Alison Rosow, LCSW

Provided direct support to students

• Provide individual bio and psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, and culturally sensitive mental health counseling to a diverse student population
• Provide weekly individual counseling to 30+ students both IEP mandated and at-risk
• Provide EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) trauma intervention
• Provide crisis intervention and emergency services to students and their families
• Create and facilitate therapeutic groups based on student needs, including but not limited to: sexual assault groups, trauma groups, behavior modification groups, academic improvement groups, Autism Spectrum groups, bereavement groups, LGBTQ groups, etc
• Lead team-building activities and classroom interventions to improve student dynamics
• Create week long workshops for students, including Volunteering for Change, Muraling, and Studying Cultures of Queens, Cycling, and different aspects of the history of NYC
• Create and implement parent workshops on topics such as: ‘Talking to your Teens,’, ‘Parenting in the digital age,’, ‘Parenting in the time of Covid’
• Advocate on behalf of undocumented students and families, and connect to local politicians and agencies

Serve as McKinney Vento School Liaison

• Work with unhoused students and families to assess needs
• Advocate on behalf of families so that basic needs are met
• Work with school administration and colleagues to provide assistance to families in need

Created and implemented School-Wide Peer Mediation Program 2004-2025

• Created school-wide ‘Peer Mediation’ Program to combat conflict in school
• Trained students in Conflict Resolution to become Peer Mediators

Taught Health Class 2005-06 and 2020-24

• Created and implemented Health curricula for 5 classes per year

Created Implemented and Coordinated Advisory Program, 2012-18

• Established advisory program for 7th through 10th grades, emphasizing emotional social learning, academic planning, and community service projects, facilitating holistic student development.
• Worked with an outside research group to empirically test the validity of the program
• Coach the Advisory Planning Committee
• Wrote lesson plans for daily advisories
• Facilitated all advisers' meetings to support the advisers

Implemented Primary Project Program 2015-2020

• Oversaw Primary Project Program, a nationally recognized play therapy program, ensuring effective implementation and adherence to best practices in school settings.
• Supervised child specialists who worked with approximately 20 students a year
• Attended requisite trainings to enhance knowledge of the program and my role
• Provided data to demonstrate efficacy of the program
• Facilitated the school in becoming State-certified in the program

Provided indirect support to students

• Handle all counseling aspects of IEPs for mandated students including attending meetings, creating counseling goals, and counseling reports.
• Collaborated with service providers to plan clinical treatment for students and provide preventive and protective services for families.
• Assign caseload responsibilities to counseling staff and interns
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to plan developmentally appropriate interventions for students
• Conduct needs assessments to make programming recommendations to School Management Team
• Work with instructional staff to create Individualized Academic Plans for students.
• Supervised student social work interns from New York University
• Served on the Intervention Team. Collaboratively evaluate report cards and transcripts to assess students’ progress towards graduation, create targeted interventions, and monitor student performance
• Participate in monthly meetings with each cluster: Elementary, Middle and High School
• Designed and implemented counseling satisfaction survey to measure program effectiveness
• Coordinate individual and group case conferences with parents, students, and school staff
• Serve as a liaison between school, family and community resources, providing referrals to students and family members to community organizations, mental health professionals, and other services

Designed and Implemented Activism Programs and Week-Long Trips with Students

• High School Walkout to Combat Gun Violence
• New Orleans/Katrina/Black Lives Matter Program (4 Trips to New Orleans)
• Freedom Riders Bus Trip to Jackson, MS for the 50th Anniversary of the ‘Freedom Rides’ Convention

• Provided psychotherapy services to clients