Jenna Porcaro

School Psychology Intern at Smithfield School District
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Chepachet, Rhode Island, United States, US

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Experience

  • Smithfield School District
    • Smithfield, Rhode Island
    • School Psychology Intern
      • Aug 2016 - Present

    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Instructor
      • Jan 2016 - Present

      Teaching PSY 477: Careers in Psychology to upperclassmen undergraduate students.

    • Graduate Student
      • Sep 2014 - Present

      School psychology Master's student interested in social and behavioral early intervention.

    • University College Psychology Advisor
      • Sep 2015 - May 2016

      Psychology advisor for undergraduate psychology students.

    • Undergraduate Advisor
      • Sep 2015 - May 2016

    • Behavior Specialist
      • May 2013 - Present

      - Conducting home-based therapeutic services (HBTS) with children. - Following a specified treatment plan with goals and objectives for active treatment. - Working closely with the Clinical Team at Perspectives. - Collecting data and tracking the progress of goal completion - Conducting home-based therapeutic services (HBTS) with children. - Following a specified treatment plan with goals and objectives for active treatment. - Working closely with the Clinical Team at Perspectives. - Collecting data and tracking the progress of goal completion

    • Practicum Student
      • Sep 2015 - Jun 2016

    • Social/Emotional Interventionist
      • Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

      - Implemented weekly lessons regarding social/emotional literacy to pre-k, K, 1st, 4th, and 5th grade students in a classroom setting. - Implemented a 'bucket filling'​ program based on the book "How Full is Your Bucket for Kids."​ - Encouraged students to act in ways to 'fill each other's buckets'​ and to 'share their smiles.' - Assisted the school nurse in creating activities for a school-wide field day. - Created a station where students could write letters to their favorite teachers. --- Distributed letters to teachers at the end of the school year. Show less

    • Practicum Student
      • Sep 2014 - May 2015

    • Cashier
      • Aug 2008 - Aug 2014

    • Intern
      • Jan 2014 - May 2014

      Interned at the Groden Center South through a certificate program for applied behavioral analysis at the University of Rhode Island. Interned at the Groden Center South through a certificate program for applied behavioral analysis at the University of Rhode Island.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Mar 2013 - May 2013

      - assisted a graduate student with her research project "Early Vocabulary Intervention" - measured the effects of high quality vocabulary instruction on kindergarteners with low level vocabulary skills - administered vocabulary testing one on one with students - observed the structure of vocabulary assessments in a classroom setting - assisted a graduate student with her research project "Early Vocabulary Intervention" - measured the effects of high quality vocabulary instruction on kindergarteners with low level vocabulary skills - administered vocabulary testing one on one with students - observed the structure of vocabulary assessments in a classroom setting

    • Mentor
      • Feb 2013 - May 2013

      - Completed mentor training. - Spent a semester mentoring a second grade girl. - Assisted her in overcoming her problems socializing appropriately with others. - Completed mentor training. - Spent a semester mentoring a second grade girl. - Assisted her in overcoming her problems socializing appropriately with others.

  • Horgan Elementary School
    • West Warwick Rhode Island
    • Undergraduate Intern
      • Jan 2013 - May 2013

      - worked beside the school psychologist - observed the administration of various intelligence and behavioral tests - attended weekly meetings with parents and school specialists - worked with children in special ed and general ed classrooms - administered a math intervention with a kindergarten student - worked with special ed students in a 4th grade integrated classroom - worked beside the school psychologist - observed the administration of various intelligence and behavioral tests - attended weekly meetings with parents and school specialists - worked with children in special ed and general ed classrooms - administered a math intervention with a kindergarten student - worked with special ed students in a 4th grade integrated classroom

    • Cashier
      • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Jan 2012 - May 2012

      Assisted a graduate student in her research with the transtheoretical model. Assisted a graduate student in her research with the transtheoretical model.

Education

  • University of Rhode Island
    Masters of Science, School Psychology
    2014 - 2017
  • University of Rhode Island
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology & Sociology
    2010 - 2014

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