Mary A. Perfitt-Nelson

• Work closely with the Director of Wellness, Upper School Head, Deans, faculty & counseling team to coordinate best practices of wellbeing, social-emotional and academic student supports
• Work in conjunction with the counseling team and the Dean of Students to provide advisory programming related to Social-Emotional Learning and other important mental health topics, and
• Work in conjunction with the Learning Support Services Coordinator to support students with mental health accommodations.
• Work directly with the other Counselors, to provide ongoing support as outlined in The Cranbrook Counseling Program Vision, Practices & Policies guidelines.
• Support boarding students and areas of residential life on campus; support extra-curricular programing that supports the wellbeing of students; and help facilitate campus wellness teams and provide content and expertise for adult learning.
• Work closely with individual students and parents to support healthy striving, resilience, and adaptive coping in a high achievement culture.

• Collaborated with educators, school administrators and external professionals in development of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).
• Met with students to conduct individual assessments and determine academic and mental health needs.
• Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust and rapport to deescalate situations.
• Consulted with teachers and parents to gain in-depth understanding of students.
• Evaluated 25-30 students with special needs.

• Work with students: designed/facilitated county Student Diversity Forum, Social Justice Project and Student Leadership Conference.
• Designed, developed, facilitated, evaluated professional learning: School-wide Social-Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices, Trauma Informed Practices, Traumatic Event Crisis Intervention Planning, RULER Approach to Emotional Literacy and Positive Behavior Interventions/ Supports
• Coached school/district leadership teams : PBIS/School-wide Social-Emotional Learning; provided professional learning/coached general/special educators around classroom culture, student engagement, classroom management, emotional literacy
• Assisted school teams: Assessing social/emotional needs of staff/students; selecting evidence based SEL frameworks; prioritizing strategies; implementing (district /building/classroom level)
• Completed SEL Program Evaluation, collaboratively, of two elementary/one large high school around school-wide social emotional learning (in process of completing final analysis)
• Designed/facilitated whole school/district/department professional learning around trauma informed practices, restorative practices, equitable discipline systems, teacher well-being , creativity/mindful awareness practices
• Facilitated employee support group around parenting adult children
• Designed monthly newsletter around school-wide SEL/ student/staff well-being for county https://www.smore.com/v82ub-school-wide-sel-fall-2019
• Co-facilitated learning for Alternative Education Teachers/Leaders and Public School Academy leaders (network sessions)
• Consulted with school/district administrators and other staff around creating staff meetings centered on staff well-being.
• Provided multiple sessions for county parents around social-emotional needs of their children.
• Gave keynote address at Oakland Schools Road to Reinvention conference. Topic: Teacher Well-Being.

• Designed, facilitated and evaluated Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Project for Oakland County; designed Engaging Reluctant Learners class
• Co-designed/facilitated Learning-Achievement Coalition of Oakland County's Student Engagement Project, including Student Diversity Forum, Yearly Student Engagement Project and county referent group
• Provided professional learning and coaching around school and classroom culture
• Supported Culture of Thinking Project with peers
• Supported county Student Diversity Forum
• Oakland Schools Autism Program staff school psychologist, designing and implementing social/emotional and behavioral plans of support
• Provided academic and behavioral consultation to district schools/staff
• Created social/emotional/behavioral plans of support for acutely challenged students county-wide
• Supported Student Engagement group within department through Positive Interventions and Supports, CHAMPS Classroom Management and Engaging Reluctant Learners
• Designed, developed, facilitated, evaluated professional learning: school and classroom culture, RULER Approach to Social-Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices, Crisis Intervention and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
• Coached school and district leadership teams around Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
• Assisted school teams in determining mental health/emotional literacy needs of students; supported selection of evidence based frameworks; facilitated prioritization of all strategies; coached teams in implementing at building level
• Supporting Alternative Education Network and Statewide System of Support schools around school and teacher leadership

• Oakland Schools Autism Program staff school psychologist, designing and implementing social/emotional and behavioral plans of support
• Provided academic and behavioral consultation to district schools/staff
• Created social/emotional/behavioral plans of support for acutely challenged students county-wide
• Supported Student Engagement group within department through Positive Interventions and Supports, CHAMPS Classroom Management and Engaging Reluctant Learners
• Designed, developed, facilitated, evaluated professional learning: school and classroom culture, RULER Approach to Social-Emotional Learning, Restorative Practices, Crisis Intervention and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
• Coached school and district leadership teams around Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
• Assisted school teams in determining mental health/emotional literacy needs of students; supported selection of evidence based frameworks; facilitated prioritization of all strategies; coached teams in implementing at building level
• Supporting Alternative Education Network and Statewide System of Support schools around school and teacher leadership

• Completed comprehensive psychological evaluations on academic, social/emotional and behavioral needs of approximately 2000 students
• Child Study Teams for Pre-K-Grade 12; Co-designed approximately 2600 individual plans
• Assisted students with career and future-education planning
• Facilitated Tier II and III Interventions, Pre-K-Grade 12 , including Check-In,Check-Out, Skill Streaming, Second Step, Siblings of Handicapped Children, Children of Divorce
• Trainer: Love and Logic (Parent and Teacher)
• Taught Sexual Abuse Prevention classes district-wide
• Mentored 5 School Psychologist Interns
• Extensive work for several years at middle and high school levels as a Substance Abuse Prevention facilitator
• Lead on RTI/MTSS/PBIS at all grade levels

First Grade teacher. Worked collaboratively within grade-level team of three.