Crystal Peña, Maspc Email and Phone Number
Momence, IL, US
Crystal Peña, Maspc's Location
Momence, Illinois, United States, United States
About Crystal Peña, Maspc
Embracing various positions in the mental health field, I have developed my career by obtaining professional development and networking experiences where I have enhanced my skills in career exploration, college, trade school, union, apprenticeship, military and scholarship applications, resume, online portfolio and personal branding education, special education law, goal writing, behavior and data analysis, behavior intervention planning, use of evidence based therapeutic measures, event planning, networking, recruitment, and growing my counseling program to share resources needed for basic needs, mental health needs, and career and education planning. I enjoy attending networking events as well as other professional development opportunities to further student opportunities.I have worked and volunteered in the human services field for most of my life and have had numerous experiences that have increased my knowledge and expertise in active listening, open mindedness, active analyzation of situations, and obtainment of high attention towards detail and accuracy in data processing. No matter the circumstances, I truly care for others and want to do whatever it takes to guide them to where they want to be in life. I take best to a person focused type of therapy, with a mix of solution focused and problem solving therapy, including techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and often use the concepts of Radical Acceptance. Overall, I meet the student where they are at, so they may best decide their future.“Love what you do!”Specialties: Counseling, Career Counseling, Personal Branding Education, School Counseling, Marriage/Couples Counseling, Family Counseling, counseling children and adults with intellectual disabilities, Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, Power Point, Google Suite applications, Outlook, and school communication platforms such as ClassDojo and Remind*Views are my own.*Information shared on LinkedIn is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for mental health care.*Call 988 or 911 if experiencing thoughts of suicide.*I do not respond to DMs for clinical purposes. If interested in a consultation, please email me or call.
Crystal Peña, Maspc's Current Company Details
Crystal Peña, Maspc Work Experience Details
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High School CounselorMomence High SchoolMomence, Il, Us
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High School CounselorMomence High School Aug 2024 - PresentMomence, Illinois, United StatesMeeting our students where they are at academically, socially, emotionally, and in college and career planning.
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Career School CounselorKankakee Area Career Center Aug 2021 - Jul 2024Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States-Led 5 staff as the Head of the Career Services Department: including hiring, onboarding, and continual training of Workplace Excellence soft skills, online badging system, coverage of break and substitute teaching needs, maintenance of school wide events, IEP/504 support, academic support, teaching of personal branding Career Coaching curriculum including facilitation of resume, online portfolio, LinkedIn profile building, interviewing, scholarship, career and financial planning.-Motivationally met students where they are at to counsel them in self and career exploration, self-advocacy and executive functioning skills -Supported our students and staff through crisis counseling, restorative justice, whole class SEL lessons, and consultation with teacher, guardians, and community members-Collaborated with 17 high schools’ principals and counselors, and institutions including colleges, vocational schools, military branches, unions, local business and industry, families, and the communities we served in Kankakee, Iroquois and Will counties-Actively promoted the success of our programs and students to potential students, their families, and community members through attending local events-Planned KACC events for students’ career, college, union, military and employment recruitment including events gathering all 17 school district high school counselors, potential future students, and signing day to commemorate student achievement -Initiated creation of data tracking systems to meet institution needs and creation of the CTE Diploma and Transcript-Actively gained connections to recruit and solidify partnerships with business and industry to expand internship experiences and sponsorships in the Automotive, Engineering, Multimedia, Education, Medical, Construction, Welding, Law Enforcement, EMT/Firefighting, Computer, and Cosmetology industries-Readily provided mental health and career resources to meet basic needs and mental health services in 3 counties -
School Counselor / School Social WorkerIroquois Special Education Association Aug 2019 - Jul 2021(8/2019-7/2021) I was the "Diagnostic Counselor." My duties included assisting with assessments for all of the initial IEP's considering social work services by attending domain and eligibility meetings in all schools served in Iroquois County, utilizing psychoeducational evaluation instruments to compile data, and developing reports to assist with decision making at those IEP meetings. The information came from various measures including Functional Behavioral Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, (including the use of teacher, parent, and student interviews, forced choice reinforcement surveys, motivation assessments, antecedent-behavior-consequence data, and individual observations), Social-Developmental Studies, Health Histories, compiling information from outside therapeutic/medical agency's reports/evaluations completed, the Behavior Assessment System for Children 3rd Edition (BASC3), Conners Rating Scale 3rd Edition, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning 2 (BRIEF2), Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-Third Edition (ABAS-3), Gilliam Asperger's Disorder Scale (GADS), Childhood Autism Rating Scale Second Edition (CARS2), as well as observing and assessing for the social/emotional section for the Therapeutic Play Based Assessments conducted with children being considered to receive Early Childhood Education. I had a special education and general education caseload and taught classroom lessons to 8 different grade levels. Additionally, I kept in contact with families and therapists whom the students saw outside the school environment for those on my caseload. -
School Counselor / School Social WorkerBonfield Grade School Aug 2018 - Jul 2019Bonfield, Illinois(8/2018-7/2019) I provided special education and general education services through individual, small group. and whole classroom lessons (in 15 classrooms) to students in Preschool through Second Grade. I was also the case manager for all 504's for those grades, although there were not any 504's during my time spent there. I scheduled domain meetings and utilized psychoeducational evaluation instruments to compile data and develop reports to assist with decision making at IEP eligibility meetings. The information came from various measures including Functional Behavioral Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, Health Histories, the Connors Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scale, the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC), Social Developmental Study, and conducting informal antecedent-behavior-consequence data gathering and observations.
