Carolyn Kotula

Experience

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  Partnership with Children

  Feb 2008 - Jun 2009

  Social Worker

  I functioned as a social worker in a high needs elementary school in a low income neighborhood. My main role was to help the school work toward improving the overall school climate for students and teachers, as well as improve social emotional strategies. Along with two other social workers, we implemented various programs including individual counseling, crisis intervention, weekly push ins to classrooms to provide psycho educational lessons, run small groups, parent education/engagement and community home visits. Show less

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  TheraCare

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

  ABA Therapist

  Using Applied Behavioral Analysis, I would travel to children’s homes who had been identified as having Pervasive Developmental Delay or being on the Autism Spectrum and provided therapy using ABA techniques. Depending on the goals that the child’s IESP had designated, I would work on various areas of development. Parent education was also provided to give parents the tools to work with their children on a day to day basis.

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  NYC Department of Education

  Oct 2011 - now

  School Social Worker

  I am a member of the School Assessment Team where I work along side the school psychologists and family worker. As a multidisciplinary team, we manage the schools’s IEP’s and referrals for special education. I am responsible for the initial referrals that includes conducting social histories with parents, classroom observations gathering any pertinent information or documentation from parents or staff, and participating in the IEP meeting. I will also consult with the school psychologists on other cases and assist with re-evaluations and any other cases as requested by doing social history updates and sitting in on IEP meetings. Outside of this, I also provided mandated/ at risk counseling to students along with assisting the guidance staff with any crisis intervention/ assessment as needed. I am responsible for conducting MDRs (manifestation determination reviews) for any student with a disability who has been suspended for more than 10 days. I maintain a variety of educational and community resources and provide information/ referrals to families as well as school staff. Show less