SHELBY KARRAKER
Irvine,CA
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
School Psychologist Intern
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
08.2023 - Current
- Work with students at the preschool, elementary, and intermediate levels
- Conduct and present comprehensive psychological assessments and evaluations for SLD, Autism, ED, OHI, and ID.
- Foster students' emotional growth through individual and group counseling sessions, utilizing evidence based practices such as CBT, SFBT, MI, and restorative justice.
- Conduct Functional Behavior Assessments and Specialized Circumstance Instructional Assessment
- Attend SST and 504 meetings to support the pre-referral intervention process
School Psychology Practicum Student
Anaheim Elementary School District
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Performed observations, interviews, and record reviews for assessments with eligibilities including: ASD, ID, OHI, SLD, ED, and HH.
- Worked collaboratively with teachers, including those from our three mod/severe SDC classrooms.
- Assisted with developing and implementing behavior plans.
LPCC Practicum Student
Anaheim Union High School District
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Performed individual counseling at a variety of sites, including: Oxford Academy (college preparatory school), Gilbert HS (credit recovery school), Polaris/CVA (independent studies programs), Gilbert West (alternative educational setting), and the Adult Transition Program at Gilbert.
- Created and implemented social skills counseling group for ED SDC classroom at Gilbert HS.
- Contacted outside services for referrals and ROIs.
- Presented counseling progress and proposed goals in IEP meetings.
Adult Services Program Coordinator
Kara Grief Support
12.2020 - 05.2022
- Coordinated grief support services for the adult grief support program. Created and ran the Young Adult Grief support program, which consisted of individual and group counseling.
Executive Function Coach and Research Supervisor
Goal Oriented Academics And Learning Services
08.2019 - 08.2020
- Administered counseling and support focused on providing tools for students struggling with executive functioning. Reviewed and summarized research on effective executive functioning support.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Stanford Cognitive And Systems Neuroscience Lab
04.2017 - 08.2019
- Performed the acquisition and analysis of functional and structural brain imaging data. Administered and scored neuropsychological assessments (WISC, CTOPP, CELF) in a research capacity on a wide range of students with diagnoses of ASD, ADHD, and specific learning disabilities. Conducted statistical analyses using MATLAB and R. Assisted with manuscript preparation on several projects.
Site Manager, Tester/Scorer, Tutor
Lindamood Bell Learning Processes
05.2015 - 08.2016
- Provided individual tutoring for children with ASD, ADHD, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, dyscalculia, or other learning disabilities. Administered one-on-one, individualized tutoring and evaluations for children with difficulties with reading, comprehension, and mathematics. Created lesson plans tailored to the individual needs of each student, while collaborating with the parents on a daily or weekly basis. Managed a small staff, providing feedback for improvement, and leading team meetings.
Education
Specialist of Education - School Psychology
Chapman University
Orange, CABachelor of Science - Psychology And Neuroscience
Washington State University
Pullman, WASkills
- Ordinal Scales Training 1/2024
- Restorative Justice Facilitator Training 8/2023
- ADOS-2 Training 12/2022
- Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training 12/2022
- Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses Training 10/2022
- Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Training 09/2022
- Equity Literacy Training 04/2022
- NASP PrePare Training 03/2022
Publications
- Leipold, S.*, Abrams, D.A.*, Karraker, S., Menon, V. (2022). Neural decoding of emotional prosody in voice sensitive auditory cortex predicts social communication abilities in children. Cerebral Cortex, 2022; bhac09.
- Schwartz, F.*, Zhang, Y.*, Chang, H.*, Karraker, S., Kang, J. B., & Menon , V. (2021). Neural representational similarity between symbolic and non-symbolic quantities predicts arithmetic skills in childhood but not adolescence. Developmental Science, 24 (6) e13123.
- Karraker, S., Schwartz, F., Chang, H., Iuculano, T., Adair, E., Rosenberg-Lee, M., Chen, L., & Menon, V. (2018). Number Training Remediates Math Difficulties in Children: Behavioral and Neural Correlates. Poster presented at: International Mind, Brain, and Education Society; 2018 September 27-29; Los Angeles
- Abrams, D., Padmanabhan, A., Baker, A., Karraker, S., & Menon, V. (2019). Distinct Neural Signatures in Social Brain Circuitry in Female Children with ASD. Poster presented at: International Society for Autism Research; 2019 May 1-4; Montreal
References
Ashley Wallace - School Psychologist at RSM Intermediate
ashley.wallace@svusd.org; (714) 391-3338
Cynthia (DeeAnn) Crouch - Assistant Principal at RSM Intermediate
cynthia.crouch@svusd.org; (949) 459-8253
Andrea Byrd - School Psychologist at Valencia Elementary and La Tierra Early Childhood Center
andrea.byrd@svusd.org; (949) 422-3713
Timeline
School Psychologist Intern
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
08.2023 - Current
School Psychology Practicum Student
Anaheim Elementary School District
08.2022 - 05.2023
LPCC Practicum Student
Anaheim Union High School District
08.2022 - 05.2023
Adult Services Program Coordinator
Kara Grief Support
12.2020 - 05.2022
Executive Function Coach and Research Supervisor
Goal Oriented Academics And Learning Services
08.2019 - 08.2020
Clinical Research Coordinator
Stanford Cognitive And Systems Neuroscience Lab
04.2017 - 08.2019
Site Manager, Tester/Scorer, Tutor
Lindamood Bell Learning Processes
05.2015 - 08.2016
Specialist of Education - School Psychology
Chapman University
Bachelor of Science - Psychology And Neuroscience
Washington State University
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