• Completed 30-hour orientation course work (PS-MAPP) addressing challenges associated with children in the foster care system, including but not limited to, reactive attachment disorder, effects of drug and alcohol on children and infants, building relationships with parents, and impact of trauma on the developing brain.• Continuously provide physical, emotional and social needs of children in a family setting.• Collaborate with child’s birth family, caseworkers, contracted liaison workers, counselors and legal representatives in an effort to best represent the needs of the child.• Have taken children with RAD, PTSD, ADHD, trauma, and significant emotional, behavioral, and physical needs due to child abuse and/or neglect as well as in utero drug and alcohol use

• Provided educational instruction for grades K - 12 for 3 children using various educational material.

• Managed a classroom of 25 students and maintained class attendance records according to administrative policies of the school.• Developed and implemented daily lesson plans for both 5th and 6th grades for all core subjects, administered tests and evaluations, and analyzed student performance.• Created a classroom environment conducive to learning, and created discipline plan promoting student responsibility, problem solving skills, and student accountability.• Participated in faculty and parent conferences and attended continuing education.