Chavela Alcantar

• Answers the telephone and greets visitors to the counseling office; schedules parent conferences, testing sessions and other meetings; relays information to counselors. Sends for students as requested by counselors and excuses student absences for appointments in the counseling office.
• Listened to clients' concerns and provided encouragement and support.
• Maintained accurate documentation of client interactions, assessments, and progress notes for effective case management.
• Improved client satisfaction through consistent communication, empathy, and understanding of their unique challenges.
• Engaged clients in conversation to determine feelings and apprehensions.

• Collaborate with teachers and support staff to implement behavior intervention plans (BIPs) for students with diverse needs.
• Provide one-on-one and small group support to students with behavioral challenges, ensuring their engagement and participation in classroom activities.
• Assist in developing and implementing positive behavior support strategies to reinforce desired behaviors and reduce disruptive conduct.
• Monitor students during classroom activities, transitions, and recess, intervening proactively to prevent behavioral issues.
• Document and maintain accurate records of student progress, behavior incidents, and interventions, ensuring compliance with school policies.
• Communicate regularly with teachers and special education staff to provide updates on student progress and behavioral patterns.
• Conducted individual and group activities to reinforce positive behaviors and social skills.
• Collaborated with teachers to modify instructional materials to accommodate individual student needs.

Skills:

• Behavior management and intervention
• Individualized education plans (IEPs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) implementation
• Classroom support and student engagement
• Communication with students, teachers, and parents
• Documentation and record-keeping
• Crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Understanding of special education practices and principles

Assisting in individualized instruction/lessons ▪ Provide specialized

behavior, learning, and emotional care to specific students with

disabilities ▪ Perform general classroom assistant duties, work with

students to succeed at individualized goals and life skill functions ▪

Documentation, data collection, and progress monitoring

• Enhanced student comprehension by implementing differentiated instruction techniques tailored to individual learning needs.
• Boosted classroom engagement by incorporating interactive, hands-on activities into daily lesson plans.

Create and maintain files related to the management of special

program student records, data input, reconciliation, correspondence

and public contact - Communicate with students and/or parents in

appropriate areas of student records and all compliance issue to

State and Federal educational mandates