Experience

THEMUSEUM

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curriculum Advisor (Volunteer)

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Volunteer member of the Curriculum Advisory Team for The Museum, a vibrant hands-on children's museum and Makerspace located in the heart of Kitchener, Ontario. Volunteer member of the Curriculum Advisory Team for The Museum, a vibrant hands-on children's museum and Makerspace located in the heart of Kitchener, Ontario.



Upper Grand District School Board

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educator

  • Sep 2004 - Present

  Full time educator with Primary-Junior qualifications. Since beginning her career in education, Karen has taught all grades from kindergarten to grade 6 and has served as part of the Board's trauma response team and mental health lead teams. Her approach to classroom teaching includes a focus on building strong community amongst students and a strong emphasis on encouraging growth mindset and creative problem-solving. Her most important goal each year is to find ways of exploring curriculum that not only meets the learning needs of every student, but also helps them develop strong critical thinking skills and an enthusiastic love of learning. Show less



Private Practice in Psychotherapy and Counseling

• Mental Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Child and Family Therapist

  • Jun 1997 - Sep 2003

  Private therapy and consultation practice, focused on trauma recovery, crisis intervention, forensic child welfare assessment, and psychoeducational assessment. Considerable experience teaching at the college and university level (Exceptional Child senior seminar at the University of Guelph; Therapeutic Use of Play, continuing education department of Conestoga College; regular presenter at the annual Family Violence Institute at Renison College, University of Waterloo). Private therapy and consultation practice, focused on trauma recovery, crisis intervention, forensic child welfare assessment, and psychoeducational assessment. Considerable experience teaching at the college and university level (Exceptional Child senior seminar at the University of Guelph; Therapeutic Use of Play, continuing education department of Conestoga College; regular presenter at the annual Family Violence Institute at Renison College, University of Waterloo).



EveryMind

• Canada
• Mental Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Clinical Manager

  • Jun 1993 - Jun 1998

  As a member of the management team and based in the Brampton office of this major children's mental health centre, Karen was responsible for administration and clinical supervision of three programs: intake services, outpatient counselling, and the family court clinic (young offender assessment and intervention program for Peel Regional Youth Court). As a member of the management team and based in the Brampton office of this major children's mental health centre, Karen was responsible for administration and clinical supervision of three programs: intake services, outpatient counselling, and the family court clinic (young offender assessment and intervention program for Peel Regional Youth Court).



Community Mental Health Clinic (now Community Mental Health Association)

• Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Child And Family Therapist/ Program Coordinator

  • Dec 1988 - Jun 1993

  Karen was hired as a member of the inaugural child and adolescent program at the Community Mental Health Clinic, serving as a half-time therapist on the "middle childhood" team and contributing to the development of this new service. The other half of her position involved coordination of the Wellington County Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program, working in tandem with a colleague at the child welfare agency, providing training and supervision to staff at both agencies, supervising graduate students and participating in research and training with the Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Show less