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Loudonville, Ny, Us

• Develop and instruct a course regarding working with traumatized children and youth to bachelors- level students, in both in-person and virtual formats.• Evaluate student knowledge based on identified performance tasks and measures, as well as class engagement.• Serve as a subject matter expert to provide guest lectures and workshops regarding adverse childhood experiences and trauma-informed environments, as requested.

Albany, Ny, Us

• Coordinate the development, delivery, follow up technical assistance, utilization tracking, and reporting for the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Institute, a four-year, four-part ACEs curriculum for New York State Early Care and Education Providers.• Co-coordinate the development of an inaugural model of statewide infant and toddler mental health consultation that was scaled to serve a statewide population through early care and education, which includes supporting the hiring and service delivery over 40 mental health consultants across New York State.• Co-coordinate the training, data collection, quality improvement efforts, technical assistance and reporting for a statewide infant and toddler mental health consultation service through regular formal and informal contacts, meetings, and communications.• Develop and monitor project activities, as well as relevant budget activities for the Birth to Five Grant Projects: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Reflective Practices, and NYS-Association for Infant Mental Health Endorsement.• Coordinate a statewide needs assessment of trauma informed organizational practice to serve as a guide for relevant work. • Develop recommendations, rooted in trauma informed organizational practices, to share with statewide membership based on responses to trauma informed organizational assessment. • Provide direct task and administrative supervision to the Infant and Toddler Mental Health Program Associate and task supervision to agency Program Associate staff, as necessary.• Represent the agency in various internal and statewide collaborative groups, such as: the Early Care & Learning Council Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group, New York State Trauma-Informed Network Advisory Council.

Latham, New York, Us

• Consulted and collaborated with building mental health staff, educational staff, and administrators to assess for the psychosocial, and educational needs of district students and families; Compiled and implemented corresponding, collaborative plans in response• Provided short-term individual counseling services to students, as necessary; connected students and families to longer term, specialized services, as needed• Conducted home-visits, typically with parents and/or legal guardians to build collaborative relationships, and assess for needs, strengths, and barriers.• Co-created and co-facilitated a district wide professional development opportunity for staff based on the text, “Fostering Resilient Learners”.

Albany, Ny, Us

In addition to previously stated responsibilities:• Provided direct services to students within local school districts who had experienced various types of crime and trauma• Participated in community and state-wide meetings, as well as multi-disciplinary teams to increase awareness about adverse childhood experiences, juvenile justice, trauma-sensitive schools, and sexual assault issues.• Acted as a site lead with the Rensselaer County’s chapter of the Enough Abuse Campaign to conduct outreach, coordinate trainings and project activities, attend and lead stakeholder meetings, and to manage existing trainers within our branch of the campaign.• Trained professionals and other community members utilizing curricula as outlined by the Enough Abuse Campaign regarding issues of childhood sexual abuse and developmentally expected childhood sexual behaviors.• Provided training to new hotline volunteers on the dynamics and impacts of trauma and sexual assault occurring during childhood and/or adolescence.• Participated in the “Policies and Procedures” committee, as well as the Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month planning committee to provide recommendations based on respective content and tasks.• Co-chaired the NYS Network to End Teen Dating Violence, with a focus on the training subcommittee

Albany, Ny, Us

• Provided direct services to students within local school districts who had experienced various types of crime and trauma, which included, but was not limited to crisis intervention, counseling, short term and long term safety planning, assessment for suicidal and homicidal ideations, and systems advocacy.• Accompanied and supported both clients and families during appointments with law enforcement, grand jury preparation and hearings, sentencing, and other criminal justice and legal meetings.• Accompanied and advocated for child, youth, and adult victims throughout SANE exams, often as necessitated by a call to the agency’s emergency 24-hour hotline.• Provided prevention training regarding childhood sexual abuse based on curriculum provided by the Enough Abuse Campaign.

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• Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary team in order to provide an integrated approach to care for individuals who were experiencing long-term and co-occurring disorders.• Managed a caseload of 60+ adults and provided individual therapeutic interventions for clients to process their experiences, engage in trigger recognition, and identify effective coping strategies utilizing a trauma-informed approach with narrative, cognitive-behavioral, motivational interviewing andsolution-focused techniques.• Conducted clinical risk and lethality assessments on an on-going basis; engaged in the provision of crisis and safety plans when deemed necessary.

Master'S Degree, Social Work

Bachelors, Human Services, General