Katharine Ustorf

• Provide intensive in-home behavioral health services to a caseload of 5–6 families, delivering evidence-based individual, family, and play therapy to children and adolescents with significant emotional and behavioral health needs.
• Formally trained in the Yale IICAPS Model and attended trainings throughout the year
• Conducted three therapeutic sessions per family each week, including one individual child session, one parent/caregiver session, and one family therapy session, to promote clinical stabilization, strengthen family functioning, and support treatment goals.
• Completed comprehensive diagnostic assessments and developed individualized, strengths-based treatment plans tailored to each family's unique needs.
• Delivered crisis intervention services, developed safety plans, and responded to behavioral health emergencies to reduce risk and prevent psychiatric hospitalization or out-of-home placement.
• Served as primary case manager and treatment team leader, coordinating care among families, schools, medical providers, community agencies, and state service systems to ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams and community partners to advocate for client needs, monitor treatment progress, and facilitate access to appropriate resources and supports.
• Built strong therapeutic relationships with children and caregivers, utilizing trauma-informed and solution-focused interventions to improve emotional regulation, communication, and overall family stability.
• Maintained accurate, timely clinical documentation and treatment records in compliance with agency, state, and regulatory standards.
• Managed a flexible community-based schedule, providing services during afternoons, evenings, and other nontraditional hours to reduce barriers to care and increase family engagement.

• Functioned as a member of the clinical team, to carry out assignments relating to application, intake, diagnosis, and treatment of children and families referred to CCGC under the supervision of the Director of Community and Home-Based Services.
• Provided individual and family therapy and parent guidance, as indicated to assigned clients of the IICAPS program.
• Maintained clinical records, to complete clinical documents in a timely manner, and to attend Rounds, individual and team supervision and clinical staff meetings.

• Developed clinical skills in diagnostic assessment, individual/family/group therapy, clinical documentation, and collaboration with providers (i.e. school personnel, physicians, outsider providers)
• Managed caseload of individual clients, families and group therapy sessions.
• Developed and implemented individualized treatment plans addressing family relationship problems, destructive patterns of behavior and other psychosocial issues.
• Assisted clients to better understand roles as parents, focusing on developing skills to nurture and guide children.
• Attended and participated in weekly case review teams.
• Attended and participated in weekly trainings for evidence-based treatments.
• Attended and participated in weekly individual and group supervision.

Graduate Research Assistant in the Institutional Research and Planning Department at the University of Saint Joseph. Responsibilities include:

• Assist with IR data gathering
• Format research documents
• Gather research for various departments within the university
• Complete charts and tables on Excel

• Answered phone calls and made appointments
• Helped organize office
• Made phone calls to companies to place orders for clients

• Conduct scientific research in cognitive and developmental psychology
• Focus on the study of children's language acquisition, cognitive and social development, and early learning
• Conducted original research on referential ambiguity in children's picture books and language learning
• Record data and maintain source documentation following good documentation practices
• Participate in discussions with other research assistants and faculty

• Go to Natchaug Elementary School on a weekly basis
• Help young students (1st and 2nd grade) complete homework and various activities

• In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the Pediatric Emergency Room
• Recorded patients' information, took vitals, and shadowed physicians

• Helped students (4th-8th grade) complete homework
• Mentor students on school work and personal matters

• Taught infants how to feel comfortable in the water
• Taught young children the fundamentals of swimming and the four basic strokes

• Helped campers with special needs complete various tasks throughout the day

• Prepared equipment before each class and stored items promptly after classes.
• Taught weekly swim instruction to students varying in ages (infants-10 year olds) and skill levels.
• Taught five-program components for personal safety, water orientation and stroke development, water sports and games, rescue and personal growth.
• Used teaching aids such as kickboards, diving rings and fins correctly to teach students.
• Maintained control and safety of class and kept children in flotation always within arm's reach.