Experience

UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOC OF GREATER SUFFOLK INC

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator of Transitioning Students

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Hauppauge, New York, United States ● Involved in the coordination of a program that provides transition services and psychometric testing to High School students with disabilities. ● Conducted scientific literature reviews to determine empirical and ethical standing of evaluations that are considered in being used for testing. ● Administered, scored, analyzed, and interpreted results of psychometric testing to synthesize a vocational report, providing an overview of the student in relation to vocational goal. ●… Show more ● Involved in the coordination of a program that provides transition services and psychometric testing to High School students with disabilities. ● Conducted scientific literature reviews to determine empirical and ethical standing of evaluations that are considered in being used for testing. ● Administered, scored, analyzed, and interpreted results of psychometric testing to synthesize a vocational report, providing an overview of the student in relation to vocational goal. ● Conducted exploratory review where data of client participation across all programs was retrieved and organized to determine effectiveness of business model which was not supported by conclusion of analysis. ● Developed database utilizing Python’s SQLite3 database engine intended to store client information as a localized, limited, intermittently used repository for data. Show less



NYS ACCES-VR

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor Intern

  • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

  Hauppauge, New York, United States ● Counseling adults and transition age youth and coordinating rehabilitation services to appropriate providers, which includes assessing the client’s progress toward rehabilitation goals, determining the financial resources/obligations related to the required services, and providing feedback to all appropriate parties. ● Determining specific objectives, goals, and actions designed to meet the client’s needs as identified through assessment results and develop a comprehensive rehabilitation… Show more ● Counseling adults and transition age youth and coordinating rehabilitation services to appropriate providers, which includes assessing the client’s progress toward rehabilitation goals, determining the financial resources/obligations related to the required services, and providing feedback to all appropriate parties. ● Determining specific objectives, goals, and actions designed to meet the client’s needs as identified through assessment results and develop a comprehensive rehabilitation plan. ● Worked to reduce attitudinal and environmental barriers and facilitating the full inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the community. ● Managed a caseload of transition students and administered transition services to High School students as well as young adults that have transitioned from school to work. ● Performed data entry and records management of state database of client information to ensure accuracy and consistency. Show less



Maryhaven Center of Hope - part of Catholic Heath Services of Long Island

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Team Leader

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

  . Supervises Day Habilitation-Vocational PWOW program . Completes Monthly's, Staff Action Plans, and works with Care Team on Life Plan meetings . Structured program through the Start-up phase; creating a new program . Helps clients with Disabilities develop and progress in social and communication skills, as those skills apply to the community and employment, to aid transition in the transition to community employment



Suffolk County Department of Social Services

• Child Support Specialist Trainee

  • Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Ronkonkoma, New York, United States . Conducts investigations to locate absent parents . Uses County and State automated systems and databases to collect information . Consolidates all information acquired during investigation process to input into petition that is transmitted to court . Manages caseload of clients



Eastern Suffolk BOCES

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Per Diem Job Coach

  • Dec 2019 - Aug 2020

  Worked as a job coach providing supportive employment services to individuals with disabilities at that work site, and assisting in the job development process.



Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI)

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2020

  United States . Care for and supervise individuals with autism in a classroom setting . Teach goals and daily living skills . Ensure safety and happiness of the students . Record progress of the students and collect behavior data