Ashley Houdek

Experience

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  Mark Baker Foundation

  Jun 2004 - Jun 2005

  Inner City Basketball Coach
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  Alternative For Girls

  Sept 2008 - Apr 2009

  Prevention Intern

  •Worked in conjunction with Prevention Team leaders that served at risk girls’ ages 4-20 that were at risk for teen pregnancy, school truancy and gang involvement.•Facilitated after school tutoring. Assisted in teaching arts and crafts and special events on Saturdays for our participants.•Evening lessons were focused around teaching life skills, self-esteem, job-training, substance abuse and healthy relationships.•Worked as an Intake Specialist assisting walk-in clients with personal needs as well as connecting them with community resources. Show less

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  Strong Middle School

  Sept 2009 - May 2010

  School Social Worker

  •Worked in conjunction with the School Social Worker at the high school and middle school. I carried a caseload of 10 Special Education students, and 5 504 Plan students.•Met with individual students on a weekly basis to discuss academic, personal, and home situations.•Planned/facilitated student support groups centered on bullying, crisis intervention, self-esteem and goal setting.•Wrote and presented IEP’s and 504 Plans to our mental health team. Documentation,Evaluations, and Medicaid reporting was done on a weekly and monthly basis.•Performed testing such as CONNORS and BASC on students. Show less

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  Melvindale High School

  Sept 2009 - May 2010

  School Social Worker

  •Worked in conjunction with the School Social Worker at the high school and middle school. I carried a caseload of 10 Special Education students, and 5 504 Plan students.•Met with individual students on a weekly basis to discuss academic, personal, and home situations.•Planned/facilitated student support groups centered on bullying, crisis intervention, self-esteem and goal setting.•Wrote and presented IEP’s and 504 Plans to our mental health team. Documentation,Evaluations, and Medicaid reporting was done on a weekly and monthly basis.•Performed testing such as CONNORS and BASC on students. Show less

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  Joliet Learning Center-Cherry Creek School District

  Oct 2011 - Jun 2012

  Special Education Paraprofessional

  •Special Education Paraprofessional worked with a variety of Special Education students, but mainly students on the Autism Spectrum Scale.•Interacted with students in and outside of the classroom providing emotional/social/ behavioral support.•Worked closely with teachers and mental health staff to help identify and implement strategies to work with students.•Facilitated small groups with School Social Worker.

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  Thompson Valley High School

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2014

  Special Education Paraprofessional

  • Special Education paraprofessional as well as an Academic Facilitator. I work with students who have emotional and behavioral disabilities as well as work with students who have failed previous classes and are required to take those classes online.• Interact with students in and outside of classroom providing emotional/behavioral support. I utilize narrative therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy.• Working with a variety of teachers to help identify and implement strategies to work with these students. I am responsible for Individual Education Plan Notifications, testing such as BASC, WOODCOCK Johnson, and documentation of student progress in areas of academic difficulty.• Facilitating large and small group discussions with students addressing emotional/social behaviors. Show less

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  Reflections For Youth

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2016

  School Social Worker

  • School Social Worker for RFY Loveland Day Treatment School.• Provide individual and family therapy on a daily and weekly basis to students and families.• Provide social/ emotional support to students, create and implement treatment plans based on students’ goals.• Therapy centered on Nurtured Heart Approach and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.• Facilitated groups within school and group home setting.• Plan and attend staffing’s, IEP Meetings.• Administering BASC to students who are up for IEP Revaluations. Show less

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  Specialized Education Services, Inc. (SESI) (now Catapult Learning, Inc.)

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2024

  School Social Worker- Sierra School of Weld County
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  JOE MARTINO COUNSELING GRANDVILLE

  May 2023 - now

  Licensed Clinical Social Worker