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Nicole R. Showers

Aspers,PA

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Shippensburg Area School District
Shippensburg, PA
08.2020 - Current
  • Collaboration with regular and special education classroom teams to complete Functional Behavior Assessments, Functional Analyses of Behavior, and Positive Behavior Support Plans for students
  • Guided practice and support to special and regular education staff in the implementation of classroom-based and individual positive behavior support plans
  • Train and support special and regular education staff in the development and implementation of social communication skills curriculum for students from preschool to age 21 years
  • Design and deliver trainings for special and regular education classroom teams in the content areas of: Applied Behavior Analysis, Functional Communication Skills, Reinforcement, Safety Care, De-Escalation Strategies, Instructional Strategies, and Registered Behavior Technician

Educational Consultant for Autism and Positive Behavior Support

Capital Area Intermediate Unit #15
Enola, PA
08.2003 - 08.2020
  • Collaboration with special and regular education classroom teams in preschool, school districts and IU classrooms across Franklin, Dauphin, Cumberland, Northern York, and Perry Counties to complete Functional Behavior Assessments, Functional Analyses of Behavior, and Positive Behavior Support Plans for students
  • Provide guided practice and support to special and regular education staff in the implementation of classroom-based and individual positive behavior support plans
  • Train and support special and regular education staff in the development and implementation of social communication skills curriculum for students from preschool to age 21 years
  • Design and deliver trainings for special and regular education classroom teams in the content areas of: Autism, Applied Behavior Analysis, Social communication skills, and Functional communication skills, Reinforcement, Safety Care, Competent Learner Model, Instructional Strategies, and Visual Supports

Adjunct Professor

Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, PA
08.2015 - 12.2020
  • Adjunct professor teaching courses to students in dual certification programs for regular and special education programs
  • Topics taught at the university level include: Communication skills for students with special needs, low-incidence disabilities, behavior assessment, collaboration skills, and inclusion for students with disabilities

Speech-Language Pathologist

Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12
New Oxford, PA
08.1998 - 07.2003
  • School-based speech-language pathologist including assessment and treatment of children with autism, down syndrome, apraxia, auditory/language processing, fluency, voice disorders and speech/language delays

Speech-Language Pathologist

Pediatric Therapy Associates
York, Pennsylvania
06.1998 - 06.2002
  • Part-time clinic-based speech-language pathologist including assessment and treatment of children from Birth to five years of age
  • Assessed and treated children with autism spectrum disorders, auditory/language processing disorders, apraxia, cleft palate, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, speech/language delays, and fluency disorders

Timeline

Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Shippensburg Area School District
08.2020 - Current

Adjunct Professor

Shippensburg University
08.2015 - 12.2020

Educational Consultant for Autism and Positive Behavior Support

Capital Area Intermediate Unit #15
08.2003 - 08.2020

Speech-Language Pathologist

Lincoln Intermediate Unit #12
08.1998 - 07.2003

Speech-Language Pathologist

Pediatric Therapy Associates
06.1998 - 06.2002
Nicole R. Showers