Kirstin Caish

To seek and maintain full-time position in mental health that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position in mental health with children. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Principles of Behavior Analysis

• Concepts, processes, and scientific principles of behavior on which the field of applied behavior analysis was founded. Topics included the history and defining features of applied behavior analysis as well as the role of basic principles in producing socially meaningful behavior change (positive and negative reinforcement, punishment, discriminative control of behavior, and motivating operations).

Behavioral Interventions 

• Identify, implement, and maintain effective behavioral interventions in applied settings. Specific objectives included to select and implement function-based interventions for the reduction of problem behaviors, skills-based prevention strategies, and a variety of behavioral teaching tactics. Tactics for promoting, procedural integrity, and facilitating the generalization and maintenance of treatment effects.

Research Seminar in Developmental Psychology with Lab

• Exploration of current theory and research in human development with a focus on designing, conducting and reporting research in this area.

Research Methods for Psychology with Lab

• An introduction to diverse methods commonly used in psychological research including experimental, quasi-experimental, observational, and correlational methods. Emphasize the ethics of research, explore both research design and research ethics through exploration and evaluation of research published in peer-reviewed journals.

Oak Street Day Coordinator: Rebecca Van Valkenburgh

Email: rvanvalkenburgh@necc.org

Address: The New England Center for Children, Inc, 33 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772

Intern Coordinator: Madeleine Klibonoff

Email: mklibonoff@necc.org

Phone: (508) 481-1015

Address: The New England Center for Children, Inc, 33 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772

Professor: Dr. Miriam Liss

Email: mliss@umw.edu

Phone: (540) 654-1552

Address: University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401