Lisa Shedoudy

I have been parenting neurodiverse children of various needs for 15 years. I was a resource/foster parent with Sacramento County for a total of 5 years. During that time, I assisted with reunification services for biological families, practices Trust-Based Relational Intervention parenting practices, and daily therapeutic care of the youth in my home. I have adopted four children from foster care and have devoted myself to researching the most recent and best practices in raising adopted children.

Also including:

-Experience with the adoptive process, home study, placement, social worker guidance, follow up visits.

-Therapeutic parenting, education adaptations, trauma informed parenting, family and individual therapy.

• Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
• Handled customer inquiries and suggestions courteously and professionally.
• Coordinated patient scheduling, check-in, check-out and payments for billing.
• Fielded phone calls from pet owners, answered questions and took messages for veterinarians.
• Entered data from pet records and office visits into computer system.
• Organized paperwork such as charts and reports for office and patient needs.
• Greeted pet parents with warm smile and pleasantly asked for sign-ins upon arrival.
• Answered customer telephone calls promptly to avoid on-hold wait times.
• Updated account information to maintain customer records.
• Kept waiting room neat and organized by stacking magazines, removing trash, and cleaning glass.
• Performed various administrative tasks by filing, copying and faxing documents.

• Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
• Established positive communication with parents in daily conversation and formal conferences.
• Maintained organized, fun and interactive classroom to help children feel safe.
• Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.