Provide direct mental health interventions in concurrence with IEP goals for students K-12. Consult with school staff, administration and parents on student needs for academic success in the public school setting.

Provide over site of Individualized Education Process for Special Education team, families and student.Direct service to students with multiple specialized needs including autism spectrum disorder, behavior concerns and social-emotional needs.Crisis intervention

Provided direct service to students through affective education in one on one and group settings to achieve Individualized Education goals.Collaborated with school staff, parents, and students to ensure academic success.Completed psycho-social assessments for students in Special Education.Coordinated with external mental health providers to ensure best outcomes for students.Expertise in working with students identified with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, developmental delays and medically fragile students, mood disorders, conducted disorders and specific learning disorders.

• Provided case management, intervention services, affective education, and support to students and their families.• Counseled students with significant needs including autism spectrum disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, behavior issues, serious emotional disorders, development delays and medically fragile. • Assess and develop aftercare plans for students, teachers and families during crisis situations.• Provided individual and group psycho-educational interventions.• Completed psychosocial histories of students under evaluation.• Evaluated, assess and determined learning and social issues.• Referred to community resources and collaborated with students, teachers, administrators, parents and outside agencies.• Director Designee for Special Program Department to ensure legal compliance, to provide oversight and administration of Special Education rules and regulations to schools.• Participated in IEP, RTI and other related meetings that determined and implemented school-wide policies.

• Worked closely with a multi - disciplinary team to effectively meet the needs of the Colorado Springs community and neighboring areas affected by the Waldo Canyon fire. • Primary responsibilities included: producing, compiling, and distributing outreach material. Work with individuals, families, and groups to provide outreach, basic support, individual and group crisis counseling, public education and referrals.

• Monitored and directed day-to-day operations of Adult Outpatient, Geriatric and Hearing Impaired therapeutic teams, implements programmatic and administrative policies and procedures to attain program goals and objectives. • Provided direction and oversight to Team Leads and 60 staff in operation and implementation of programmatic and administrative policies and procedures.• Provided pertinent information and recommendations to Division Director in accordance with Center program/goals and objectives.• Served as the primary liaison between the programs supervised within PPMH and other programs within PPMH and external agencies in the mental health continuum.• Managed day-to-day operations of the Crisis departments within the Community Mental Health Center. Member of the management team, developed and implemented innovative programs combining psychiatric emergency services, with a mental health and chemical dependency treatment facility. • Liaison between the community mental health center and numerous community agencies including Spring Creek Juvenile Justice Center and hospitals.• Managed team of thirty clinicians staffing the Crisis Center in a twenty-four-hour, seven days per week facility. • Mental Health evaluator to assess and determine acute psychiatric needs of clients at the Crisis Center, Memorial Hospitals and Penrose Hospital emergency departments.• Developed community resource and referral information for El Paso, Teller and Park Counties.