Elizabeth Dunn
PRESCOTT,Arizona
Summary
School based, Licensed Professional Counselor with over twenty years experience with children and families in Yavapai County. Adept at providing individual counseling, social skills improvement groups, classroom management, behavioral counseling and IEP interventions. Excel in communication, empathy and problem-solving, ensuring effective collaboration with teachers, students, and parents to foster supportive educational environments. Deliver professional development education around several topics affecting successful experiences for students and teachers.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
School Social Worker/Counselor
Yavapai County Educational Support Agency
Prescott, USA
08.2011 - Current
- Assisted the Prescott region's children and families in Yavapai County continuously since 1996.
- Offered comprehensive mental health services including social skills training and anger management to numerous schools in Yavapai County.
- Provided critical assistance to students, families, and staff during and following crises.
- Delivered professional development for educational staff on a variety of topics including trauma informed classroom responses, ADHD strategies, stress management and classroom management.
- Implemented Special Education student support through IEP accommodations, interventions and advocacy.
Child and Family Counselor
Private Practice
Prescott, AZ
07.2000 - 07.2006
- Specialized in working with children and families involved in the Child Protection System.
- Provided support to Foster Parents and Group Home staff to assist children in therapeutic needs.
- Provided trauma response treatment modalities for children and families referred by Child Protective Services.
Therapeutic Consultant
Acorn Montessori School
Prescott, USA
08.2001 - 05.2005
Child and Family Therapist
The West Yavapai Guidance Clinic
Prescott, USA
03.1996 - 07.2000
- Specialized in foster/adoption, attachment, relationship and family issues
- Provided statewide workshops on attachment issues
- Facilitated Foster/Adoptive parent training classes and support groups
- Provided crisis assessment, response and service implementation
- Facilitated individual, family, couple and group therapies
- Provided training for parents and children on ADHD and related issues
In-Home Therapist
Gerard of Minnesota
St. Cloud, USA
09.1993 - 03.1996
- Provided in-home family and individual therapy
- Focused on advocacy with community agencies, domestic violence, couples’ therapy, and career counseling
- Provided workshops on play therapy applications with children, adolescents, and adults
Senior Residential Counselor
The Pines Residential Treatment Center
Portsmouth, USA
01.1990 - 07.1992
- Provided milieu management
- Created behavior management systems
- Supervised milieu staff
Education
NME Certification -
The Neurosequential Network
05.2023
NMT Training Certification Phase II level -
The Neurosequential Network
10.2022
Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor -
09.2000
Master’s Degree - Community Counseling
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN05.1994
Bachelor’s Degree - Psychology
The Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C.12.1990
Skills
- Individual counseling
- Grief counseling
- Social skills training
- Crisis intervention
- Suicide prevention
- Substance abuse prevention
- Anger management
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Family collaboration
- Classroom observations
- Data collection and management
- IEP collaboration
- Behavioral specialist
- Resilience
- Parent education
- Restorative justice
- Socialization issues
- Organizational growth
- Family support
- Risk assessments
- Academic support
- Behavioral intervention plans (BIP)
- Mental health assessment
- Resource advocacy
- Referral coordination
- Child development expertise
- Learning difficulties
- Case management
- Student advocacy
- Life skills development
- Multicultural competence
- Documentation
- Compliance
School Teaching Experience
Acorn Montessori Charter School, 5th through 8th grade teacher, 07/2006-07/2011
Developed and taught: Distinguished Citizenship Program
Professional Development/Community Education
- Annual Prevent Child Abuse Conference, divorce, impact of trauma on brain development, interventions in working with children and families with ADHD, trauma, grief
- MATForce Presenter: 01/2012- present, trauma impact on child and family development, interventions to prevent/address substance abuse impact on children and families.
- Prescott Unified School District-trauma informed classroom professional development for educators Prescott Mile High Middle School, Granite Mountain Middle School, Lincoln Elementary, Abia Judd Elementary, Prescott High School.
- Humboldt Unified School District, parenting/teacher education classes on ADHD, divorce, grief, brain development, impact of adverse experiences on learning and social development, learning skills development, navigating the holidays, advocating with systems
PREPaRE Trainer-2023 to present
PREPaRE crisis prevention and intervention trainer. Co-trained at Bagdad Unified School District, Skull Valley, Prescott Unified School District.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
School Social Worker/Counselor
Yavapai County Educational Support Agency
08.2011 - Current
Therapeutic Consultant
Acorn Montessori School
08.2001 - 05.2005
Child and Family Counselor
Private Practice
07.2000 - 07.2006
Child and Family Therapist
The West Yavapai Guidance Clinic
03.1996 - 07.2000
In-Home Therapist
Gerard of Minnesota
09.1993 - 03.1996
Senior Residential Counselor
The Pines Residential Treatment Center
01.1990 - 07.1992
NME Certification -
The Neurosequential Network
NMT Training Certification Phase II level -
The Neurosequential Network
Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor -
Master’s Degree - Community Counseling
St. Cloud State University
Bachelor’s Degree - Psychology
The Catholic University of America
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