Tonya L. Blanchard
Alexandria,Virginia
Summary
Seasoned and dedicated licensed school psychologist with successful career providing a broad range of prevention and intervention services. Partner with staff and families to consult, counsel, assess and offer crisis intervention strategies. Strong track record with working collaboratively to ensure that all our students achieve academically, show positive behaviors, and are mentally healthy. Have extensive background working with military and international communities and their families.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed School Psychologist
Farifax County Public Schools
Fairfax, VA
08.1999 - Current
- Develop and implement behavior management plans for students with behavioral issues.
- Conduct psychological evaluations to assess cognitive abilities, learning disabilities, social-emotional functioning and adaptive behavior.
- Develop crisis intervention plans for students in need of urgent mental health support and provide direct services to students with concerning behaviors.
- Utilize data collection methods such as surveys, interviews, observations and review of records to develop comprehensive reports on students' academic performance.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to coordinate services across multiple agencies serving students with special needs.
- Coordinate referrals for community resources such as mental health providers or tutoring programs when needed.
- Educate families about available resources that can help meet their children's needs.
- Actively engage in professional development activities such as attending conferences or taking continuing education courses.
- Researched current trends in school psychology literature to stay up-to-date on best practices.
- Collaborate with social work professionals to assist students in emotional and social growth.
- Provide individual and group counseling sessions.
- Follow-up with outside mental health service providers to coordinate in-school support.
- Collaborate with school leadership to implement school wide practices such as social and emotional learning, bullying prevention, school wide positive behavior supports to foster a positive school culture.
- Worked on Military Connected Youth Committee from Fort Belvoir to bring an Army-developed and sponsored Student Ambassador Program to elementary, middle, and high schools.
- Collaborated with school social workers and school counselors to ensure success of the Military Connected Youth program.
Intern Mentor
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax, VA
09.2012 - 06.2013
Board Member
Head Start Association of Alexandria, VA
Alexandria, VA
01.2004 - 01.2005
Consultant
Psychological Services, Inc.
Chicago, IL
10.1993 - 06.1999
Licensed School Psychologist
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
08.1992 - 06.1999
- Focused on psychological services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students
Intern Supervisor
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
09.1995 - 06.1996
Education
Specialist - School Psychology And Deafness
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC05-1992
Master of Arts - Developmental Psychology
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC05-1990
Bachelor of Arts - General Psychology
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA12-1985
Skills
- Adept at usage of current standardized assessment tools
- Exemplary group and individual counselor
- Skilled at individual intervention planning
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Certification
- Commonwealth of Virginia Pupil Personnel Services License #PPS-527376 (Expires June 30, 2030)
- Certified PREPaRE crisis responder, Region co-lead
- Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Member, National School Psychologist Association
- Member, Virginia School Psychologist Association
- Member, Virginia Education Association
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Intern Mentor
Fairfax County Public Schools
09.2012 - 06.2013
Board Member
Head Start Association of Alexandria, VA
01.2004 - 01.2005
Licensed School Psychologist
Farifax County Public Schools
08.1999 - Current
Intern Supervisor
Chicago Public Schools
09.1995 - 06.1996
Consultant
Psychological Services, Inc.
10.1993 - 06.1999
Licensed School Psychologist
Chicago Public Schools
08.1992 - 06.1999
Specialist - School Psychology And Deafness
Gallaudet University
Master of Arts - Developmental Psychology
Gallaudet University
Bachelor of Arts - General Psychology
University of San Francisco
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