Vera Dumont
Summary
Summary skills and experience:
Social Worker and School Psychologist in NYCDOE's various districts, in school and CSE locations. Eloquent speaker (English, Portuguese, Spanish) experienced in Best Practices approach.
Graduate of Columbia University School of Social Work with concentration in Advanced Clinical Practice, Policy, and Program Planning and Implementation. Advanced skills in qualitative and quantitative research and statistics. Studied under collaborators of Best Practices publications. Skills in designing needs assessments, identifying challenges and objectives, creating and executing presentations, and running programs to build school community, support students, faculty, and families. Excellent understanding of Educational Law, Regulations, and Policy - worked in Impartial Hearings, served as mediation liaison and worked collaboratively with NYCDOE attorneys. Worked as a team case manager, engendered trust in the population community, families, and colleagues, for best practice oriented student centered approach in provision of services and follow up. Additional media experience as a writer, journalist, and video editor.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Worker
CSE Social Worker Evaluation Team
09.2023 - Current
- Work as case manager in varied teamwork structures averaging 200+ cases per year.
- Maintain accurate case documentation, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards best practices and facilitating informed decision-making by team members.
- Managing and responding to large number of emails and inquiries with ability to engender trust and collaboration from parents, schools, providers, staff.
- Work with 12-20 private schools, identifying family and student needs and connecting them with appropriate services.
CSE Social Worker Impartial Hearing and Resolution
NYCDOE
12.2021 - 08.2023
- Served as District Representation in impartial Hearings averaging 20 cases per day.
- Drafted resolution agreements, with high production rate, completing 1450 resolutions of a 3000 seven person team caseload.
- Served as mediation Liaison with a successful agreement rate of over 75%.
Social Worker
High Schools (La Guardia, HSMSE)
01.2014 - 11.2021
- Created and offered presentations and training for staff and families dealing with student development.
- Created and ran programs on: Suicide Prevention, Burnout, Lack of Graduation, Peer Mediation, and Post High School Integration.
- Developed needs assessments tools, and designed evidenced based programs.
- Created school community building programs for engagement and grievance relief programs for high schools with 1000+ students.
- Supported clients and families with empathy and compassion during difficult times.
- Served as Manifestation Determination Coordinator with excellent grasp of students rights, protections of IDEA, disciplinary codes, supervision and follow up needs and worked with suspension prevention.
- 504 Coordinator – fluent in Rehabilitation Act, and maintaining schools within legal requirements.
- Updated client documentation for accurate, compliant and current records.
- Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
School Psychologist
CSE School Psychologist
08.2011 - 06.2014
- Review team psychologist, ensuring student's needs were aligned with services high rate of productivity at 10 to 16 reviews per week.
- Case manager and team leader caring for 29 residential facilities, securing interagency collaboration and family participation.
- Evaluator: fluency with wide range of instruments and strategies, ability to analyze clinical results across adaptive, psychological, neurological and educational areas
- Excellent organization skills, ability to support teams, schools, parents, and plan for post High School needs.
School Psychologist
Various Schools
08.2001 - 06.2010
- Conducted evaluations, assisted parents, staff, and students.
- Led PPT, conducted implementation and data follow up.
- Offered training and presentations to staff on IEP/IESP writing.
- Offered presentations on research and best practices for underserved students, non-affluent communities, and families with out support systems.
Reporter/Editor
O Estado de São Paulo
- Published regularly, review of events, books, symposiums, as well as weekly full page interviews with composers, musicians, and writers.
- Readership increase noted of over 30%.
Editor/Video Editor
TV Globo
- Organized and worked with raw footage from multiple cameras and sources including mixed live and recorded feeds.
- Edited content and executed dynamic video edits producing accurate and engaging accurate news for prime time.
- Maintained open lines of communication with authors throughout the editing process, resulting in smoother collaborations.
- Worked tight deadlines and made quick creative editing decisions to maintain high quality of work.
Education
MSW - Social Work, Public Policy and Advocacy, Advanced Clinical Practice, Program Planning & Implementation, E.C. Research
Columbia University School of Social Work
01.2011
Masters in Education A.C School Psychology - School Psychology, Cultural Diversity And Bilingual Assessment
City University of New York – Brooklyn College School Psychology Program
01.2001
Skills
- Program development and implementation
- Updated skills on digital research and media tools
- Qualitative and quantitative research analysis
- Creating effective needs assessments tools
- Identifying objectives and challenges
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Project design
- Video Editing
- Presentation creation and execution
- FLUENT IN Portuguese, Spanish and English
Certification
- Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, 11/01/11
- State Certification School Psychology, 01/01/01
- NYS Certified School Psychologist, Bilingual licenses in Portuguese & Spanish, 01/01/01
- FERPA certification, US Dept. of Education for Institutional Research, 01/01/19
Accomplishments
Columbia University School Of Social Work Capstone Award project: Women in the Army
CUNY - Brooklyn College Hobbart Jarrett Award for Academic Achievement
Summaryskillsandexperience
Evaluation Team, 2024-25, Case management in varied teamwork structures, Fluency with Q-Global and non-Pearson instruments, Excellent communication skills, Ability to gather supporting information for team psychologist recommendation, Productivity of over 200 cases excluding KIP, 2021-23, Impartial Hearing District Representation, Resolution Team, Mediation Liaison, Updated knowledge of policy, law and regulations, Assistance with openings, closings, direct and cross examination, Review team psychologist, Case manager and team leader, Ability to write complex IEPs, Good interpersonal relationships, Evaluator with fluency in instruments and strategies, Excellent organization skills, Fluent in databases, 2013-2021, Assessment of gifted and talented, Creating and running programs, Writing grants, Manifestation Determination Review representative, 504 Coordinator, Skills in digital programs, Skills in qualitative and quantitative research, Media: presentations, video editing, publishing
Currentprojects
- Transcription of interviews with notable composers for Music School Library of Juliard and John Case Foundation
- Community media work on local consumer defense
Awards
- Capstone Project Award, Women in the Army, Columbia University
- Hobbart Jarrett Award for Academic Excellence, CUNY
Timeline
Social Worker
CSE Social Worker Evaluation Team
09.2023 - Current
CSE Social Worker Impartial Hearing and Resolution
NYCDOE
12.2021 - 08.2023
Social Worker
High Schools (La Guardia, HSMSE)
01.2014 - 11.2021
School Psychologist
CSE School Psychologist
08.2011 - 06.2014
School Psychologist
Various Schools
08.2001 - 06.2010
Reporter/Editor
O Estado de São Paulo
Editor/Video Editor
TV Globo
MSW - Social Work, Public Policy and Advocacy, Advanced Clinical Practice, Program Planning & Implementation, E.C. Research
Columbia University School of Social Work
Masters in Education A.C School Psychology - School Psychology, Cultural Diversity And Bilingual Assessment
City University of New York – Brooklyn College School Psychology Program
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