Experience

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  Mary cariola children's center

  Nov 2011 - Sept 2013

  Child habilitation specialist

   Served as a direct support staff member at residential facilities for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Care included support with personal care/hygiene, social skills, home-life skills Received training in Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP-R)  Worked with team members to create customized behavior management plans and goals for each resident. Plans included: personal goal setting, budget management, and sight word recognition Tracked monthly progress of personal goals by collecting and analyzing data, and compiling summaries for care review presentations Compiled behavior tracking data using numerical entries and detailed ABC charts to illustrate antecedent, behavior, and consequence for long-term behavior management Show less

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  Rotary sunshine campus

  Jan 2012 - now

  Camp director

   Develop and implement strategic training programs at the start of each season for the more than 85 part-time counselors on staff for the two week camp. Trainings include: direct care support for individuals with special needs,behavior management, crisis management, emergency procedures and drills Provide staff with support and guidance in behavior management and direct care support for campers with various physical and intellectual disabilities including muscular dystrophy, autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and others Creation and execution of team building excercises throughout the duration of camp to support staff development and teamwork  Support camp counselors/staff with planning unique, fun and appropriate activites for the more than 200 campers each season Show less

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  Richland school district 2

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2015

  Teacher

  Elementary Teacher - Second Grade

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  Communication place for hearing and speech

  Sept 2015 - now

  Lead teacher, special education

   Create and implement “play to learn“ lessons in mathematics and literacy for children ages 3-5 with special needs Track and document student progress with individual IEP goals  Analyze and adjust IEP goals frequently to provide effective individualized support Lead a team of three paraprofessionals in the development and execution of classroom activities o Supervise support staff for visually-impared studento Coach and guide assistant teacher with the development of lesson plans and teaching skills Show less

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  Rochester city school district

  Sept 2016 - now

  Special education teacher