Kayli Schmidt, LMSW

Experience

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  AMES COMMUNITY PRESCHOOL CENTER

  Aug 2017 - Mar 2020

  Teacher Assistant

  • Assist children in daily care, preparing meals, helping with reading, sharing, and listening skills• Experience with children ages two-four who are medically compromised

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  The Bridge for Youth

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Youth and Family Advocate

  • Lead therapeutic group sessions and individual sessions with youth• Reported and documented case notes on youth and completed intakes and assessments on youth• Made calls to Child Protection and answered crisis center phone calls

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  ACCESS (Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support)

  Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Youth Sexual Assault Victim Service Advocate

  • Respond to and provide clients with support during crisis via in-person meetings and crisis line calls• Establish solid rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs• Support clients through a variety of issues while utilizing trauma-informed care and empathetic skills• Build strong collaborative relationships with local schools, police departments, and county agencies• Facilitate groups to educate youth on healthy relationships as an effort of sexual/domestic abuse prevention Show less

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  Washburn Center For Children

  Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  Masters Level Day Treatment Intern

  • Co-facilitate a 12 hours per week, half-day day treatment program for children ages 4-6 with a pervasive mental health or trauma-related diagnosis• Engage in a group therapy, developmental repair, trauma-informed model• Utilize my own identity to enhance my cross-cultural work• Apply skills of de-escalation, self-regulation, co-regulation, and narration/modeling with clinicians and clients• Build therapeutic trust, rapport, and relationships with clients through joining and working individually to co-regulate when clients are escalated• Plan and co-facilitate group activities and assist clinicians in group management• Attend individual supervision on a weekly basis, group supervision on a bi-weekly basis, and program consultations on a monthly basis Show less

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  Relate Counseling Center

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  School-Based Practicum Clinical Therapist

  • Provide therapeutic services to children (K-4) individually and to their families in a primary school setting• Develop and implement diagnostic assessments, treatment plans and goals, and progress notes• Implement specific interventions to meet client goals through a variety of modalities including child centered play therapy, Adlerian play therapy, narration, and modeling social thinking and processing skills• Maintain client records on electronic health records system• Provide mindfulness support in classrooms and co-facilitating a mindfulness group• Coordinate services with multiple individuals (case managers, psychiatrists, etc.) who are involved with the client • Engage in weekly individual supervision, group supervision, and weekly consult groups Show less

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  Lorenz Clinic

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2023

  Mental Health Practitioner II- Day Treatment and Outpatient

  • Facilitate an intensive day treatment program for up to 6 children ages 3-5 with pervasive mental health and trauma-related diagnosis• Utilize Developmental Repair Model to provide psychotherapy to children and families within the day treatment setting• Provide outpatient individual psychotherapy and family therapy in clinic and in-home• Administer DC: 0-5 and diagnostic assessments to diagnose and recommend treatment• Develop treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge plans for children and families • Implement specific interventions unique to client and family needs• Provide crisis assistance (safety planning, child protection calls, wellness checks)• Attend weekly clinical supervision, bi-weekly administrative supervision, weekly early childhood consult, weekly day treatment consult, and monthly agency grand rounds• Utilize an electronic health records system to maintain clinical charts Show less

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  Terros Health

  Jun 2023 - now

  • Licensed Clinical Coordinator

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Children’s Clinician

    Jun 2023 - now