Utilized ABA principles with individualized behavior plans to decrease challenging behaviors of 6 clients with autism aged 8 to 21.
Provided training for new employees on clients’ behavior plans and ABA principles.
Managed crisis situations with professionalism, ensuring the safety and dignity of all individuals involved.
Collaborated with clients’ teams to execute comprehensive support plans, enhancing client development and dignity.
Mental Health Technician
Valley Oaks Health
02.2024 - 07.2024
Provided support to 15 adult clients to help manage chronic mental health conditions and addictions.
Assisted clients build social skills, daily living skills, and appropriate problem-solving/coping skills.
Aided clients with building and maintaining personal support systems and self advocation.
Utilized Handle with Care support techniques to de-escalate clients in crisis.
Clinical Intern
Damar Health Services
05.2022 - 08.2023
Assisted a Qualified Developmental Disability Professional in a residential autism unit on client documentation including Monthly Reports, Incident Reports, Treatment Updates, etc.
Created relationships with children with developmental, behavioral, and intellectual disabilities in a therapeutic environment.
Communicated with physicians and insurance companies to find referrals for patients, as well as composed excel sheets for organized record of referral information.
Completed grant application and FQHC application questions with research and analytical skills.
Education
B.S. - Brain And Behavioral Sciences
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
05.2024
Skills
Compassionate Care
Crisis Intervention
Collaboration
Data Analytics
Problem Solving
Research
Relationships & Mental Health Lab w/ Dr. Susan South: Research Assistant
8/2022 - 5/2024
Performed numerous duties to support the principal investigator and Ph.D. candidates including literature searches for informed decisions, data input, SPSS utilization, survey preparations, etc.
Created and presented a group research poster and an independent research poster studying personality assessments and the impact of discrimination on physical health within the LGB population.
Assisted Ph.D. candidate with the creation of an meta-analysis by coding abstracts and full texts into inclusion or exclusion criteria. Paper is currently in review.
Neuroscience & Cognitive Psychology Lab w/ Dr. Yu Chin Chiu: Research Assistant
12/2021 - 5/2022
Assisted Ph.D. candidate by running behavioral studies that researched task-switch cognitive control.
Assisted in fMRI scans as a secondary operator researching hippocampal activity.
Assisted in EEG data collection. Attached electrodes to participants, positioned gel under electrodes, set up participants on the computer, and cleaned EEG equipment.