Ashley Yeager, LICSW, PIP

Experience

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  Jefferson County Department of Human Resources, Child Abuse and Neglect Investigation Unit

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Graduate Social Work Intern

  • Shadowed social workers and performed initial contacts with clients suspected of child abuse • Conducted home evaluations, performed home visits to ensure that safety plans were being followed, and carried out supervised visitations between family members• Wrote case narratives, social summaries, and transfer narratives

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  National Children's Advocacy Center

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Summer Intern- Training Department

  • Shadowed on-site training coordinators• Acted as room monitor during trainings for “Basic Forensic Interviewing with Children” and “Advanced Forensic Evaluation”• Aided the program director with preparation and organization for both on-site and customized trainings

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  Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Health Center

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Graduate Social Work Intern

  • Conducted individual therapy with boys aged 10-15 in Daniel House II, program for severely emotionally disturbed children• Led and participated in daily group therapy and weekly treatment teams• Produced therapy notes, treatment plans, and bi-weekly summaries

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  Lifeline Children's Services

  Oct 2011 - now

  • Provide individual, couples and family therapy for children, adolescents, and adults.• Create educational curriculum and support resources for foster and adoptive families.• Lead training for families pre-adoption. • Provide case management and post placement support services for over 600 internationally adoptive families• Conduct post placement in-home visits and home studies with internationally adoptive families• Crisis intervention and over-the-phone coaching for adoptive families• Active member of a dissolution interdisciplinary team that aids in the location of services and secondary placements for disrupted adoption placements

  • Family Therapist

    Jun 2016 - now

  • International Social Worker, Post Placement Coordinator

    Oct 2011 - Jun 2016