Pediatric Feeding Disorder Clinic Rotation:•Conducted intake evaluation and developed interdisciplinary team recommendations for children who present at the clinic with feeding difficulties.•Implemented evidence-based behavior analytic assessment and treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorders in the intensive program and outpatient settings.• Attended training didactics and group rounds to discuss treatment and care planning.• Provided case supervision to bachelor’s and master’s level therapists.Pediatric Developmental Disabilities Clinic Rotation:• Conducted functional assessments and behavioral treatments to decreasechallenging behaviors (e.g., self-injury, aggression, noncompliance, disruptive behavior, sleep difficulties, toileting issues, elopement) with children with developmental disabilities• Sessions conducted in a parent-training model, utilizing a behavior analytic approach.• Provided peer supervision to master’s level therapists.

Clinical responsibilities • Conducted intake assessment and developed interdisciplinary treatment recommendations for children participating in the intensive outpatient program.• Implemented evidence-based treatment with an applied behavior analysis focus on children with pediatric feeding disorders.• Observed and collected data during feeding sessions of both outpatient patients and intensive outpatient patients. • Attended training didactics and group rounds to discuss treatment patients.• Research responsibilities: Organized and maintained data collection system for examining program outcomes. Wrote summaries of the literature around outcomes from interdisciplinary programs for children with pediatric feeding disorders and presented poster at behavior analytic conferences.

• Worked with team to conduct functional analysis• Collected behavioral data • Worked with team to provid behavioral treatment (e.g., functionalcommunication training, multiple schedule training) to decrease challenging behaviors (e.g., self-injury, aggression, noncompliance, disruptive behavior) with children with developmental disabilities utilizing a behavior analytic approach.

•Administered cognitive, language, and diagnostic assessments for research purposes to individuals with or without autism, ages 3-60. •Prepared and wrote integrated psychological reports reflecting assessment findings and providing recommendations for home and school. Processed and analyzed data for presentation and publication. Received individual and group supervision from licensed psychologist.

•Conducted weekly individual parent training sessions with 6 families to target challenging behaviors of children with ASD, ages, 3-18, for a 13-week cycle, within an outpatient clinic setting.•Implemented principles of Applied Behavior Analysis with children with ASD to address difficulties with transitions, noncompliance, aggression, and tantrums.•Conducted case management and coordinating with clients’ teachers, ABA technicians, and medical providers.•Completed intake interviews, treatment notes summarizing nature and progress in parent training, and recommendations for home and school.

• Conducted weekly diagnostic team evaluations for ASD. • Administered the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule- Second Edition (ADOS-2) with over 30 clients, ages 2-18, and conducted structured parent interviews. • Provided assessment and diagnostic feedback to families and wrote integrated psychoeducational report with recommendations across settings.

• Conducted research project on the treatment system at the anxiety clinic• Presented the project results at International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR)

PI: Dr. Raphael Bernier• Involved in a range of research duties including study design and implementation, recruitment of research participants, EEG/Eye Tracking data collection and management, and presentation of results.• Administered behavioral assessments such as DAS-2, PPVT/EVT, ADOS-2, NEPSY, WASI to both typically-developing children and children with ASD.

• Assessment: Administered and scored cognitive, achievement, and social/emotional assessments to school-aged children in a school setting. Conducted functional behavior analyses (FBA) and created subsequent behavior intervention plan (BIP). Wrote resulting schools and interpretations into a cohesive report that provided recommendations for interventions across different settings. Collaborated with other disciplines (e.g., SLP, OT, PT, special education teacher) to prepare IEP meetings with parents. Presented assessment findings to parents in special education meetings.• Consulted with teachers and school staff on classroom behavioral strategies.• Intervention: Implemented 1:1 academic intervention with student with reading difficulties. Conducted universal screening for elementary students, identified students in need of additional social-emotional and behavioral supports. Led one social-emotional group for 1st graders on emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills and one social- emotional group for a mix of 1st graders and kindergarteners on building friendship.• Supervision: Received individual and group supervision of assessment and feedback sessions from licensed psychologist.

•Assisted social-emotional assessment administration, scoring, and write-up. Conducted classroom observation and CBM assessment, MTSS/RTI data graphing and decision-making.•Co-lead social skills group with supervisor.•Shadowed in the referral meetings and manifestation determination meetings.•Conducted parents and teacher interviews.

PI: Dr. Jessica BlackIndependently responsible for writing an in-depth review regarding the resilience of adolescents with learning disorders, specifically revealing neurodevelopment of this population, and the implications for strengths-based clinical social work practice.

Department of Developmental Medicine -- The Labs of Cognitive Neuroscience PI: Charles A. Nelson•Working on the study looks at differences between the imitation behaviors of typical-developed children and children with Autism.•Project: The Development and the Neural Bases of Emotion Processing. Investigating of cortical organization and temporal dynamics of emotion processing mechanisms elicited by biologically salient stimuli in the first 3 years of life.Employed technique: Dense array EEG (Geodesic System) and fNIRS equipments

MSW intern in the Adult Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. One month rotation at Adolescent Inpatient Unit•Preparing psychosocial assessments and collaborated with interdisciplinary teams and community service agencies to coordinate discharge plans. •Providing direct clinical service to assigned patients, inclusive of individual and family treatment, case management, disposition planning and case coordination.•Co-facilitating psychotherapy groups.•Conducting utilization reviews with insurance plans to advocate for client treatment.•Participating in treatment planning meetings.

Projects: 1) “Mommy and me” play intervention project; 2) African-American parent involvement and child school readiness outcomes in Head Start; 3) Factors of psychological and social well-being of Latino parents in Boston (Collaboration with visiting scholar Joaquina Palomar Lever from Universidad Iberoamericana)•Assisting in recruiting sample population in agencies, data analysis, IRB preparation and submission.•Coordinating agencies and sites and overseeing recruitment process.

•Maintain a caseload of two children and conduct classroom observation and perform initial assessment on children’s behavioral and emotional issues.•Develop curriculum activities and strategies appropriate for individuals, groups, and whole class using evidence-based interventions. •Implement intervention in the classroom and complete progress notes for clients throughout intervention process.•Collaborate with other clinicians, families, teachers, doctors, and nurses within the program.•Attend agency trainings to gain professional knowledge in working with children and families.•Complete psychosocial assessment of one client.•Assist Family Advocates with family home visits and shadow in the meeting of strengths and needs assessment, assist with case management and file review.•Organize and facilitate parent education classes, research and recruit new speakers and trainers for parent education topics as well as other preventive activities, as well as support in the area of parent engagement, family and community partnerships and fatherhood engagement. •Providing assistance Family Advocates to address challenges of the families by discussing issues and/or linking them to community resources, including but limited to mental illness, substance abuse, housing, employment, disabilities, family violence, etc. that affect their well-being.

Overview: most studies look at how children recognize feelings and how they interpret facial expressions, social cues to understand emotion. (PI: Dr. James Russell)•Assisted in recruiting sample population in Boston College, Zhejiang Normal University, Museum of Science, and Boston Children’s Museum. Collected and analyzed data for other PI’s studies..•Conducted an independent cross-cultural research on facial expressions, "Labeling Mismatched Stories and Facial Expressions of Emotion: Comparing Chinese and American" and several other follow-up studies.