Aurora Tantoco Thomas
Program Planning Coordinator at Lifespire, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Lifespire, Inc.
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Planning Coordinator
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Apr 2015 - Present
Coordinate Active Treatment, Programming, Person Centered Planning/Thinking and Billing for services provided to people with Intellectual Disabilities living in over 50 Residential sites. (Refer to Consumer Planning Coordinator description listed below.)
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Residence Manager
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Aug 2011 - Apr 2015
Coordinated services and active treatment for persons with Intellectual Disabilities in an Individualized Residential Alternative. Supervised Direct Care, support staff and clinicians. Provided training in Agency, State and Federal regulations, Person Centered Planning and Thinking, human rights, psychological and medical issues. Liaison with families, Day Programs, other service providers, vendors, NYS OPWDD and the community at large.
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Cumberland County Schools
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Primary and Secondary Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Teacher
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2003 - 2011
Provided assistance to Certified Teacher in Mild Intellectually Disabled classroom for children from kindergarten to second grade. Instructed, guided, directly cared for students academically, socially and in activities of daily living. Provided assistance to Certified Teacher in Mild Intellectually Disabled classroom for children from kindergarten to second grade. Instructed, guided, directly cared for students academically, socially and in activities of daily living.
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Lifespire Inc.
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consumer Planning Coordinator
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1994 - 2003
Coordinated Active Treatment and Programming in over 40 Residential Facilities. Trained and provided technical assistance to management and staff in goal writing, implementation, maintenance, revisions and progress summaries. Supervised and trained all programming specialists in training direct care staff, Person Centered Planning, active treatment regulations, compliance with billing requirements, utilizing resources, participating in case conferences and collaborating with clinicians and case workers. Responded to inquiries from parents, referring agencies and adaptive equipment providers. Show less
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United Cerebral Palsy
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Program Director
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1988 - 1994
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Education
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Bronx High School of Science
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St. John's University, NY
BA, Psychology