Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant

• Apr 2023 - Present

ECMH Consultant provides an indirect service that aims to build the capacity of staff, families, programs, and systems to prevent, identify, and reduce the impact of mental health problems among children from birth to age 6 and their families. Mental health consultants support the needs of all children by giving information to the adults who care for them on topics such as typical development, social and emotional skills, trauma informed care, problem solving, and preventing or managing challenging behaviors among other things. Their primary role is to support the developing capacities of caregivers to promote young children’s healthy social and emotional development. Their services often result in a reduction of challenging behaviors while also aiding in helping children make friends, learn to talk about and manage their emotions, improve their problem solving skills, and aim toward overall increased performance in school. Mental health consultants help adults learn how to: Help children show, manage, and talk about many different feelings Help children build strong relationships with adults and other children Encourage children to explore their environments Better understand each child and how to support their individual needs Mental health consultants can also support children who may struggle with worries, anger, problem solving, sharing or controlling their feelings or behaviors, making friends, and difficulty in their environments. Mental health consultants help teachers and families learn how to handle these challenges and support positive behaviors. Show less

Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Licensed Behavior Analyst

• Jun 2018 - Apr 2023

I served as a Registered Behavior Technician from 2018 until November 2020 when I graduated with my Masters degree in Applied Behavior Analysis and an additional certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorder. I November 2020 I started practicing as a BCBA, LBA with primary experience working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder in the clinic, home, and community setting. I have overseen caseloads for individuals ranging from age 1 to age 18. I additionally serve as the training coordinator for our Eagle River and Palmer location. This entails conducting weekly staff training, overseeing group caregiver training content, and training during onboarding for all new staff members. Show less

Next-Gen Coordinator

• May 2015 - May 2018

Leadership role in a youth department with 200+ students Project Manager Event Programming Volunteer recruitment Social media Budget Management Strategic Planning Fundraising Leadership Development Public speaking Discipleship Curriculum Leading meetings Community connections Missional Outreach (home and away) - includes all administrative needs for mission trips Pastoral Care with female students Parent Communication Regular use of Microsoft Office Handles own administrative needs including phone calls, emails, credit card statements, etc. Additionally I served as the lead Project Manager for the Central Wesleyan Christmas Store. This event is partnered with the Holland Rescue Mission and requires over 600 volunteers and provides Christmas gifts to over 1000 at risk children in the greater Holland area every year. Show less

Server

• Aug 2017 - Dec 2017

Substitute Teacher

• 2013 - 2015

Line Worker

• 2011 - 2014