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Project/Program/Clinic Contacts: | Minot Infant Development Program (MIDP); Right Track | ||||||||||||||||||
Discipline(s): |
Education/Special Education Social Work Education: Early Intervention/Early Childhood |
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AUCD Council Membership: |
No Council Membership |
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Research: | inclusion, social structures | ||||||||||||||||||
Education: | Early Childhood, social work, special education | ||||||||||||||||||
Service: | early intervention, natural environment, transition services |
Vita/Bio
Education
Minot State University- Masters Degree- Early Childhood Special Education
2006- Minot State University- Bachelor's Degree- Social Work
1996- North Dakota State University-B- Associates Degree- Education
1994 Certification: - North Dakota Social Work license- STAT (Screening Tool for Autism in Two Year Olds) Autism Training: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Enhancing Communicative and Socio-emotional Competence
Conferences Attended
2001 Child-Directed Interventions for Children with ASD2003 Trinity Mental Health Workshop 2005 Strengthening Vulnerable Children and Their Families
2005-2006 ND Family Connections Conference: When Children Have Special Needs Brain Development Conference
2006 Addressing Challenging Behaviors Using Visual Supports for People with ASD-
2006 Autism Awareness: A Medical Perspective2006 & 2007Crossroads Conference
2006 ND Deaf-Blind Services Project-But My Child is So Involved!
2007 Impacts of Visual Processing on Literacy
2007 Autism Conference- Sally Burton Hoyle
2007 Is it Sensory or is it Behavior
2007 STAT Training (Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year Olds) Nashville, TN
2007 ND Symposium on Autism
2008 Introduction to RDI (Relationship Development Intervention)
2008 Sensory Strategies to Improve Children's Learning & Behaviors
2008 Additional Professional Training: Love & Logic Annual Conference
2008 Crossroads Conference- Drug Exposed Infant-Toddler Mental Health Infant Mental Health course (on-line, Minnesota State University)
2009 Missouri Valley Trauma Symposium
2010 Assessment & Intervention for At Risk Parents with Learning Difficulties
2010 Routines-Based Intervention Mentoring Project
Work Experience
2010-Current Employment Minot State University - Minot Infant Development Program (MIDP) Program Director, 2010 to current- Early Interventionist since 1999
Past Employment
First District Health Unit Social Worker for 8 years Outreach: New Town Annual Head Start Screening - Screening Infant/Toddler Development
2005-2009 Provided Training for New Town preschool staff- Brigance Assessment Tool
2006-2010 Other Completed ND RBI (Routines Based Interview) training program that has been implemented at MIDP. Mentor fellow employees on state standards for competency.
2009-2010. Serve as resource to the Right Tracks program for implementing behavior strategies with families. Attended training- Fundamentals of Supervision I & II. March 2011 Attended the 18th NSSLHA Spring conference at MSU titled "A Quest for Cultural Competence." March 2011 Attended Dave Ramsey's Entreleadership training (by Simulcast.) April 1, 2011