GABRIELA A. CASAGRANDE

Responsible for supporting student success through individual counseling, crisis intervention, and classroom facilitation focused on personal, social, and academic development.

• Regularly met with enrolled students to confirm success and identify problem areas.
• Maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, alumni, and administration.
• Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust, and rapport to deescalate situations.
• Facilitated classroom discussions to emphasize executive functioning skills and college readiness.
• Worked with individuals to help understand and overcome personal, social or behavioral problems affecting educational or vocational situations.

Responsible for delivering school-based mental health prevention and early intervention services through curriculum instruction, behavioral health screenings, case management, and multidisciplinary collaboration to support student well-being and academic success.

• Providing evidence-based social-emotional mental health prevention and early intervention services to children (K-8th grade) and their families.
• Delivering the Second Step curriculum to classrooms and small groups, fostering improved behavior and academic achievement.
• Facilitating behavioral health screenings (mySAEBRS).
• Conducting assessments and outcome measures with students and families, offering case management, crisis intervention, referrals, and safety planning for high-need students.
• Collaborating daily with teachers, administrators, nurses, counselors, and parents to create supportive school environments.
• Assisting in organizing community outreach activities and presentations for families to promote mental health resources.
• Maintaining accurate client documentation in compliance with County and Agency standards, adhering to confidentiality, HIPAA, and mandated reporting regulations.
• Participating in school and community-based meetings, team meetings, and professional development trainings.

Responsible for supporting psychological services by assisting with assessments, supervising counseling sessions, collaborating with staff, and engaging in professional development under the mentorship of a licensed School Psychologist.

• Supervising individual and group counseling as appropriate.
• Administering psychological tests and preparing reports for the school's primary psychologist.
• Engaging and counseling teachers and Special Education staff about issues during Case Manager meetings.
• Researching intervention programs to be used in future counseling meetings.
• Participating in continuing professional development.
• Following the guidance and mentorship of an experienced School Psychologist.
• Constant communication between members of school staff and professional educators.

Responsible for supporting students with individualized interventions in both inclusive and separate settings.

• Providing intervention to meet the needs of each student in a general education or special education classroom, inside of the class (Push In) or outside of the classroom (Pull Out).
• Organizing student workspaces for projects including reading, crafts, and math.
• Helps with general administrative work (typing, photocopying, filing, and taking attendance) relevant to classroom teaching and activities during non-instructional time.
• Participating in staff meetings and training sessions pertaining to the relevant conditions of students;
• Informing teachers of any specific needs or difficulties with certain students.

Responsible for assisting in English language instruction by supporting lesson planning, leading small-group remediation, promoting cultural exchange, and supervising students during classroom and extracurricular activities.

• Assisted 12 teachers of various subjects with 11 classes from grades 6 to 12 in the preparation of lesson plans, setting up required supplies for classes.
• Assessed information taught in class with students with learning challenges, working with smaller groups of students for remedial teaching or strengthening the learning process.
• Escorted and supervised students on field trips and school activities.
• Guided students to adjust, learn, and socialize, as well as reporting any potential behavioral issues to teachers.

Responsible for supporting trauma-informed, mindfulness-based parenting research by analyzing program engagement data, conducting literature research on digital behavioral interventions, and collaborating with researchers to enhance family resilience and child well-being.

• Coding and creating histograms regarding regular use of system, penetration of use, satisfaction of the program.
• Research through texting systems to support behavioral change such as general psychology systems, adherence to new ways of taking medications, and parenting.
• Collaborated with researchers to design and execute research methods.

Responsible for facilitating the transition of incoming first-year, transfer, and international students by providing guidance, fostering community connection, and representing the university with professionalism and approachability.

• School community representative for the university.
• Responsible for the incoming first-year class, international, and transfer students' transition to the university
• Provided guidance, information, and an accessible understanding of the school's community.