Jenna Porcaro
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Experience
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Smithfield School District
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Smithfield, Rhode Island
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School Psychology Intern
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Aug 2016 - Present
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University of Rhode Island
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Instructor
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Jan 2016 - Present
Teaching PSY 477: Careers in Psychology to upperclassmen undergraduate students.
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Graduate Student
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Sep 2014 - Present
School psychology Master's student interested in social and behavioral early intervention.
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University College Psychology Advisor
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Sep 2015 - May 2016
Psychology advisor for undergraduate psychology students.
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Undergraduate Advisor
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Sep 2015 - May 2016
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Behavior Specialist
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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
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Practicum Student
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Sep 2015 - Jun 2016
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Monsignor Matthew F. Clarke Catholic Regional School
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Wakefield, Rhode Island
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Social/Emotional Interventionist
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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
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Practicum Student
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Sep 2014 - May 2015
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Cashier
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Aug 2008 - Aug 2014
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Intern
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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.
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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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
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Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership
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Warwick, Rhode Island
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Mentor
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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.
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Horgan Elementary School
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West Warwick Rhode Island
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Undergraduate Intern
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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
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Cashier
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Sep 2012 - Apr 2013
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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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.
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Education
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University of Rhode Island
Masters of Science, School Psychology -
University of Rhode Island
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology & Sociology