Behavior Support Service and Support Administrator

• Jul 2015 - Present

Behavioral Health Clinician

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

Behavior Specialist/Licenced professional Counselor

• May 2013 - Jan 2015

Clinical mental health counseling with children and adults, some of whom have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities. I also provide behavior modification services through the development, implementation, and monitoring of Behavior Support Plans. Responsibilities include assessments, treatment plans, report writing, data collection, staff training, developing working relationships with various county board members, other agency providers (residential), guardians, school administrators, psychiatric providers, and various other team members. I work independently as well as part of treatment teams and the majority of services are provided in the community, in homes, schools, and vocational/day habituation settings. Areas covered include Geauga, Lake, Cuyahoga, and Summit counties. Lastly, I work with our employment services and provide assessments for referrals from Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities. Show less

Teaching Fellow

• Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

Co-taught a field experience course for students getting their degree in Middle School Education. Co-taught undergraduate course in leadership. Taught, as instructor of record, the Group Work: Theory and Techniques course for counseling graduate students. Assisted professors with research. Developed and presented counseling oriented presentations to various counseling classes in the graduate program. Specific teaching duties included creating course syllabi; planning and preparation for weekly classes; teaching class; creating, administering, and grading quizzes and exams; creating, assigning, and grading projects and papers; scheduling guest speakers, etc. Show less

Licensed Professional Counselor

• May 2011 - Apr 2012

Provided individual and group counseling to adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Groups ran for 3 hours daily and were geared towards anger management, general check-ins and topics to help improve overall functioning/develop coping skills, and a twice per week group focused on AOD addictions and relapse prevention. Members in the AOD group were in various stages of change ranging from active use and denial through long-term sobriety and maintenance.

Counseling Intern

• Aug 2010 - May 2011

Provided individual and Group counseling to adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Co-ran an addictions/recovery based group utilizing motivational interviewing techniques. Co-ran anger management group. Co-ran large group called, "New Beginnings", that focused largely on skill building, medication compliance, and psychoeducation.

Diamond Researcher

• Jun 2005 - Dec 2006

Work with 30 + vendors, country wide, to locate precious gems and hard to find diamonds for patrons at any one of Sterling's 1300+ stores. Work with 30 + vendors, country wide, to locate precious gems and hard to find diamonds for patrons at any one of Sterling's 1300+ stores.