Ahalya Thantry
Haslet, TX
Summary
- Highly effective communication facilitator, and contributor to key partnerships.
- Collaborator in helping create a positive learning environment, foster parent-teacher-therapist relationships, and manage Individualized Education Programs (IEP) to support student success.
- Patient and compassionate individual with experience in devising and implementing effective special education strategies.
- Skilled at individualizing instruction based on needs and interests.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Needs Child Caregiver/Volunteer
Self-employed
Haslet
03.2019 - Current
- Having home-schooled my special-needs child for over six years, I designed and created a stimulating learning environment within the home setting that is conducive to learning through play activities.
- Provided individualized instructions to build and support daily living activities, and personal care routines.
- I have designed personalized curriculum and materials, and academic learning for my special needs son for over six years, which has resulted in significant academic gains for him.
- Implemented numerous behavior management, sensory integration, and communication techniques acquired through parent training to promote positive interactions with family, friends, and the community.
- As a volunteer, I joined hands with NISD teachers to teach social skills, as well as numerous recreational skills such as bowling, track, and basketball, to special needs children during Special Olympics practice sessions along with helping my son acquire additional recreational skills such as swimming, biking and road safety readiness.
- Coming from a family background of school management, I assisted my parents as needed in performing and overseeing administrative work, academic planning activities, class schedules and curriculum designing, transportation logistics, resource management and admissions for schools run by them.
IT Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst
Microsoft, Citibank, Southwest Airlines
Irving
04.2000 - 01.2019
- Provided business analysis and project management expertise for software development projects within cross-functional SAFe Agile virtual teams that comprise developers and testers located across the United States and India.
- Successfully negotiated and navigated through high-priority roadblocks and challenges during various requirements gathering, design, dependencies, and timeline discussions between IT and business teams for several digital and financial applications.
- Managed deliveries of UI components for numerous large and medium-sized web-based applications and systems integration projects, collaborating with business teams and IT teams to design appropriate and adequate software solutions to enable the company to provide a new product offerings.
Education
MBA - Project Mangement And Enterpreneurship
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX12-2006
Bachelor of Science -
School of Applied Sciences And Technology
India08-1998
Skills
- Behavioral management
- Adapted curriculum
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Conflict resolution
- Assessment methods
- Child development
- Activity planning
- Sensory integration
- Functional skills training
- Motor skills development
Accomplishments
- Kala Thilakam (Special award for Talent in Music, Dance and Dramatics) for 3 consecutive years in college. 1995-1998
- Special Talent Scholarship for Music in High School for years 1992 and 1994.
Timeline
Special Needs Child Caregiver/Volunteer
Self-employed
03.2019 - Current
IT Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst
Microsoft, Citibank, Southwest Airlines
04.2000 - 01.2019
MBA - Project Mangement And Enterpreneurship
Texas Christian University
Bachelor of Science -
School of Applied Sciences And Technology