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- Facilitates DIR Floortime international courses to parents, educators, OT’s, SLP’s, paediatricians and professionals who provide services for neurodivergent children and adults.- Students learn to identify the strengths and individual differences of each child according to their sensory profile.- Students learn the functional emotional developmental.

London, England, United Kingdom

-Facilitates diverse live and online trainings about Infant Mental Health for Parents and Early Childhood professionals. Trainings are facilitated via zoom to parents (mostly immigrants) and professionals in Mexico, U.S.A., Spain and United Kingdom. - Provides reflective opportunities for parents and professionals to help them think about the way they.

Greater Seattle Area

- Consulted to therapists who provided the Promoting First Relationship model to Latino women and their babies with postpartum depression.- Used reflective supervision meeting via zoom from Madrid and supported therapists in Seattle WA. - Encouraged reflective thinking, no judgement and cultural sensitivity.- Promoted a wondering stance in therapists.

Greater Seattle Area

-Provides Promoting First Relationships Model to Latino women and their babies who struggle with postpartum depression.-Provides Infant Mental Health Therapy to homeless families with infants, toddlers and early childhood children. -From a trauma-informed perspective, accurately assesses relational and behavioral difficulties. -Develops treatment plans and.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Implementation of Early Social Interaction Project by Dr. Amy Whetereby PhD for infants and toddlers at risk of ASD. Coaching and assessment related to child’s targeted objectives and observed behaviors.
• The Early Social Interaction Project (ESI) is a multisite toddler treatment study in the FSU Autism Institute funded by the US Department of Education, Autism Speaks, and the National Institute of Mental Health. ESI.
• Attend research related trainings to build upon basic knowledge of assessments and measures (e.g. Communication Symbolic Behavior Scales (CSBS), Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transaction Supports (SCERTS).
• Translate gained knowledge at a conceptual level in to practice e.g. implementation of coaching and assessment related to child’s targeted objectives and observed behaviors.
• Implement and maintain research protocol in multiple settings including in-home and community –individually as well as center-based- groups at research fidelity.

Chicago - Atlanta -Seattle

• Coach parents and professionals in conducting comprehensive assessments and developing intervention programs for children with autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration dysfunction and other developmental.
• Developing capacity of the child from birth to three to: experience, regulate, and express emotions; form close and secure interpersonal relationships; and explore the environment and learn – all in the context of.
• By reflecting, coaching, and by watching videos of their play and care giving routines families and professionals receive support.
• Receives clinical and reflective supervision from Dr. Barbara Dunbar PhD

Greater Seattle Area

• Observed, coded and assessed videos/data from the archived NICHD SECCYD 15 month strange situation.

Chicago IL

• Provided therapeutic intervention at Center for Children and Families to clients aged eight and under affected by developmental, emotional, behavioral and learning issues.
• Performed bilingual child and family assessments for Cook County Family Court and served as interpreter for Latino families.
• Actively supported Chicago Department of Family & Support Services Early Head Start (EHS) programs by linking specialized services with children affected by broad-scope disabilities.
• Provided Reflective Supervision to EHS teachers, home visitors and disabilities coordinators.
• Prepared and delivered professional development for EHS staff regarding infant mental health, social-emotional development, sensory integration, and regulation.
• Developed policies, procedures, and trained Early Head Start sites to use for screening and referring children to Early Intervention.

Greater Chicago Area

• Colaborated with an interdisciplinary team made of pediatricians, midwives, social workers, medical staff, occupational and speech therapists. Provided individualized treatment including counseling to mothers and their.
• Administered Healthy Steps program to optimize child health and development through screenings, promoting best practices, and interventions based on each child, family culture, and unique needs.
• Facilitated dyad and group therapy Model-Infant Therapy Group for postpartum depression developed by Dr. Roseanne Clarck. First time implemented in Latino Community. Women who participated in the MITG reported.
• Delivered individual counseling to pregnant women with depression; included mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
• Facilitated therapeutic groups i.e. infants and toddlers with special needs, prevention and treatment of sexual abuse, DV, IMH
• Improved detection of autism and other developmental needs by training pediatricians in leveraging Sensory Profile observation and ASQ and ASQ-SE at Well Child visits.

Greater Chicago Area

• Thoroughly screened infants and toddlers from birth to age three to evaluate developmental progress, detect problems, and recommend strategies to improve developmental delays.
• Merged compassion with critical thinking abilities to screen new mothers for postpartum depression.
• Designed and delivered child development training to medical residents.

Greater Chicago Area

• Assessed children aged three to five about math skills at Head Start preschools and completed observational checklists of classrooms to identify instructional areas needing improvement.
• Provided training to HS staff about how to make a difference in children’s math skills – knowledge + attitude+ practice = success.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Formulated intervention plans for infants, toddlers, and school age children at risk and with special needs while actively supporting educational development programs.

Mexico City Area, Mexico

• Orchestrated high-impact fundraising campaigns for elementary educational programs to sponsor over 600 low-income children in rural Mexican communities.

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Postgraduate Training, Infant Mental Health

D.I.R. Floortime, Autism And Other Developmental Differences, Expert Training Leader

M.S., Child Development - Infancy Specialization

B.A., Psychology

Activities and Societies: Graduated with honors, top 10% of class.

Candidate Ms Occupational Therapy, Health And Wellness, General

95 Hrs, Yoga For Neurodivergent Children, Teens, And Adults.

Yoga Teacher Training, Health And Wellness, General, Registered 200 Hrs Ytt