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Christy Peterson

Brigham City,UT

Summary

Dedicated mental and behavioral health professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. Caring individual bringing 8 years of experience in related roles. Passionate about working with fragile individuals to support development of emotional regulation and help each develop to full potential. Friendly and personable professional willing to take on any challenge.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Family Advocate Specialist

Utah Behavior Services
05.2023 - Current
  • Collaborated with families to assist in growth, development and education to increase potential.
  • Managed heavy caseload using well-developed time management, organizational and task prioritization skills.
  • Visited homes of families and maintained appropriate contact as directed by agency procedures.
  • Identified available community resources and programs for families of disabled children.
  • Assisted families in navigating the social services system, including applying for benefits, accessing resources and connecting with other family support services.
  • Conducted outreach to families and other community partners to identify ways to address social, emotional and behavioral needs.
  • Developed appeals functions, policies and procedures and documentation.
  • Acted as a departmental resource on appeals matters.
  • Created, composed and maintained appeal response templates.

Registered Behavior Technician

Utah Behavior Services
11.2019 - Current
  • Implements Applied Behavior Analysis intervention and provides care coordination services to assist the client and family in achieving a stable home environment.
  • Encourages positive behaviors and discourages negative behaviors by following a client-specific behavior intervention plan in order to improve skills.
  • Track client progress and growth by keeping electronic health data on an iPad.
  • Teaching children with special needs and affected young adults to develop essential skills such as communication, language, personal hygiene, and independence by deploying various positive and negative reinforcement techniques, prompting and fading, and task analysis.
  • Communicate and engage with the client's family in a kind, supportive and helpful manner as you share progress updates.

Professional Mentor

Utah Behavior Services
09.2022 - 04.2023
  • Applied superior coaching, communication and conflict management skills to facilitate effective discussions.
  • Met with group of up to 8 individuals to oversee training and morale activities.
  • Analyzed needs for coaching and additional mentoring with careful approach in order to form definitive opinions.
  • Interview qualified candidates for a leadership position.
  • Oversees 5 direct reports with the capacity to each individually take a work load of 8 each (45 people total).
  • Developed and led special events that increased technical, social and personal abilities.

Mentor

Utah Behavior Services
03.2020 - 09.2022
  • Mentored new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.
  • Scheduled and taught in class and online courses to increase learning opportunities.
  • Performed continuous evaluations of content and plans in order to enhance delivery and improve effectiveness.
  • Followed behavior skills training model to teach and train new staff members.
  • Lead weekly and monthly staff meetings to discuss common deficits and have crucial conversations with low performing staff.

Education

Tourism And Travel Management

Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT

Masters of Social Work - Social Work

Boise State University
Boise, ID
05.2025

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

University of Utah
Salt Lake City
05.2024

Associate of Science - Social Work

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, UT
12.2022

Skills

  • Training Needs Analysis
  • Team Demonstrations
  • Crisis Situations
  • Patient Behavior Monitoring
  • Constructive Feedback
  • Individual and Group Therapy
  • Positive Reinforcement Strategies
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • ABA Techniques
  • Staff Meetings
  • Community Resource Coordination
  • Critical Thinking

Timeline

Family Advocate Specialist

Utah Behavior Services
05.2023 - Current

Professional Mentor

Utah Behavior Services
09.2022 - 04.2023

Mentor

Utah Behavior Services
03.2020 - 09.2022

Registered Behavior Technician

Utah Behavior Services
11.2019 - Current

Tourism And Travel Management

Southern Utah University

Masters of Social Work - Social Work

Boise State University

Bachelor of Science - Social Work

University of Utah

Associate of Science - Social Work

Salt Lake Community College

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