Nicole Llamas Email & Phone Number

Goleta, Ca, Us

Providing direct mental health services to youth between the ages of 6 and 26. Providing care coordination to Katie A youth in South Santa Barbara County. Working closely with CBOs and CWS to ensure youth are connected with appropriate resources.

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca

Effective in the summer of 2007, the DoD contracted with MHNGS to provide licensed professional clinical counselors to augment the child behavioral services offered through the Child & Youth Services (CYS) Program. The program provides non-medical counseling services and addresses short-term problem resolution such as school issues, deployment and reunion adjustments, and parent-child communications.MHNGS' Military & Family Life Counselors (MFLC) working under this contract, called Child and Youth Behavioral Military & Family Life Counselors (CYB-MFLC) support the children participating in the CYS Program as well as faculty, staff and parents. They also support military children through DoDEA Summer Programs and Purple Camps.CYB-MFLCs support the children and families participating in the CYS Program in many ways including:• Observe, participate and engage in activities with children and youth• Provide coaching, guidance and support in classrooms, camps or Family Care Centers settings• Model behavioral management techniques and provide feedback to staff• Assist staff with daily stressors and concerns• Outreach to parents when they drop off and pick up their children at group• Facilitate psycho-educational groups at Child and Youth Centers• Conduct trainings for staff and parentsThe MFLC-CYS services supporting military children are provided both CONUS and OCONUS.

• Delivering services in the Juvenile Justice Mental Health department at both the Santa Maria Juvenile Hall and the Los Prietos Boys Camp• Teaching various skills to incarcerated youth for anxiety management, anger management, as well as psychoeducation around alcohol and drug use, symptoms of trauma• Assessing youth in crisis for self-harm and suicidality• Checking-in daily with youth on various isolation statuses to alleviate and decelerate decompensation• Coordinate with local county probation officers to establish care across locations during and after incarceration

• Facilitating daily residential programming for adults with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses• Providing 1:1 counseling services to both residential and dual diagnosis clients• Case management• Detailed note writing via the Clinician's Gateway portal

Santa Barbara, California

• Working with re-entry students (aged 25 years old and above), the largest and fastest growing population at SBCC• Co-facilitating weekly support group• Creating and sending out a weekly e-mail newsletter via MailChimp• Maintaining an online presence for the group on Facebook, WordPress• Organizing and facilitating the annual CARATS (California Advocates for Re-entry and Transfer Students) conference• Member of the CARATS regional professional organization• President of the on-campus SBCC Re-entry Students Peer Support Club

Carpinteria Middle School• Implemented the Reconnecting Youth curriculum (substance abuse prevention) to at-risk 8th graders• Provided one-on-one therapeutic counseling services• Performed mediations between students, in order to reduce and eliminate conflict• Managed “Club Live” youth substance abuse-prevention program at Carpinteria Middle School• Taught Substance Use Prevention and Education Resource (SUPER) class, a parent-child workshop, in order to increase communication and awareness of the risks and harms of drug and alcohol use• Updated CADA’s proprietary database system to reflect current status of clients and classroom activities

Providing a range of in-home behavioral and education services for families with children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and related disorders, children at risk for developmental delays, and children with behavioral challenges. Multi-disciplinary approach makes use of evidence-based practices to develop an individualized program for families and their children.

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, assist a certificated teacher in providing instruction to individuals or groups of students placed in special education programs because of specific learning disabilities, severe emotional and behavioral issues, severely and physically disabled, students with impaired vision, hearing, speech and/or other limiting conditions; perform a variety of clerical and instructional duties in support of the instructional program as required by the disabling/limiting condition of the student and according to established Individual Education Plans (IEPs).

Respite services mean the intermittent or regularly scheduled temporary non-medical care and supervision for a regional center client who resides with a family member. Tasks include attending to the client's basic self-help needs and other activities of daily living including interaction, socialization, and continuation of usual daily routines.

• Provided cost-free counseling at both Girls Inc. SB sites, for young girls between the ages of five and 13, as well as their family members• Helped clients deal with issues such as sibling rivalry, peer conflict, physical/emotional/sexual abuse, substance abuse in the family, and self esteem or body issues• Responsible for conducting intake interviews • Maintained contact and coordinated with parents, teachers, doctors, and other professionals

• Worked with both male and female clients between the ages of eight and 22• Gained significant experience working with individuals with Autism, SED/EBT populations• Responsible for providing residential and educational assistance

Post-Professional Alcohol And Drug Counseling Certificate, Alcohol And Drug Counseling

Ma, Clinical Psychology

Ba, Psychology