Kyle Akeley Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Wallingford, Connecticut, United States

Carry a caseload of 30-33 students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. Conduct individual and group sessions to work towards IEP goals. Develop and implement IEPs, meet with parents and collateral contacts, connect families with crisis and ongoing resources in the community. Manage student mental health crises and implement short and long term plans to prevent reoccurrence. Develop and implement Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans. Work closely with school administrators, teachers and paraprofessionals to support student growth and community development.

Walpole, Ma

Carry an individual case load of 6-8 special education students with a variety of mental health needs. Meet individually with each student on caseload and assist running two groups, 3 times per week, one focusing on DBT skills, the other career/college readiness. Trained on and experience with the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model. Assist with general school operations. Manage crisis situations as needed. Work with school administrators and staff, including bi-weekly staff meetings.

Greater Boston Area

Received the Customer Connection award and Partner of the Quarter

West Bridgewater, Ma

Provided individual counseling to up to 15 students between 7th and 12th grades, some with 504/IEP and diagnoses including autism, learning differences and depression/anxiety. Facilitated two social skills groups for girls, observe a social skills group for boys. Met with students in crisis on an as-needed basis. Consulted with school administration as needed and participated in staff meetings as appropriate, working directly with the School Psychologist.

Coordinator of all prospective student visits and open houses. Manage communication with all prospective international students. In charge of all file management for the Admissions office. Travelled throughout New England and the Midwest recruiting students and connecting with placement coordinators. Additionally, served as an head house parent for 24 girls and coached softball.

Primary responsibility is interviewing prospective students and maintaining contact and providind support throughout the college search. Additionally, read applications using OnBase program, as well as on paper.Completed independent projects including recruiting for focus groups, yield projects for international students and facilitating student panels.Assisting with different tasks in order to best support the other members of the office (including working with Excel and PowerPoint, calling high school counselors and collecting survey data from high schools and other colleges)Actively sought meetings with members of the office in order to learn more about admissions at Gettysburg, as well as build an understanding of marketing, financial aid, public speaking and international admissions.

I provide hour long walking tours for between one and six prospective students and their families. Tours include standard information as well as personalized tailoring depending on the needs of each student

Primary responsibility is covering the lunch hour for the permanent staff members. Within this, I answer phones and interact with customers who stop into the officeComplete filing and data collection projects, as well as maintaining the file room and designing and implementing a new, more streamlined system of filingDifferent projects working with our Benefits Coordinator, requiring use of Excel and the input of confidential and vital informationInstructed new student employees on office culture, their responsibilities and how to perform the tasks required of them

Master Of Social Work - Msw

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology; Anthropology

Study Abroad Program, Special Needs Education

Activities and Societies: Dance Ensemble, ALLies Club, El Centro Tutoring, Global Leaders of Gettysburg CollegeI spent Spring of 2013.