Leslie Chaplin Email & Phone Number

Midwest

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Instructor for Advanced Practice in Mental Health including diagnostic assessment, intervention, and evaluation in relationship to mental health diagnoses and best practice interventions.Instructor for Field 1&2 students in classroom work pertaining to their 9 month agency field placement.

Duluth, Mn

Cloquet, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Minnesota

Chief operating officer of The Hills Youth and Family Services Duluth operations. Consultant to Cambia Hills of East Bethel PRTF.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

3/2017 to 4/2019: Director of Operations - West Campus - Administrative and clinical direction of residential campus. 48 beds. Development of secure, intensive residential treatment services. 16 beds. Overall change leadership to psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) with MN DHS and CMS.8/2014 to 3/2017 Director of Operations - Main Campus: Administrative and clinical direction of residential campus. 44 beds.1/2013 - 8/2014 Director of Community Services: Expanded and all operations and supervise staff for Piedmont, Lincoln Park, Myers-Wilkins and Chester Creek Day Treatment programs as well as the PRIDE (In-home) program and Little Learners Enrichment Center. Act as Mental Health Professional on call and in crisis as needed.5/2012 - 1/2013 Director of Continued Care: Developed and expanded day treatment services to an additional 64 students. Created School Based Day Treatment programs through Duluth Public Schools creating four new programs in four years. Analyzed continuum of care moving through all levels of services (secure residential, residential, foster care, CADI homes, day treatment, diagnostic and assessment, outpatient/after care). Provided guidance and direction on effective transitions and ongoing service planning.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

School social worker developing, coordinating and supervising school based mental health services.• Presented at local, state and national level conferences for school mental health.• Mental Health Consultant on “SARB”, Student Attendance and Retention Board through St. Louis County Attorney’s office.• Achieved state certification for Duluth school district in providing mental health services.• Acted as lead clinical social worker: developing and implementing mental health service delivery providing clinical supervision of all mental health staff, training of school social workers in diagnostics, assessment, treatment planning and third party reimbursement.• Coordinated mental health service delivery with community agencies, Safe Schools Healthy Students grant and Duluth Public Schools.• Responsible for special education assessment, intervention, individual educational plans, behavior plans, and functional behavioral assessments. Provide social work services to self-contained EBD classrooms.• Provided teacher education and consultation on mental health issues district wide.• Provided supervision to UMD MSW field II student and to LGSW for clinical licensure.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Therapist in medical outpatient clinic setting specializing in children and adolescents ages 2-18.• Provided diagnostic assessment, individual, group and family therapy sessions dealingwith a broad spectrum of emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders.• Practice model: strengths based, cognitive behavioral, solution focused andpsychodynamic utilizing techniques of art therapy, play therapy, sand play, puppets andnarrative therapy. Trained in DBT and DC-03.• Board member of the Arrowhead Suicide Awareness and Prevention Program.• Provided class consultation and supervision of students for the UMD MSW Program.• Coordination with Children’s Hospital and inpatient psychiatric unit.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

Therapist in outpatient community mental health clinic. Cloquet and Spirit Valley office.• Provided diagnostic assessment, crisis services, individual and family therapy forchildren and adolescents dealing with a broad spectrum of emotional, behavioral,developmental and learning disabilities. Utilized techniques of art/play therapy,sand/water play, puppets, and narrative therapy.• Clinical supervisor to the Woodland Hills Academy Day Treatment Program. Responsible for development and implementation of clinical treatment, HIPPA procedures,confidentiality of documentation and coordination with billing process.• Collaborated with Duluth Schools to organize and present the Yellow Ribbon SuicidePrevention Program.

Ashland, Wi

Overall director of day treatment programming serving children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional disorders.• Developed and directed entire program from inception serving three counties and nineschool districts. Director of all clinical aspects (individual, group and family therapy,diagnostic assessments, clinical supervision of cases and staff, treatment plans, progressreports, etc.) Responsible for all administration, operations and public relations. Hired, trained, supervised and evaluated all staff members.• Conducted staff in-service trainings on non-violent crisis intervention, teamwork, behavior management techniques, identification and treatment of diagnoses, etc.• Planned and coordinated the first two-day regional day treatment conference for 60 staffmembers focusing on effective intervention and treatment of clients.• Coordinated Superior Day Treatments referrals from the school district through contract with Northwest Passage from January 2000 to July 2001

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Organizational Leadership

Masters, Social Work

Bachelor'S Degree, Art/Art Studies, General