Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel as well as special education program ASPEN
Casey McMahon
Hanover ,MA
Summary
Determined School Counselor with success in helping students achieve educational goals and personal well-being. Talented in meeting the objectives of the counseling program by providing preventive education, advocacy, mediation and counseling to students. Sensitive to socioeconomic and cultural difference of students.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Adjustment Counselor
Holbrook Public Schools
08.2011 - Current
- Providing support, crisis intervention, counseling, and mediation.
- Data collection and attendance records.
- Implementation/Involvement in IEP goal writing and Team meetings - 504 and homeless liaison
- Identified and addressed concerns of incoming students and parents.
- Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to de-escalate situations.
- Facilitated classroom discussions to emphasize bullying prevention and social skills.
- Coordinated with outside agencies to determine students receive appropriate services and resources.
- Collaborated with teachers and other school personnel to create individualized education plans for students with special needs.
Adoption Social Worker
Children’s Friend
05.2004 - Current
- Child Assessment writing for children whose goal changed to adoption
- Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations, and issues and implement services to address needs.
- Conducted home visits to assess the living environment and facilitate access to necessary resources.
- Evaluating families and writing home studies for pre-adoptive families
- Consultative with foster families or pre-adoptive parents to assess the role of adoptive parents.
School Adjustment Counselor
ACTT Program (Academic Center for Therapeutic Teaching)
08.2008 - 06.2011
- - Providing students with support, counseling, crisis management, and group work.
- Case management for 16 students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
- Consulting and collaborating with school administrators, special education administrators, teachers, and classroom assistants.
- Foster community collaboration.
- Advocating for families and students.
- Implementation/Involvement in IEP goal writing and Team meetings
- Developed and implemented individualized behavior plans to assist students with achieving academic and behavioral goals.
- Coordinated with outside agencies to determine students receive appropriate services and resources.
Clinician
Goddard Learning Center (Worcester, MA)
08.2005 - 08.2008
- Providing students with support, counseling, crisis management, and group work.
- Case management for 25 students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
- Consulting and collaborating with school administrators, special education administrators, teachers, and classroom assistants.
- Foster community collaboration -
- Advocating for families and students.
- Implementation/Involvement in IEP goal writing and Team meetings
Education
Bachelor of Science - Sociology
Assumption College
Worcester, MA05.2011
Master of Social Work -
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
Boston, MA05.2005
Skills
- Special Education Support
- IEP development
- Social-emotional learning
- Individual and family support
- Coping strategies
- Crisis intervention strategies
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Referral Coordination
- Group Counseling
- Social Skills counseling
Street
26 Brewster Lane
City
Hanover
State
MA
Zip
02339
Phone
781 710 3439
cgorman0410@gmail.com
Licensure
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, 1160778
- Adjustment Counselor Licensure, 40728, 02/10/26
Summaryofqualifications
- Extensive experience working with students of all age ranges (elementary through high school) suffering from emotional, social, and behavioral disabilities.
- Collaborated with school personnel and outside collaterals/services to create individualized education plans for students.
- Ability to offer crisis interventions to students in their school environment.
Cover Letter
Dear: To Whom This May Concern,
This letter is to request employment as an outpatient therapist. I have been working as an adjustment counselor for the past ten years for three separate school districts in Massachusetts, Holbrook, Worcester, and Marlborough. Please feel free to contact me with any questions regarding the above request or the enclosed information Thank You for Your Time: Casey McMahon, LICSW
Certification
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Adjustment Counselor Licensure
Certified in Crisis Prevention Initiative
Software
Timeline
School Adjustment Counselor
Holbrook Public Schools
08.2011 - Current
School Adjustment Counselor
ACTT Program (Academic Center for Therapeutic Teaching)
08.2008 - 06.2011
Clinician
Goddard Learning Center (Worcester, MA)
08.2005 - 08.2008
Adoption Social Worker
Children’s Friend
05.2004 - Current
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Adjustment Counselor Licensure
Certified in Crisis Prevention Initiative
Bachelor of Science - Sociology
Assumption College
Master of Social Work -
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
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