Emily Biggart, LICSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker/school social worker at The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Connecticut Department of Public HealthJul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Massachusetts board of social workersApr, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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The Brookline Center for Community Mental Health
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Clinical Social Worker/school social worker
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Jul 2018 - Present
Provide individual outpatient therapeutic services to children ages 3-18 in person and via Telehealth · Contracted with the Gifford school to provide individual therapy to students with multiple diagnoses in a therapeutic school environment · Attend IEP meetings as an advocate and as a part of the IEP team Act as a liaison to public schools in Brookline, MA Regularly offer support, psychoeducation and behavioral guidance to caregivers· Run groups to support children with social skills, impulse control and emotional regulation Provide weekly supervision to licensed clinicians, clinical fellows and clinical interns· Create and implement treatment plans tailored to the specific needs of each client· Complete all required documentation in a timely manner Show less
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Advanced Behavioral Health
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Early Childhood Mental health Consultant
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Sep 2016 - Jun 2018
-Provided early childhood mental health consultation to early care and education settings and homes within the Norwalk area, serving teachers and families with children birth to 5 years old -Developed action plans and maintained accurate and timely data entry. -Attended early childhood community and statewide collaborative as well as created and conducted trainings to early childhood providers on social emotional topics. -Counseled site directors and teachers when dealing with challenging parent or staff issues. -Documented improvement scores: 100% for classrooms (CLASS assessment tool), 86% for parents (CBCL), and 66% for teachers (CTRF) – all significantly above state of CT average levels. Show less
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Riverside Community Care
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Preschool Team Clinician
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May 2014 - Sep 2016
• In home/in school therapist on the preschool team • Manage caseload of 10-12 families who have children (ages 3-12) with serious emotional disturbances • Engaging child and family in therapeutic interventions including individual and family therapy • Implement strategies to increase safety awareness within child and contain families in crisis • Collaborate with collaterals including schools, doctors and DCF • Contracted with Somerville elementary schools providing individual therapy, group therapy, in classroom interventions and consults with teachers- grades pre K-5 • Perform safety assessments in schools settings to ensure that child is safe in that environment • Regularly attend IEP meetings and support families in navigating the school systems • Certified in Rainbow Dance- a therapeutic, trauma informed, regulation, movement based intervention for young children. Show less
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South Bay Early Intervention
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Clinicial Social Worker
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Jun 2013 - May 2014
Part of a fast paced transdisciplinary team, providing in home social work and early education services to infants and toddlers ● Service coordinated a caseload of 15-20 clients, children ages 0-3, conducting weekly home visits ● Responsible for completing intakes and assessments ● Performed and scored developmental assessments using the Battelle Test. ● Provided clinical therapeutic services to families (adults, caregivers, older siblings) ● Created behavior and family plans for each child and their family ● Closely collaborated with public schools, head start, primary care physicians and DCF Show less
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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Clinical Social Work Intern
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Sep 2012 - Jun 2013
● Provided inpatient therapeutic counseling, emotional support and case management services to patients with diagnoses such as cancer, stroke, amputations, depression, anxiety, grief reaction, substance abuse and mental illness ● Used interventions such as CBT, CPT and Motivational Interviewing ● Conducted psychosocial assessments ● Consistently collaborated with medical team and attended weekly Interdisciplinary Team Conferences ● Attended Family Team Meetings with medical team, patients and families Show less
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Education
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Boston University School of Social Work
Master of Social Work (MSW), Social Work -
University of Delaware
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology