Zahra Patel, Rece, Iecmh Certified Email & Phone Number

Mississauga

• In charge of ensuring a safe environment for children between the ages of 18 months to 12 years• Ensure the children’s physical, social, and emotional needs are met by building a trusting and responsive relationship with them• Provide feedback of the children’s day to the parents or guardians as well as co-workers• Create enriching after-school activities • Experience working alone with five children under my supervision• Responsible for locking up the school at the end of the day

Mississauga

• Created a daily routine with effective transitions to promote self-regulation • Met the individual needs of each child through effective communication between co-workers and the child’s parent or guardian • Planned creative theme based activities and crafts for each age group• Solved conflicts between students by suggesting age-appropriate problem-solving techniques

Canada

• Increase children’s confidence and support their social-emotional well-being in an unfamiliar environment by providing crafts, games, toys, and company• Taking on day surgery pre-op tours by welcoming families to the paediatric unit, providing them with information regarding the day of surgery, walking them through the unit, answering their questions, and ensuring that they are comfortable• Facilitating activities with consideration of development, age, and limitations (isolation, mobility, etc.) to meet individual needs • Consistently communicating with nurses to ensure I provide appropriate play regarding the child’s needs or limitations• Initiating collaborative and individual opportunities in the playroom such as; puppet making, Bingo, board games, and imaginative play• Actively making rounds on the unit to check on families and providing parents/caregivers relief while engaging with the children in their rooms• Collaborating with other Child Life students to update information boards in the playroom• Maintaining a sanitary, safe, and organized playroom

Brantford

• Assisted the children under my care with learning the sounds of the alphabet through Strong Start games and activities • Prepared individual sound rings and binders for each child in the program• Responsible for planning and understanding each session before meeting with the child• Provided their classroom teacher with feedback and updates on their progress

Mississauga

• Supervised and guided children under my care on field trips • Solved any conflicts by listening to the children and providing problem-solving strategies• Interacted with the students’ parents or guardians to provide daily feedback for optimal outcomes in the child’s development and camp experience• Created crafts based on summer themes and students’ interests

• Prepared program materials with the Instructor Therapists and provided support to the children in their individual sessions and at lunch• Ensured safety of the young children by understanding each child’s individual abilities and needs• Assisted in carrying out and recording data for a child’s Behaviour Plan which reinforced the child for listed appropriate behaviours • Prompted children during group sessions

Early Childhood Education - Intensive, In Progress

Post Graduate Studies, Infant And Early Child Mental Health

• Gained an understanding of what mental health looks like in infants and children and furthered my knowledge of child development.

Honours Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Youth And Children'S Studies