Emily Griffiths Email & Phone Number

Columbia, South Carolina Area

- Conducted comprehensive psychological and psychoeducational evaluations in multiple settings: private practice, university clinic, and in two school districts in the Columbia area for individuals ages 3-60.- Facilitated school-based interventions to promote mental health and wellness in two rural school district settings.- Completed a dissertation examining the trajectory of high school dropout for subgroups of at-risk students. - Served as the instructor of record for a Developmental Psychology undergraduate course for 5 semesters. - Completed two practica, gaining experience in consultation, individual and group counseling, psychoeducational evaluation, and development and implementation of system-wide interventions.- Completed coursework in assessment, intervention, mental health consultation, and systems in applied psychological services, motivation and learning in the classroom, as well as research and statistical methodology.- Designed and conducted a masters thesis on ADHD and student engagement.

Kershaw County School District; Kershaw, South Carolina

- Provided support for the integration of mental health services in the North Central Initiative's efforts to improve population health for rural families. - Devised and implemented a strategy for addressing mental health needs for youth, schools, and families in this community, based on the results of a mental health needs assessment conducted during the 2014-2015 academic school year. - Consulted with teachers and connected Kershaw County school personnel with community, state, and national resources to support rural students’ health and wellbeing. - Provided teacher and parent trainings for identifying and addressing mental health needs.

- Provided group and individual counseling services.- Designed and implemented a system-wide intervention to improve social/emotional skills for students identified with Emotional Disabilities.- Conducted comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations for culturally diverse populations for students with Emotional Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, and Autism in elementary and pre-school settings.- Offered consultation services for teachers to support the implementation of class-wide and individually-focused interventions.

Gilbert, South Carolina

- Facilitated the implementation of empirically-based interventions in schools for high school students at-risk for high school dropout. - Provided consultation services and training for teachers and school staff in the implementation of evidence-based interventions, including the Check & Connect mentoring program. - Conducted parent, student, and teacher assessments that included a battery of questionnaires examining social/emotional functioning as well as developmental/medical history and mental health services used in the past.- Conducted home-based assessments with parents and students.

- Conducted comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations for elementary and high school students in a rural community for ADHD, Autism, Learning Disabilities, and other health impairments.- Participated and collaborated on students' Individualized Education Plan (IEP) team.- Provided group and individual counseling services.- Provided individualized academic intervention services for students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), School Psychology

Activities and Societies: School Psychology Student Advisory Board, University of South Carolina, Leader Psychology Graduate Student.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi National Honors Society- Wrote a senior honors thesis on teacher trainees' knowledge of ADHD. - Served.