Misty Hands
Dodge City,KS
Summary
Caring Autism Specialist offering guided in-home and community-based flexible services for children and teens with autism. Implements behavior modification processes to foster life skills for clients. Specializes in using collaborative approaches for treating autism to achieve positive outcomes.
Multi-talented teacher assistant with 25 years of experience directing students and assisting lead teachers. Expert at restating lesson information, tutoring, applying rules, and working with struggling students. Team-minded when collaborating with teachers and implementing set lesson plans and classroom activities.
A dependable employee with good office skills, and recordkeeping, producing business correspondence, detailed reports, and useful spreadsheets using diverse software programs and technical skills. Respectful, and hardworking.
Overview
47
47
years of professional experience
Work History
Autism Specialist
Integrated Behavioral Technologies
Basehor, KS
05.2021 - Current
- Provided Home and Community-Based Services for children with Autism.
- Provided Parent Training
- Maintained clean, safe, and organized work environment to facilitate therapeutic treatment.
Certified Teacher Assistant
Dodge City Public Schools
Dodge City , KS
08.2002 - Current
- Helped teacher prepare instructional material and displays.
- Enforced rules and instructions to maintain discipline.
- Arranged and organized classroom desks, chairs, and supplies.
- Demonstrated specific skills and activities for students to improve understanding and take excess workload off teachers.
- Laminated teaching materials to increase durability under repeated use.
- Stepped into non-classroom environments such as libraries to help staff manage demand.
- Administered and graded homework assignments and tests.
Teacher Assistant
Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative District 613
Dodge City, KS
09.1997 - Current
- Provided one-on-one and group-based learning support to maintain student progress and development.
- Helped keep students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Performed staff monitoring duties such as overseeing recess, lunch, and daily student intake and dismissal.
Education
Associate of Arts - Mass Communications
05.1997
High School Diploma -
05.1994
Skills
- Positive Learning Environment
- Individualized Support
- Classroom Instruction
- Student Support
- Instruction Assistance
Timeline
Autism Specialist - Integrated Behavioral Technologies
05.2021 - Current
Certified Teacher Assistant - Dodge City Public Schools
08.2002 - Current
Teacher Assistant - Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative District 613
09.1997 - Current
Dodge City Community College - Associate of Arts, Mass Communications
Deerfield High School - High School Diploma,
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