Experience

LivingRite, The Center for Behavioral Health

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clinical Professional Counselor

  • Jun 2013 - Present



Counsel-Pro, LLC

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Clinical Professional Counselor

  • Jan 2005 - Present



John Costigan Residential Center

• Program Coordinator

  • 2004 - 2010



West Las Vegas Schools

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Transition Coordinator

  • Oct 1996 - Oct 1998

  Responsibilities include coordinating transition activities for 375 Head Start students in twenty classrooms. Coordinate with three different school systems the purchase and development of materials to aid and promote kindergarten readiness for children, parents and teachers. Additional activities include the development of collaborative relationships between both local school districts and individual teachers through joint training opportunities and other activities related to the transition of children from Head Start to kindergarten. Accomplishments include developing and organizing collaborative community wide fairs to encourage parent involvement in the education of their children (May 87, 88).

• Disability Service Coordinator

  • Sep 1994 - Oct 1998

  Responsibilities include developing collaborative relationships with local agencies, service providers and school districts to ensure the continuity of services to children with special needs and their families. Coordinate referrals, evaluations and services for children who have or are suspected of having special needs. Coordinate and provide training to teachers, staff and parents regarding disability issues and services, including federal and state laws. Accomplishments include advocating and coordinating the development of a community wide Child Find Event to screen children aged newborn to 5 years for developmental delays (August 1998).



Northeast Regional Center Cooperative

• Developmental Disabilities Preschool Training Grant Coordinator

  • Mar 1998 - Aug 1998

  Responsibilities included organizing and conducting training on topics like behavior disorders, federal and state laws, collaboration, interagency agreements and other issues related to disabilities for DD Preschools in six school districts for spring 1998. Additional responsibilities included the development and distribution of a need assessment to those districts, and the development of the training plan for the 1998-9 school year based on the results of that need assessment. Supplementary activities included the coordination and purchase of computer systems and programs for those DD Preschools, as well as organizing and conducting the computer training.



Las Vegas Safe Kids Coalition

• Center for Disease Control Child Restraint Project Coordinator

  • Oct 1995 - Oct 1997

  Responsibilities included developing collaborative relationships with two school systems, local law enforcement agencies, local coalitions and local businesses to promote proper use of child restraints. Activities utilized include a poster contest for elementary children to increase awareness and use of vehicle restraints and extensive use of media to heighten awareness of these issues. Responsibilities included developing collaborative relationships with two school systems, local law enforcement agencies, local coalitions and local businesses to promote proper use of child restraints. Activities utilized include a poster contest for elementary children to increase awareness and use of vehicle restraints and extensive use of media to heighten awareness of these issues.



Educational Resource Associates

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Counselor

  • Sep 1993 - May 1996

  Responsibilities included conducting psychological evaluations and providing therapy for emotionally disturbed youth aged 3 to 18 years in a school setting, as well as consultations to teachers, staff and parents regarding behavior disorders and management. Responsibilities included conducting psychological evaluations and providing therapy for emotionally disturbed youth aged 3 to 18 years in a school setting, as well as consultations to teachers, staff and parents regarding behavior disorders and management.



Southern Illinois University

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher I

  • Sep 1990 - Dec 1991

  Responsibilities included coordination of approximately 10 undergraduate and graduate students in the collection and analysis of data collected from human participants for several research studies conducted in the Psychophysiology Laboratory. Data included both objective measures and a variety of physiological measures (heart rate, respiration, galvanic skin response, and brain waves). Responsibilities included coordination of approximately 10 undergraduate and graduate students in the collection and analysis of data collected from human participants for several research studies conducted in the Psychophysiology Laboratory. Data included both objective measures and a variety of physiological measures (heart rate, respiration, galvanic skin response, and brain waves).