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PsychologistShapiro Developmental Center Jun 2017 - Aug 2018(6/07/17-8/05/18) I wrote behavior intervention plans (BIP), created documents for behavior contracts and data sheets for the adults with intellectual disabilities. I conducted formal and informal assessments such as the Child Autism Rating Scale (CARS), Assessment of Dual Diagnosis (ADD), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped-II (DASH-II), Questions About Behavioral Function (QABF), Maladaptive Behavioral Assessment (MBA), informal antecedent-behavior-consequence observations, and helped to complete the psychiatric consultations that Shapiro's facility psychiatrist completed for each individual we served. I made psychotropic medication changes based off of the data as well as implemented the BIP's, psychotropic medication reduction plans, fading plans for other restrictive measures, and behavior contract changes. I ensured that the BIP's were carried out properly and monitored progress on and off campus. I also trained staff at the residential, work campus, and community placement sites in terms of how to best work with each individual and what their behavior intervention plan entailed. I wrote monthly behavioral progress for 31 adults with intellectual disabilities served, as well as documented their progress through quarterly medication reviews for each person taking psychotropic medications to collaborate with the facility psychiatrist to monitor/assess psychotropic medication use. I attended behavior intervention committee meetings and submitted progress to this committee for each individual. I counseled individuals on a daily basis, both formally and informally. I was a part of special team meetings, annual review meetings, and meetings with outside agencies including interviews for community placement and day work programs. I also awarded daily and weekly incentives to those I worked with. -
Living Unit Administrator, And Then Office AssociateShapiro Developmental Center Jan 2014 - Jun 2017Kankakee, Il(1/16/14-7/15/15) As an Administrative Assistant I, I had administrative/supervisory duties in which I obtained management responsibilities of around 50 staff and oversaw their interactions with approximately 30 adults with developmental disabilities who resided in two units for around six months. For approximately a year of my time as an administrative assistant I, I managed approximately 100 staff and 66 individuals who resided on four units. In addition, I worked directly with the adults with developmental disabilities. I ensured there was proper staffing for three shifts, wrote various documents, and assessed staff and their interactions with the individuals we serve on a daily basis. I also assisted in training staff, conducted in-service trainings, helped to create positive relationships with outside establishments, monitored the individuals' progress while they were at work, checked for accuracy of documents, arranged various activities throughout our units for the individuals living there and installed agency policies, programs, and procedures. I helped to counsel the individuals with developmental disabilities to help them make good choices, grow on an emotional and mental level, and ensure that the least restrictive use of guidance of their behavior program is utilized. Additionally, I served as a professional member of the Inter disciplinary team, inputting information known about the individuals we serve.(7/16/15-6/6/17) As an Office Associate, Option 2, I had computer, typing, filing, correspondence, and organization duties. I typed most documents that needed to be placed in the individual's files including their Individual Service Plans, helped to check them for correct/completeness, filedthe documents involved in their master files, mailed out correspondence letters/information to guardians, and organized various documents. I switched positions because an Office Associate position could give me the slightly different schedule I needed at the time.
