Richard Miller

Mental Health Technician/Skills Trainer - Residential:

• Built rapport with clients (adolescents, ages 12 to 17), provided daily support, structure, activities, group, and safety.
• Provided skills training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Collaborative Problem Solving for clients to help them learn to manage their mental health symptoms.
• Modeled, coached, and counseled clients regarding appropriate self-care and social and interpersonal interactions.
• Managed crisis situations using appropriate Crisis Prevention Strategies

• Conducted assessments of clients' mental, emotional, and physical health status.
• Provided support for recovery goals and objectives for clients in the outpatient treatment program.
• Facilitated, under supervision, outpatient group sessions with the designated goals of pinpointing situations and behaviors that lead to relapse and blocked recovery.
• Helped individuals, in separate adult and youth groups, to discuss and modify their behaviors using CBT and RET strategies.
• Used motivational interviewing techniques to help clients recognize, acknowledge, and manage the effects of substance abuse on a personal, emotional, and professional level.
• Participated in CE sessions on DSM-V updates, and sessions with Fresno County staff on structuring case notes for compliance with county and state standards.

• Performed client intake, conducted ASI assessments, and monitored clients' mental, emotional, and physical health status.
• Monitored clients in the detox facility and documented progress notes.
• Facilitated family and parenting classes under supervision, facilitated group sessions on criminal behaviors, and instructed educational sessions.
• Interacted with clients who experienced co-occurring mental disorders, trauma, sexual abuse, and domestic violence.
• Collaborated with Fresno County Mental Health, Veterans Administration, and Child Protective Services personnel regarding assigned clients. Also collaborated with agents and staff regarding the treatment of clients referred under the S.T.O.P. Program: Specialized Treatment for Optimized Programming. A program that provided evidence-based programs and services to parolees in an inpatient setting.

• Planned and implemented engaging lessons using various teaching strategies to meet diverse student needs.
• Assessed student performance and progress through tests, quizzes, labs, and other assessments that were adaptable and flexible to meet the needs of diverse learners, and also to identify areas where students needed additional support.
• Effectively incorporated digital tools and resources to support student learning.
• Adjusted the teaching methods accordingly to support diverse learning differences and to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
• In addition to my teaching duties, I was also the Head Cross Country Coach. Qualified both individual boys and girls, as well as the girls' team, for the California State Cross Country Championships three times. Founded and organized a parent group to promote, organize travel, and fundraise.
• Asian American and Environmental Club Advisor.
• Teacher, AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination. tutored students on core ideas and topics, such as study methods and test-taking strategies.
• Actively involved in AAPT and NSTA. Traveled to national conferences for professional development in Atlanta, GA, Los Angeles, CA, Madison, WI, Albuquerque, NM, and Anchorage,AK.