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Denton, Tx

Counseling: Provide brief, solution-focused counseling to adults, teens and kids as young as 4. Cognitive-behavioral, experiential, play therapy and sandtray are methods that may be used to reach the stated goals.Social Skills Groups: Conduct groups for children, teens and young adults struggling with social skills deficits. Education Consultation: Serve as an advocate for students and their families with the school. Develop educational and behavioral plans for students that are struggling. Attend ARDs and assist with IEP development. Experienced with AMI Montessori and traditional learning environments.

Southlake, Tx

The Clariden School is a private school with an AMI Montessori Lower School and an innovative, college preparatory Upper School. My duties included:Management Team: Work collaboratively with a variety of people, staying true to the organization's mission and strategic plan. Actively participate in problem-solving, policy decisions, & branding. Project management from inception to completion. Interact daily with all Administrators in a solution focused, collaborative way.Admissions: Gave tours of the school. Helped analyze potential students for 'fit'.College & Career Counseling: Provide college and career counseling. Serve as the Registrar. Network with colleges. Create the school Profile. Facilitate the college application process for each student. Maintain a resource library.Learning Support Specialist: Identify struggling students. Guide their parents and teachers in accommodating their obstacles. Lead Child Study Teams. Craft effective IEPs. Lead a parent support group. Liaison with outside professionals and schedule ancillary services.Testing: Administer multiple assessments. Compile and analyze data, look for trends over time, create specific goals/tasks towards continual improvement. Interpret assessment results individually and collectively. Present it in user-friendly formats that convey the school-wide goals.Staff Development: Conduct teacher training. Work with teachers to create student behavior plans.Counseling: Create effective programs, such as peer mediation. Provide counseling for students from 3 years to 12th grade and their families.Communications: Create marketing and informational pieces highlighting the services provided. Serve as an editor for administration. Develop communication strategies ensuring positive outcome. Advise about communication best practices.

Fort Worth & Grapevine, Tx

Hill School is a private school for students with average/above average intelligence with learning differences. My duties included:College & Career Counseling: Provide college and career counseling for 90+ students. Use Career Cruising & Kuder. Work with schedules, transcripts, degree plans, and transferring credits. Plan and execute college night events. Assist with all graduation ceremony planning & implementation. Network with colleges. Schedule college visits. Create the school Profile. Facilitate the college application process for each student. Maintain databases, community service records and a resource library.Management Team: Actively participate in problem-solving, policy decisions, marketing strategies, and mentoring personnel. Wrote the Crisis Response Plan & assisted with SACS accreditation. Serve as editor for administration and advise regarding communication strategies.Staff Development: Conduct teacher training. Work with teachers to foster a positive classroom which can include the creation of behavior plans and contracts for students. Counseling: Create and supervise effective school-wide programs, such as Red Ribbon Week, peer mediation and Character Counts. Provide ethical, high quality group and individual counseling. Create and conduct social skills groups. Mentor the counselor.

Dallas, Irving

Child & Family Guidance Center is a non-profit, community mental health provider. My duties:Supervised 7 counselors in 3 offices clinically and administratively. Reviewed their medical records and provided face to face feedback/instruction, giving clear expectations and support.Counseled children, adolescents, families and adults. EAP & Federal Probation contractsServed on the Crisis Response Team and counseled individuals who experienced a work-related trauma (ie: bank robbery)Managed the Eldercare and Community Outreach programsServed on the Quality Assurance committee. Blind review of medical records. On-site inspections. Clinical evaluation of treatments provided and utilization management. Identified weaknesses and developed improvement plans for individual staff and/or programs.Participated in hiring/firing personnel & interns. Followed up on client complaintsManaged the facilities

Ms, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi. Psychology Honor Society. Internships at Denton Co. MHMR & Parkland Hospital Mental Health Diagnostic.

Bs, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity, Blue Key Honor Society69 hours towards a BFA in Art