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Brenna Greaves

San Francisco,CA

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Second Year Fieldworker

Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Concord & Pleasant Hill, CA
08.2023 - Current
  • Independently complete comprehensive psychoeducational, social-emotional, and behavioral assessments including initial and triennial evaluations, behavior intervention plans, functional behavior assessments, and educationally related mental health services assessments
  • Provide mental health counseling services in individual and group formats, including both general education and special education students
  • Prioritize family-school collaboration through engaging in consultation with teachers, students, and families
  • Participate in pre-referral interventions and RtI supports through SST and CARE team meetings
  • Carry caseloads from elementary and high school, across a range of ages, service levels, and disability categories
  • Collect data through formal and informal research tools for progress monitoring and MTSS intervention tracking.

First Year Practicum Student

Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Concord, CA
01.2023 - 06.2023
  • Observed the resident school psychologist in addition to general education classrooms and the counseling-enriched program special day class
  • Implemented math interventions for special education students enrolled in counseling-enriched programs
  • Designed a reading intervention program for general education students K-3rd
  • Led a math intervention program for fourth and fifth graders enrolled in the counseling-enriched program
  • Attended SST and IEP meetings, as well as school psychology district meetings
  • Practiced classroom behavioral and academic observations for students with IEPs or in the referral process for an IEP
  • Assisted with classroom activities as needed
  • Provided academic, behavioral, or emotional support for elementary school students as well as utilizing de-escalation skills
  • Conducted consultations with school faculty to fulfill needs assessment and introduce solutions.

Education

Ed.S. School Psychology -

Saint Mary’s College of California
05-2025

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Washington
06.2020

Skills

  • Cultural Competency
  • Group Counseling
  • Individual Counseling
  • Response to Intervention Tracking
  • Multi-Tiered System of Supports Implementation
  • Intervention Planning
  • Data Collection
  • Family and School Collaboration
  • Social Justice-based Practices
  • Crisis Management
  • Suicide Risk Assessment

Research Experience

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco — Research Assistant I SEPTEMBER 2020 - MARCH 2021 

Cannabis and Health Evidence Review: The Effects of Cannabis on Overdose and Mortality among Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy

This study focused on examining the association of cannabis use on the outcome of all cause mortality and secondary outcomes of hospitalization among veterans over 65 years old in collaboration with the National Institute of Health (NIH), SFVA, and UCSF School of Medicine.

  • Evaluated eligibility status via medical record review for potential participants.
  • Conducted participant substance use and health record interviews and follow-ups.
  • Performed internal data review and data double-checks.
  • Organized individual project reviews among fellow research assistants.
  • Assessed participant mental health risk and de-escalated mental health crisis as well as provided referrals to health and crisis lines as necessary.
  • Managed study funds via check-tracking and review.
  • Conducted literature reviews for current and future research projects.

Washington State University, Seattle, WA— Research Assistant I MAY 2019 - APRIL 2020 

Individualizing Incentives for Alcohol in the Severely Mentally Ill

This study focused on contingency management to treat heavy drinking in people with severe mental illness and is in collaboration with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA).

  • Recruited and corresponding with present and future participants. Performed participant daily, weekly, and monthly interviews. Conducted internal data reviews and data double-checks.
  • Tracked study funds.
  • Compiled and recorded drug and alcohol biomarker data.
  • Operated the Indiko Clinical and Specialty Chemistry system to obtain EtG measurements.
  • Conducted literature reviews for past and present findings related to substance abuse and rewards-based motivation.

Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA— Research Assistant I JUNE 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2018

This research conducted was part of a dissertation focused on cognitive research in infants with and without autism

  • Recruited, interviewed, and corresponded with past, present and future participants.
  • Scheduled test sequences and follow-ups for each participant. Assisted in development of infant coding schemes.
  • Led infants through emotion cognition studies.
  • Coded infant eye gaze data from video recordings.
  • Performed coding data double-checks.
  • Edited videos for storage

References

  • Marissa Huitt, School Psychologist at College Park High, mhuitt94@gmail.com, (925) 381-2532
  • Megan O’Kane, School Psychologist at Sun Terrace Elementary, okanem@mdusd.org, (925) 323-9808

Timeline

Second Year Fieldworker

Mt. Diablo Unified School District
08.2023 - Current

First Year Practicum Student

Mt. Diablo Unified School District
01.2023 - 06.2023

Ed.S. School Psychology -

Saint Mary’s College of California

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Washington

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