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Sarah Shoultz

Saint Cloud,MN

Summary

Experienced Senior Behavior Therapist offering guided clinical-based flexible ABA services for children and teens with autism and similar disorders. Implement behavior modification processes to foster life skills for clients. Specialize in using collaborative approaches for treating autism to achieve positive outcomes. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals while looking to advance in a growing company.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Behavioral Therapist

Northway Academy, Saint Cloud
Saint Cloud, MN
03.2022 - Current
  • Implement individualized treatment plans addressing destructive patterns, behavior management, relationship issues and other psychosocial issues in accordance with ABA therapies
  • Gather information about clients using observational techniques and other assessment methodologies
  • Implement prescribed behavioral skills training to reduce problem behavior
  • Attend training to acquire and maintain technical knowledge
  • Maintain clean, safe and organized work environment to facilitate therapeutic treatment
  • Observe client behavior and collect, document and summarize data to help formulate treatment plan and programming
  • Exercise confidentiality to protect client diagnosis and treatment in compliance with HIPAA standards and regulations
  • Guide and assist in training new behavioral therapist
  • Observe and monitor programming to ensure consistency and accuracy for clients.
  • Observed and monitored client behavior and responses to treatment

Training Course

Understanding Schizoaffective Disorder
Saint Cloud, MN
02.2022 - 02.2022
  • Presentation that went into detail of this mental health disorder that is marked by combinations of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania
  • Understanding Personality Disorder, This course went through different types of ways individuals may act or react when having this mental health disorder
  • Detailed types of mental disorder in which rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning and behaving
  • Individuals with personality disorder have trouble perceiving and relating to situations and people and this webinar explained signs and symptoms and possible causes
  • Understanding Oppositional Defiant disorder, This webinar went into detail about this behavior disorder in which children can display patterns of angry or cranky mood, defiant or combative behavior, and vindictiveness toward people in authority
  • Child's behavior often disrupts their daily routine, including activities within family and school settings.
  • Scheduled and taught in class and online courses to increase learning opportunities.

Training Course

Common Family Reactions
Saint Cloud, MN
02.2022 - 02.2022
  • This course went through details of family denial of mental illness, how it affects those who are struggling with mental health and what can be done to help
  • When depression, anxiety, schizophrenia or another mental illness enter families, there can be emotional costs that can be high and family members can be deeply affected
  • Depending on their circumstances, families may struggle to help another family member who doesn't have access to care or may not want assistance.

Foster Care Provider

State of Minnesota Child Foster Care License
Saint Cloud, MN
12.2018 - 12.2021
  • Every child needs and deserves to grow up safe and protected from abuse and neglect, and caring foster parents offer children support and stability when needed it most
  • Provide daily care, structured routine and positive environment for kids that help them thrive and is best for their well-being
  • Understanding Trauma: Reaching and Teaching Children with Trauma
  • Reduced problem behaviors with positive reinforcement and supportive techniques.
  • Improved children's health by preparing healthy meals and snacks.
  • Supported education of children under care through consistent attendance to school and attentiveness to homework assignments.
  • Assisted children through recovery from difficult home or school situations.
  • Transported kids to mandated therapy, extracurricular activities and medical appointments.
  • Offered extensive care to troubled older children without likelihood of adoption.
  • Taught older children about money, driving and other important life skills.
  • Prepared and maintained individual beds and personal space for foster children.
  • Built solid and trusting rapport with children and families, fostering trust and communication to meet case needs.
  • Collaborated with community program leaders and advocates to make resources accessible to those in need.

