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Erin Kakhadze

Pittsburg,CA

Summary

Compassionate, creative, and patient teacher and caregiver with valuable experience in classroom, home, and outdoor environments. Equipped with extensive background in versatile educational learning styles, sensory disorder, and brain integration therapy. Experience with autistic students. Competent at performing independently or as member of teaching team.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Summer Behavioral Aid and Caregiver

Mains'l
04.2024 - 08.2024
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Assisted with and taught client activities of daily and independent living to continue successful navigation into adulthood.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Integrated exercises and activities to stimulate the brain and promote cognitive and neurological connections in order to increase client's communication, focus, understanding.
  • Successfully introduced client to new skills or skills that had been long forgotten including blowing, clapping, new signs: "food", "please", "more".
  • Accompanied client on social outings in community to re-introduce him to grocery shopping, banking, mall-walking, escalator and elevator use, ferry-riding, general travel.
  • Accompanied client on a week-long Autism on the Seas Cruise as the one-on-one working 10-hour days. This included daily navigation of new and uncomfortable circumstances for the client like watersides, iceskaing, mini golf, dining, and theater.

Teacher/Home Educator

Self-employed
09.2008 - Current
  • Oversee and administrate all aspects of childcare and education from preschsool-10th grades.
  • Facilitate learning with 3-4 students at a time. Our educational days and activities have covered a wide scope including choir, individual musical, general core classes, art, hand-on science and history through road trips and exploration, extensive outdoor activity involving gardens, parks, hikes, biking, marinas, nature sketching.
  • Foster well-rounded education by introducing and encouraging multiple language skills including greek, spanish, and sign.
  • Implement Brain Integrational Therapy as needed for child to overcome language/writing/reading barriers.
  • Creatively and patiently work with child to overcome multiple sensory disorders which extended to food, clothing, temperature, and sight (grass looked scary to touch).
  • Experience with Educational Therapy as mediator for child who requires extra help in core subjects.
  • Integrate cultural awareness into lessons by incorporating diverse perspectives and materials into the curriculum.
  • Assess student performance regularly to inform future lesson planning.
  • Provided one-on-one support for students with learning difficutlties, enabling them to excel in their coursework.

Sign Interpreter/Teacher's Aid

Shasta County Public Schools
11.2004 - 06.2005
  • Worked in a 1st Grade classroom provided interpretation through sign for a hard-hearing boy. Duties including interpreting for tests, activities, field trips, and play.
  • Worked one-on-one with hard-or-hearing student during individual work time.
  • Assisted multiple students with classwork, assignments, projects, art, and general classroom activity.
  • Taught and led entire 1st grade class is signing motions for song at end-of-year all-school presentation.
  • Assisted with and created art projects throughout the year.
  • Sat in on and participated in IEP evaluations for student.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies With Focus On Education

Simpson University
05.2003

Skills

  • Sign Language
  • Innovative lesson planning
  • Student Engagement
  • Curriculum Implementation
  • Learning Style Assessment
  • Student-Centered Learning
  • Special Needs Students
  • Child Development
  • Group and individual instruction

Certification

  • CPR
  • Ministry Safe

Timeline

Summer Behavioral Aid and Caregiver

Mains'l
04.2024 - 08.2024

Teacher/Home Educator

Self-employed
09.2008 - Current

Sign Interpreter/Teacher's Aid

Shasta County Public Schools
11.2004 - 06.2005

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies With Focus On Education

Simpson University

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