Lamont Gates
Wayne
Summary
Passionate counselor committed to helping clients work toward healing and self-sufficiency while emphasizing personal strengths. Honest and disciplined professional with several years of comprehensive experience in residential and outpatient care. Impeccable communicator possessing ethical decision-making abilities.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Youth Services Counselor
Bergen County
Hackensack
02.2022 - Current
- Assessed patients for risk of suicide attempts.
- Performed crisis interventions to help ensure safety of patients and others.
- Performed crisis interventions with clients.
- Coordinated and led structured counseling, work, study, recreation, and social activities to support client engagement and growth.
- Facilitated client skill development and coping strategies to effectively address personal challenges.
- Counseled clients or patients to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, or making changes.
- Collected information about clients through interviews, observation and tests.
- Modified treatment activities and approaches to comply with changes in clients' status.
- Met with families, probation officers, police, or other interested parties to exchange necessary information during treatment process.
- Encouraged clients to express feelings and discussed what was happening in lives, helping them to develop insight into themselves and relationships.
- Engaged in ongoing professional development through reading literature, attending courses and seminars, and collaborating with social service agencies to enhance counseling strategies.
Paraeducator Special Education Paraprofessional
Benway School
Wayne
02.2021 - 02.2022
- Worked one-on-one with students to reinforce learning of materials.
- Exhibited patience, compassion, and empathy to support diverse student needs.
- Cultivated positive relationships with students, enhancing their attitude toward learning.
- Promoted positive learning environment, making learning fun and helping children feel safe.
- Created engaging learning environment that fostered enjoyment and safety for students.
- Communicated student progress and concerns to teacher.
- Provided positive and nurturing support while attending to students' physical, personal and emotional needs.
- Devised special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based upon understanding of individual students and needs.
- Attended meetings and in-service presentations to acquire information relative to job functions.
Lead ABA Therapist
Hand Over Hand LLC
Morristown
10.2019 - 12.2020
- Provided appropriate therapeutic interventions during individual and group sessions.
- Collected and analyzed data to evaluate effectiveness of academic programs and other services, such as behavioral management systems.
- Assessed individual child's needs, limitations and potential.
- Promoted understanding of child development and its relationship to learning and behavior.
- Evaluated each student using state Standards, ISTAR and IEP goals.
- Monitored student conduct and utilized approved behavior management techniques to redirect and modify inappropriate behaviors.
- Gathered data to measure student progress and determine learner needs.
- Assisted students in learning proper social awareness and in developing self-sufficiency.
- Supported instruction to individuals or small groups of students with special needs.
- Implemented documented therapy plans for behavior intervention treatment.
- Communicated clearly with learners and staff members.
Autism Paraprofessional
Fair Lawn Public Schools
Fair Lawn
09.2013 - 06.2019
- Developed and maintained positive relationships with students, promoting positive attitude toward learning.
- Implemented behavioral plans designed by IEP team.
- Conferred with IEP team to assist in evaluating special education student progress.
- Observed students' performance and record relevant data to assess progress.
- Executed behavioral plans crafted by IEP team to enhance student engagement and progress.
- Attended staff meetings and served on committees.
- Presented subject matter to students under the guidance of teachers.
- Delivered nurturing support to address students' physical, personal, and emotional needs.
Education
Master Of Science (M.S.) - Developmental Psychology
Walden University
Minneapolis, MNBachelor Of Arts -
William Paterson University
Wayne, NJSkills
- Individual Counseling
- Group Sessions
- Crisis Management
- Adolescent Development
- Biopsychosocial Assessments
- Psychoeducation
- Intervention Planning
- Intervention Support
- Behavior Management Techniques
- Behavioral Support Strategies
- Behavior Redirection
- Neurodevelopmental support
- Cognitive disability experience
Timeline
Youth Services Counselor
Bergen County
02.2022 - Current
Paraeducator Special Education Paraprofessional
Benway School
02.2021 - 02.2022
Lead ABA Therapist
Hand Over Hand LLC
10.2019 - 12.2020
Autism Paraprofessional
Fair Lawn Public Schools
09.2013 - 06.2019
Master Of Science (M.S.) - Developmental Psychology
Walden University
Bachelor Of Arts -
William Paterson University