff, monitored casework and caseload expenditures, participated on various.

Managed a caseload of 150-200 people with a variety of physical, mental, emotional, and educational disabilities, and provided vocational and independent living rehabilitation services to those individuals in a timely manner. These services included counseling, analysis of diagnostic information, establishment of eligibility or ineligibility for services.

Observed and assessed disabled individuals' adjustment to group living and to getting along with others; counseled those individuals on problems in adjusting to disability, being away from home, independent living skills, and in crisis situations.

M.A, Rehabilitation Counseling

B.A, Psychology