Consultant in a diversity of projects for national and international projects

At Connections we seek to help individuals, groups and learning communities to maximize their potential through continuous training, research and the development of strategies using an interdisciplinary and international perspective.

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Development and external relations • Identify and serve excluded populations who suffer from developmental disorders• Manage relations with authorities from private and public organizations to discuss and plan collaborative projects in favor of these individualsProgram development • Plan and supervise counseling and supportive services for individuals with autism• Support individuals with developmental disorders and their families in pre-inclusion, inclusion, school educational support, workforce inclusion, social inclusion, and specialized treatment programs• Aided in the development of family psychosocial support activities and programs such as workshops, roundtable discussions, and support group sessions• Developed and executed two high-impact regional autism awareness campaigns.Personnel and consumers • Work closely with seven to 15 professional staff and volunteers of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds to meet foundation objectives• Effectively mediated in and resolved family and institutional conflictsFundraising • Plan and execute successful fundraising efforts while supervising volunteersTraining and workshops • Train staff, volunteers, and external current and future professionals in the field of developmental disorders within a human development framework.• Lead dynamic workshops and participate in conferences aimed at parents’ interaction with children with special needs

Undergraduate "General Psychology" course; General, Clinical and Organizational psychology programs.Undergraduate "Morphofunctioning of the Nervous System" course; Clinical and Organizational psychology program.

Personnel • Supervise and conduct annual academic evaluation of faculty and staff of 50 membersFaculty development • Revise colleague internal professional advancement proposals• Evaluate faculty member courses through observationResearch • Develop research proposals and grant applications with faculty members• Revise colleague’s internal and external research proposals and grant applications• Extended doctoral research findings in new manuscripts and research proposalsDevelopment and external relations • Supervise the development of several new and thriving community outreach programs, including the Simiatug Family Abuse Project and the Nono Project for the Support of the Psychosocial Development of Children• Expanded existing programs, such as the Pisulí Social Empowerment ProgramPolicy, planning, and assessment • Revised and developed an improvement plan for the School’s academic standards.• Collaborate with other departments to increase university-wide researchBudget and resource management • Manage and allocate operational, community outreach, instruction, research, professional development, and infrastructure budgets• Revised internal budget to ensure congruence with the accelerated growth of the School

Graduate "Neuropsychology, Culture, and Society" course; Masters in Neuropsychology.Graduate "Organization Development" course; Masters in Human Resource Management.

Planned and executed a base-line pilot investigation with regard to diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders in Ecuador, including but not limited to the development of the initial questionnaires and research protocols, budget elaboration, Institutional Review Board procedures, participating organization contact, and data collectionSupervised the work of three student volunteers during the data collection phase

Responsible for all lectures, activities, and curricular planning for graduate and undergraduate courses. Directed and participated as a member of the committee for graduate and undergraduate thesis projects.Courses taught: General Psychology (BA in Psychology); Experimental Psychology (BA in Psychology); Evolutionary Psychology (BA in Psychology); Autism and Developmental Disorders (BA in Psychology); Mind and Brain (MA in Mind, Brain & Education).

Responsible for all lectures, activities, and curricular planning for graduate and undergraduate courses. Directed and participated as a member of the committee for graduate and undergraduate thesis projectsCourses taught: General Psychology (BA in Psychology); Experimental Psychology (BA in Psychology); Evolutionary Psychology (BA in Psychology); Autism and Developmental Disorders (BA in Psychology); Mind and Brain (MA in Mind, Brain & Education).

Undergraduate “Psycodiagnostic” course; Clinical and Organizational Psychology programs.

• Observed and coded children’s behavior from video recordings of social emotional laboratory assessments as part of a study examining the behavioral differences on such tests between children with William’s Syndrome, children with Down’s syndrome and children with typical development• Input results of various tests into SPSS and analyzed behavioral data from specific delay of gratification tasks and other inhibitory control and emotion regulation tasks