DANIELLE RODRIGUEZ
Brooklyn
Summary
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and Certified School Social Worker with extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Strong therapeutic engagement skills, proficient in rapport building, and trained across multiple evidence-based treatment modalities. Familiar with various assessment and evaluation instruments and extremely efficient in treatment planning and documentation. Extensive knowledge regarding IEPs, including knowledge of SESIS, Frontline, progress monitoring, annual reviews, and re-evaluation management. Experience with conducting social histories and classroom observations, as well as with administering functional behavioral assessments (FBAs), and creating and monitoring behavior intervention plans (BIPs).
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CHILD/ADOLESCENT THERAPIST
Jericho Counseling
Jericho
01.2023 - Current
- Provide psychotherapy to children and adolescents via telehealth, after school hours
- Utilize various therapeutic approaches with clients, such as, cognitive behavioral therapy, strengths-based therapy, trauma informed therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and play therapy
- Conduct therapy intakes and various mental health assessments via telehealth
- Formulate DSM-5 diagnoses based on clinical diagnostics and assessments
- Create, implement, and monitor psychotherapy treatment plans
- Coordinate client care with school psychologists, school counselors, and school social workers
- Submit referrals to and coordinate client care with psychiatrists and developmental pediatricians
- Communicate about children and adolescents' progress via parent meetings
- (Remote/Telehealth)
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
New York City Department of Education
New York
09.2021 - Current
- Provide individual and group counseling services to students in grades K-5
- Participate in IEP meetings in collaboration with parents, teachers, and service providers
- Create counseling goals and monitor and assess progress on students' IEPs
- Work with teachers and school psychologist to implement and progress monitor behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) based on administered assessments and classroom observations
- Respond to and de-escalate student crisis
- Submit referrals for students and families in need of outside services, such as mental health support, parenting classes, family assistance programs, etc.
- Conduct staff and parent workshops
- Member of the school crisis team, the academic intervention team, and the building response team
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER - SUMMER SCHOOL
Western Suffolk BOCES
Dix Hills
06.2024 - 08.2025
- Worked with adolescent aged students diagnosed with various intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and emotional and behavioral disorders
- Provided individual and group counseling services to middle school and high school students enrolled in the extended school year summer program at the James E. Allen Jr/Sr High School
- Provided parent counseling to families
- Provided behavior consultations to teachers
- Completed social histories with families
- Responded to and de-escalated student crisis as a member of the school's crisis response team
- Progress monitored students' social emotional IEP goals
- Completed an extensive CPI Training - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention with Advanced Physical Skills, at the beginning of each summer
CLINICAL/SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
Long Island Reach
Long Beach
01.2021 - 09.2021
- Provided individual and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults at the Long Island Reach Counseling Program, both in person and via telehealth
- Conducted both in person and telehealth intakes, created and implemented treatment plans, created and monitored discharge plans, and made referrals
- Provided individual and group therapy, in a school setting, to students enrolled in the Harriet Eisman Community School, an alternative high school, affiliated with Long Island Reach
- Conducted social histories for students enrolled in the Harriet Eisman Community School
- Provided de-escalation support and crisis management, in a school setting
- Created and taught a class, developed from a social emotional curriculum
- Implemented and progressed monitored social emotional goals for students
- Participated in clinical team meetings and in IEP meetings
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER INTERN
OMH/DOE NYC Children's Center Day Treatment, D75
Bronx
09.2019 - 05.2020
- Worked with middle school and high school students, diagnosed with various emotional, behavioral, and intellectual disabilities, in a day treatment setting
- Facilitated daily individual and group therapy with adolescent aged students
- Provided biweekly family therapy
- Completed admissions process with new adolescents, created treatment plans, and implemented and progress monitored IEP social emotional goals
- Completed social histories with families
- Participated in student discharge and referral process
- Attended and participated in annual IEP meetings and weekly clinical team meetings
- Worked on a multidisciplinary team of professionals with teachers, paraprofessionals, principals, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, and ACS, as needed
CARE COORDINATION INTERN/SUMMER EMPLOYEE
NADAP
Brooklyn
09.2018 - 09.2019
- Managed a caseload of 25 clients diagnosed with chronic physical illnesses, serious mental disorders, and/or substance use disorders
- Conducted frequent home visits to clients' homes and shelters
- Completed comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, risk assessments, and safety plans
- Created care plans with clients, in collaboration with medical and mental health providers
- Coordinated with insurance companies and connected clients to medical providers
- Connected clients to necessary community resources, including supportive housing and NYCHA applications
- Created discharge plans and coordinated future care for clients
- Promoted from intern to summer employee
VOLUNTEER SUICIDE HOTLINE RESPONDER
The Samaritans of New York
New York
10.2016 - 08.2018
- Participated in an intensive suicide prevention training
- Responded to emotionally distressed and suicidal individuals via phone
- Utilized crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies to manage acute mental health crisis
- Conducted suicide risk assessments with clients
- Completed safety plans with clients in crisis
- Provided mental health resources and referrals to clients
- Coordinated with emergency services, when necessary, to ensure client safety
- Reflected on conversations with clients to team members in weekly meetings
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW) - Clinical Social Work
Silberman School of Social Work
New YorkBachelor of Arts - Psychology
CUNY Hunter College
New YorkSkills
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family therapy
- Play therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Strengths based therapy
- Trauma-informed therapy
- Restorative practices
- Crisis intervention
- De-escalation
- Social emotional curriculum
- Conducting staff workshops
- Conducting parent workshops
- School crisis team
- School equity team
- School building response team
Certification
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Schools (TCIS), 12/2025
- CPI - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention with Advanced Physical Skills, 07/2025
- NYSED School Social Worker Permanent Certificate, 10/2023
- NYSED School Social Worker Provisional Certificate, 12/2020
- Mental Health First Aid USA, 09/2018
- Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), 01/2023
Timeline
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER - SUMMER SCHOOL
Western Suffolk BOCES
06.2024 - 08.2025
CHILD/ADOLESCENT THERAPIST
Jericho Counseling
01.2023 - Current
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
New York City Department of Education
09.2021 - Current
CLINICAL/SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
Long Island Reach
01.2021 - 09.2021
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER INTERN
OMH/DOE NYC Children's Center Day Treatment, D75
09.2019 - 05.2020
CARE COORDINATION INTERN/SUMMER EMPLOYEE
NADAP
09.2018 - 09.2019
VOLUNTEER SUICIDE HOTLINE RESPONDER
The Samaritans of New York
10.2016 - 08.2018
Master of Social Work (MSW) - Clinical Social Work
Silberman School of Social Work
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
CUNY Hunter College