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Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional And Lead Qualified Intellectual Disability ProfessionKankakee County Training Center Sep 2011 - Jan 2014Kankakee, Il(9/11 to 4/13) As a Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional, QIDP, I worked directly with adults with developmental disabilities and had case management responsibilities for 26 of the adults with developmental disabilities at a day, work site. I was a professional member of the Inter disciplinary team, performing assessments with the individuals we served in order to write Individual Service Plans while they were at work, with the use of various computer programs. I would assign services, deal with referrals, coordinate and lead meetings, track monthly progress, set behavior plans, collaborate with families and residential facilities, train staff, help to set up activities in and outside of the work site, create various activities to motivate the individuals we served while they were at work, and advocate for the individuals. I also helped to screen for those who could receive outside employment, encouraged and supported them once they received such employment, and helped some to gain independent living in the community. For a period of time I also was a Home Based Service Worker, working with one individual in their home and in the community to help them develop and strengthen skills and reach goals, including exposing that person to activities in the community they had not experienced before. (4/13 to 11/13) As the Lead QIDP, I supervised 22 staff, hired staff, entered new individuals into our building, and maintained a caseload of 15 individuals, in addition to the above duties. (11/13 to 1/14) Due to downsizing I went back as a QIDP with a caseload of 21 individuals.
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School Counselor InternBourbonnais Elementary School District 53 Aug 2012 - Apr 2013Bourbonnais, IlI was the school counseling intern at Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center and Liberty Intermediate School, providing counseling services to students in grades 5 through 8. While there, I helped to coordinate and carry out activities for our students to help serve the community and other, younger students. Additionally, I counseled several students on a one to one and group basis. During the time I was in graduate school, I also counseled individuals in Olivet Nazarene University's counseling lab. I had counseled three different couples in marriage counseling and also a few teenagers and their families from 2011 to 2013.I made use of the O-Net Interest Profiler for career exploration, the Myers-Briggs personality assessment, tests to measure Intelligence Quotient and Cognitive Abilities such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), PREPARE/ENRICH relationship assessment tools to assess the relationships of the couples I had counseled, and took lifestyle and career development coursework that helped me work with all of the clients that I counseled.
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Classroom Counselor, Paraprofessional, Substitute TeacherCamelot Schools Aug 2008 - Sep 2011Bourbonnais, Il(8/08 to 2009) As a Classroom counselor I provided therapeutic interventions for children ages 3 to 21 with various behavioral and/or developmental disabilities, working directly with the children in our school during crisis to help them make good choices. I also utilized tools such as Career Cruising in order to help the students research careers they were interested in, recording progress in their goals on a daily basis. (2009-2011) I have also been a paraprofessional, working one on one with the children to help them analyze their choices and to assist them while coping with their actions and consequences. (2008-2011) I was also the substitute teacher for the middle school, on the behavioral disorder section, during our summer sessions. I was able to set up and expose students to various activities and tours of different facilities to enrich their thoughts on possible careers they were interested in and experiences they had not received before. I was TCI, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention, trained and believe strongly in helping the children form their own ideas and opinions, while helping them make positive choices. -
Physical Therapy AideSelect Rehabilitation Sep 2007 - Aug 2008Kankakee And Bourbonnais, IlI worked through this contracted company at two nursing homes, Provena Heritage Village and Provena Our Lady of Victory, as a physical therapy aide. I would transport, ambulate, and exercise with the patients as needed. Also, I would perform cleaning, filing, computer, and paperwork duties. I helped to keep track of the patient's progress through the use of computer programs as well as having an organized filing system of each person's chart. -
Teller, Customer Service RepresentativeState Bank Of Herscher Jul 2003 - Sep 2007Herscher, IlBesides being a teller, I took on many duties. I designed images on the computer for those who had asked for a specific picture to go in the corner of their checks and printed the checks for our customers. I used various computer programs in order to design items for our promotions and maintain documentation of various reports such as, the Illinois License Sticker Report, monthly and weekly. In addition, I was in charge of many marketing promotions that they had such as the Cubs/Sox weekend and Christmas coloring contest.
Crystal Peña, Maspc Education Details
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Professional And School Counseling -
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High School Diploma
Frequently Asked Questions about Crystal Peña, Maspc
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Crystal Peña, Maspc works for Momence High School
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Crystal Peña, Maspc's current role is High School Counselor.
What schools did Crystal Peña, Maspc attend?
Crystal Peña, Maspc attended Olivet Nazarene University, Governors State University, Kankakee Community College, Herscher High School.
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