Robin Strominger, Lcsw Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

Austin, Texas Area

• Provides complex case management to children and adults involved in the child welfare system• Conducts Family Strengths and Needs Assessments to generate plans of service• Ensures that appropriate referrals for testing, evaluation, and services are made• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams including, but not limited to: mental health professionals, educators, attorneys, medical professionals, child placing agencies, and law enforcement• Provides recommendations and updates at court related to child needs, family progress, and permanency planning• Monitors safety and well being of children through home visits and regular communication• De-escalates situations involving high emotions and unsafe behaviors

Austin, Texas Area

• Provided clinical case management to families involved in the child welfare system• Conducted clinical assessments of individual and family safety/functioning/needs• Worked with multidisciplinary teams and the family to develop a shared vision and action plan• Developed service plans and coordinated services to assist children and families

Austin, Texas Area

• Provided direct care to children ages 6-14 who have experienced abuse and neglect• Utilized Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) to create a therapeutic environment• Implemented Satori Alternatives to Managing Aggression (SAMA) to manage crisissituations and keep children safe• Collaborated as a team to determine daily plans to set children up to succeed in accordancewith individual treatment plans• Aided children in the process of building self-confidence, healthy behaviors, and adaptivecoping mechanisms

Austin, Texas

• Provided weekly individual counseling sessions to students from diverse backgrounds.• Co-facilitated groups on girl empowerment and social skills• Assisted with resources and made referrals for families• Developed a training tool and collaborated with Project HELP to determine best practices forproviding services to students/families experiencing homelessness within the district• Attended trainings on various topics including: special education, grief & loss in children,working with students who are homeless, suicide assessment, non suicidal selfinjury, aging out offoster care, art therapy, sand tray therapy, & trauma-informed care

Psychology Department

Worked on multiple faculty led research projects involving sexual offenders and risk as well as the relationship between academic stress and drinking to cope in college populations. Co-developed a study on stress contagion in an academic setting.Presentations:• Ruchensky, J., Strominger, R., Davis, K., Momohara, C., Ryan, T., Paxton, J., & Huss, M. (2013, March). Playing the field: An examination of crossover offenders and risk. Poster presented at American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Portland, OR.• Ryan, T., Davis, K., Ruchensky, J., Strominger, R., Momohara, C., Paxton J., & Huss, M. (2013, March). A comparison of penetrative assault sexual offenders with non-penetrative offenders. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Portland, OR.• Davis, K. D., Momohara, C. K., Ryan, T., Ruchensky, J., Strominger, R., Paxton, J., & Huss, M. T. (2013, July). Hooking up: polygraphs and sex offender treatment. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention, Honolulu, HI. • Ruchensky, J., Strominger, R., Ryan, T., McDermott, T., Paxton, J., & Huss, M. (2014, March). A Latent Class Analysis of Sexual Offenders and Risk. Poster presented at American Psychology-Law Society Conference, New Orleans, LA.• Hall, E. & Strominger, R. (2014, May). An Examination of Stress Contagion in an Academic Setting. Poster presented at the Midwest Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.• Woolman, E. O., Becker, M. M., Strominger, R. L., Hall, E. J., & Klanecky, A. K. (May 2014). PTSD symptoms mediate academic stress and drinking to cope. Poster presented at the Midwest Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Clinical Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology