Deidra Rowley

• Conducted psychological assessments to identify student needs and recommend appropriate interventions.
• Collaborated with teachers and parents to develop individualized education programs for students.
• Implemented evidence-based strategies to enhance student mental health and academic performance.
• Served as a consultant for the district for FBA's and BIP's.

Supervision of technicians, conducted initial assessments, reauthorizations, and progress reports, facilitated parent training sessions, created goals, data collection, and Ethics Committee Member.

• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

• Assist students, teachers, and parents with academic, behavioral, developmental, and social-emotional needs to maximize student success.
• Conduct psychological assessments, testing and diagnostic examinations.
• Conduct CLD evaluations using XBA and CLIM.
• Assist with eligibility, placement, and IEP goals.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data for interventions, evaluations, and program assessment.
• Attend CST, IPSP, and grade level team meetings.
• Serve as a resource and consultant on mental health child development, and child psychology, and provide trainings as needed.
• Collaborate and coordinate with administrators, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct individual and group counseling.
• Travel to other elementary schools in the district to assist with psychoeducational evaluations and staffing's.
• Organize and maintain accurate student records.
• Select and maintain test kits and protocols appropriate for student population.
• Refer students and families to appropriate community agencies for medical and social services.
• Assist with the school's attendance concerns and school refusal issues.
• Perform suicide prevention, assessment, and crisis management.
• Additional Duties as an Intern:
• Taught classes and behavior management for Positive Behavior Support classes.
• Supervised daily lunch and recess duty.
• Worked shifts in the school's care room for deregulated students.
• Responded to 10-15 distress calls daily.
• Internship 08/2021 - 05/2022
• Practicum 01/2021 - 05/2021

• Taught reading fluency, comprehension, and written expression to twenty-six fifth grade students while completing phase one of the Induction Program for the CO state teaching certification.
• Used dynamic instruction and culturally responsive teaching.
• Taught small reading groups to improve comprehension and expressive reading skills.
• Assessments and progress monitoring
• Collaborated with staff and parents.

• Taught first grade to twenty-nine students.
• Prepared lesson plans for diverse learners, including Gifted, ESL, and hearing impaired.
• Taught lessons, gave assessments, and implemented interventions.
• Conducted class wide small reading groups to facilitate advanced levels of fluency and comprehension.

• Taught math (summer school) to female students ages 12-20 assigned to a residential treatment facility.
• Prepared lesson plans to meet the needs of diverse learners with mental and physical impairments.
• Coordinated with counselors to support therapeutic needs of students.
• Supervised students in residential housing during holidays.