Dayna Heckstall Email and Phone Number

School Counseling/ Mental Health Services, Crisis Response, Behavioral Intervention specialist, social emotional curriculum creator and implementation

Optx provider in clinic

Preventive Social Worker Trained in Solution Based CaseWorker Provided Individual, Family and Group Therapy ServicesConducted Family Team Conferences

Provide direct clinical services to high-school students, ages 16-21, and their families. Conduct individual sessions including intake, psychiatric evaluation, need for immediate intervention, and mandated reporting. Facilitate the Women’s Empowerment Group focusing on diversity, oppression, privilege, power, domestic violence, and teen dating violence. Facilitate the IEP Mandated Clients Group, for students with Individualized Educational Programs.

Worked for Little Broome Star Day Care, a national early education organization that provided services to preschool children in low-income neighborhoods who are dual language learners. Helped children develop language and literacy skills for kindergarten readiness. Promoted school success thru building family involvement.

Worked with elementary school aged children ages 6 - 8 at a summer camp that focused on literacy skill building and positive recreational activities. Developed curriculums and lesson plans. Managing staff including a teacher’s assistant, a classroom aide, and several summer youth employment workers. Specialized in working with children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivty Disorder, as well as other behavioral and social emotional challenges.

Used Evidence Based Practice to provide individualized clinical services to adolescents from diverse populations with varying needs, including pregnant/parenting teens, and foster parents. Case manager and counselor for teenagers in foster care, ages 13-21, including guidance and resource referrals. Worked collaboratively on FTC ‘s with social workers and socio therapist on the teen unit. Assisted with housing applications and job readiness. Conducted educational visits to schools. Met with school counselors to provide an overview of clients’ goals and medical documentation, including bio psycho social evaluations and psychiatric referrals as well as school referrals. Escorted youth on medical appointments.

Interviewed children (ages 6 – 16) and parents for various studies designed to assess child psychopathology, stress and academic outlook as they relate to their parental guardians’ incarceration experience. Collected data for special research projects, clinical reporting, data entry, telephone recruitment, and filing. Worked as a Field Team Leader coordinating and conducting home visits.

Tutored students ranging in ages from 5 - 9 years old. Assisted with reading and math homework and recreational activities. Created and managed all financial documents.