Experience

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  RSmith

  • San Jose, California/Missoula Montana

  • Independent Consultant

    • Mar 2011 - Present
    • San Jose, California/Missoula Montana

    Experienced and passionate Developmental Psychologist. Builds, maintains, and nurtures partnerships. Leads in the value of self-awareness on team-building platforms. Committed to follow ethical principles in the education of all humans, particularly during early childhood. Psychological Assessment of children with developmental disabilities. Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Cultural and linguistic diversity. Parental impacts of early brain development. Early Childhood. Supporting the education of adults with traumatic experiences via QHHT. Offices in San Jose (CA) and Missoula (MT)Fully licensed, certified, and insured.

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  American University of Sovereign Nations

  • Missoula MT, San Jose CA,

  • Adjunct Faculty

    • Jan 2015 - Present
    • Missoula MT, San Jose CA,

    Visiting Professor: Masters in Bioethics and Global Public Health (MBGPH) ProgramCourse Description: (Prof. Darryl Macer) Ability Studies investigates in general how ability expectation (want stage) and ableism (need stage) hierarchies and preferences come to pass and the impact of such hierarchies and preferences. Ability Studies investigates: (a) the social, cultural, legal, political, ethical and other considerations by which any given ability may be judged, which leads to favoring one ability over another; (b) the impact and consequence of favoring certain abilities and rejecting others; (c) the consequences of ableism in its different forms, and its relationship with and impact on other isms. The academic field of disability studies investigates the negative consequences people experience whose body linked abilities are seen as not measuring up to the species-typical norm.

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  California Public Schools

  • California-New York

  • Independent Consultant Program Coordinator

    • 1985 - Present
    • California-New York

    Evaluations, diagnosis and placement recommendations for children with special needs attending public and private schools in NY and CA (US).I led and coordinated teacher training and parent education programs. While leading several trans-disciplinary teams, I developed guidelines for the assessment of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Under the leadership of the late Dr. Ximena E. Zate, I coordinated, and developed the first center for psycho educational assessment for English Language Learners, in Long Island, NY (BOCES-2) providing technical support and assistance to 57 school districts. I supervised psychologists in training.

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  The Nippon Care-Fit Education Institute, Tokyo

  • misaki-cho-ishikawa Bld., 2-2-6, misaki-cho, chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061

  • Adjunct Faculty

    • Feb 2014 - Jul 2014
    • misaki-cho-ishikawa Bld., 2-2-6, misaki-cho, chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0061

    Adjunct faculty and consultant, to Nippon Care-fit Service Association (NGO based in Tokyo, Japan) As a member of a US team of instructors I assisted in the development of a Japan Community Emergency Response Team (JCERT) and I taught emergency preparedness with a focus on mental health and trauma. I also conducted an Emergency Preparedness Instructor's Seminar with Dr. Ryo Takahashi.

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  Adelphi University

  • Garden City, New York

  • Assistant Professor

    • Sep 1995 - 1996
    • Garden City, New York

    Course: Foundations of Bilingual Education, theory and practiceprovided instruction on the philosophical and sociological framework of multicultural education, multilingual program models, bilingual special education, legal mandates. Supervised student field work.

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  Yeshiva University Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology

  • Bronx, New York

  • Teacher Assistant, Developmental Psychology Department

    • Sep 1985 - 1987
    • Bronx, New York

    Computer research laboratory, Albert Einstein School of MedicineYeshiva University, Bronx, New York.Provided support to students in the department, work with medical and psychology students in planning, preparation of research projects and lab lessons. Interacted with faculty and students, instructed on the operation of the computer lab. Assisted with data entry, statistical analysis, and programming (C language).