Kitchen Manager

park diner
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2021 - 10.2021
  • Manage small team to ensure tasks are completed efficiently
  • Fulfill tickets 12 minutes or less
  • Delegated food preparation duties down to cooks and followed up with cooks to verify proper preparation and production of meals.
  • Created and deployed successful strategies to boost restaurant performance, streamline food prep processes and reduce waste.
  • Delivered in-depth training to workers in food preparation and customer-facing roles to promote strong team performance.
  • Conducted daily checks of refrigerators and freezers to verify proper food storage, container labeling and surface cleaning.
  • Checked and tested foods to verify quality and temperature.
  • Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
  • Applied knowledge of previous supply needs and forecast business levels to estimate required supplies.
  • Followed standardized recipes set by Chef for production of breakfast, lunch and dinner meals.
  • Motivated staff to perform at peak efficiency and quality.
  • Maintained kitchen cleanliness and sanitation through correct procedures and scheduled cleaning of surfaces and equipment.
  • Verified prepared food met standards for quality and quantity before serving to customers.
  • Trained staff on proper cooking procedures as well as safety regulations and productivity strategies.
  • Kept facility compliant with health codes, sanitation requirements and license regulations, alleviating potentially heavy fines.

Account manager

JCC/Alltran/meduit
Sauk Rapids, MN
07.2013 - 08.2020
  • Assist customers with financial plans that fits their budget to repay their accounts
  • Average of 300 calls daily
  • Assist lawyers and medical clinics with patient's accounts
  • Addressed problems with accounting, billing and service delivery to maintain and enhance client satisfaction
  • Analyzed key competitors to respond to competitive threats

Training Course

Foundational Concepts
Saint Cloud, MN
07.2020 - 07.2020
  • Parenting program that went over resilience and resistance to hyper-sexualized media and porn that is affecting teens
  • Trauma informed parenting
  • Scheduled and taught in class and online courses to increase learning opportunities.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions

Training Course

Honestly Adoption
Saint Cloud, MN
06.2020 - 06.2020
  • One-day training event focused on trauma's impact on brains cognitive though process, disrupted attachment, and how to achieve healing and connection with child.,
  • Understanding Trauma: Reaching and Teaching Children with Trauma provides both informed knowledge base and specific strategies for healing trauma
  • This course of three video sessions, Dr. Becky Bailey examines how to disrupt cycles of trauma by bringing new awareness to current trauma epidemic.
  • Scheduled and taught in class and online courses to increase learning opportunities.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems

Training Program

Nurtured Heart Approach
Apple Valley, MN
05.2013 - 06.2016
  • Nurtured Heart Approach consists of sets of strategies that assists children in further developing their self-regulation and has been found effective with children of all ages
  • It focuses on transforming ways children perceive themselves, their caregivers and world around them
  • Trauma Knowledge Master Class

Education

Bachelor's degree - Human resources, child and family

Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH
06.2023

Associate - Business administration

Minnesota School of Business
06.2013

Skills

  • Autism and Spectrum Disorders
  • Emotional Support
  • Coordinating Care
  • Behavioral Disorders
  • Differentiated Instruction
  • ABA Techniques
  • Relationship Issues Management
  • Behavior Intervention
  • Behavior Observation
  • Positive Learning Environment
  • Encouragement and Motivation
  • Interpersonal Skill Development
  • Mental Health Disorders Knowledge
  • Individualized Care Plans
  • Cognitive Disabilities Knowledge
  • Trained in indicators of child abuse

Timeline

Senior Behavioral Therapist

Northway Academy, Saint Cloud
03.2022 - Current

Training Course

Understanding Schizoaffective Disorder
02.2022 - 02.2022

Training Course

Common Family Reactions
02.2022 - 02.2022

Kitchen Manager

park diner
06.2021 - 10.2021

Training Course

Foundational Concepts
07.2020 - 07.2020

Training Course

Honestly Adoption
06.2020 - 06.2020

Foster Care Provider

State of Minnesota Child Foster Care License
12.2018 - 12.2021

Account manager

JCC/Alltran/meduit
07.2013 - 08.2020

Training Program

Nurtured Heart Approach
05.2013 - 06.2016

Bachelor's degree - Human resources, child and family

Southern New Hampshire University

Associate - Business administration

Minnesota School of Business

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