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Education

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago, IL) August 2013 – June 2017

Doctoral Student in Clinical Psychology (cGPA: 3.89)

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology August 2013-April 2016

Masters of Arts – Clinical Psychology

Trinity College (Hartford, CT) August 2008 - May 2012

Bachelor of Science – major in psychology

Clinical and Research Experience

The Academy of St. Benefict the African April 26, 2017 – June 20, 2017

Academic Coach/Counselor

oProvided individual/academic counseling as therapeutic care

oProvided coaching for a first year teacher regarding skill development

oMet with parents to discuss their children’s behavioral, emotional, and/or academic strengths and areas of growth.

Purdue University North West July 2016 – February 2017

Therapeutic Extern at Purdue North West Hammond Campus

oProvided individual counseling as therapeutic care

oAssisted in monthly outreach projects to the campus community on prevention, education, and awareness regarding various mental health and developmental topics throughout the academic year.

oAssisted in Counseling Center in sponsored and/or co-sponsored events with other departments on campus relative to college-aged mental health and developmental concerns.

oOrganized and ran outreach event for parents who are also students on campus.

United Stand (Chicago, IL) August 2015 – February 2017

Diagnostician/Academic Counselor at The Academy of St. Benedict the African

oAdministered and scored intellectual, neuropsychological, and personality based assessments to students

oProvided written reports based on these assessments;

oProvided individual/academic counseling as therapeutic care

oLed 8th grade class meetings, which are designed to provide a space for students to express and work through their concerns with teachers and other authority figures in the school individually and as a class

oAfter school program development: Muy Thai class

oLed 2nd grade class discussions on experiences of violence and loss.

Clinical and Research Experience (continued)

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago, IL) September 2013 – June 2016

Doctoral-level coursework

oPersonality Assessment: Proficient in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Rorschach Inkblot Test, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 2 (MMPI-2), Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), The Rotter Incomplete Sentence Blanks, Projective drawings, Children's Apperception Test (CAT), Family Apperception Test (FAT), Parenting Relationship Questionnaire, Parenting Relationship Questionnaire- CA, Behavioral Assessment for Children-Second Edition- Adolescent 12-21 (BASC-2-Adolescent 12-21), Behavioral Assessment for Children- Second Edition Teacher Rating Scales (BASC-2-TRS), Beck Youth Inventories-2 Depression, Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children- Second Edition (MASC-2)

oNeuropsychological Assessment: Proficient in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Beery Visual Motor Integration (BEERY-VMI), Test of Everyday Attention-Children (TEA-Ch), Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals-Fifth Edition (CELF-5), Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd Edition (CTOPP-2), Children’s Memory Scale (CMS),

oIntellectual Assessment: Proficient in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – 4th Edition (WISC-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – 5th Edition (WISC-V), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Third and Fourth Editions (WPPSI-III and WPPSI-IV), Boder Test of Reading-Spelling Patterns (BODER), The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test–Third Edition ( WIAT-III)

University of Illinois, Chicago (Chicago, IL) September 2013- June 2014

Research clerkship at the Urban Youth and Trauma Center

oCompleted data entry; conducted research on the prevention of and interventions to combat community violence; and, explored the effectiveness of empirically-based research interventions for urban youth who experienced trauma and/or are exposed to community violence

Trinity College (Hartford, CT) April 2012

Undergraduate research thesis

White, N. (2012). Pain tolerance in mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, varsity athletes in non-contact sports, and non-athletes. Unpublished manuscript, Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

Positive Influences (Fort Worth, Texas) June 2010 – August 2010

Intern

oObserved individual and family therapy sessions, parenting classes, and anger management groups; assisted with play therapy sessions; administered depression screening tool for children; organized files for Child Protective Services (CPS); attended weekly supervision meetings with Stacia Alexander (LPC) about my experience

Certificates and Professional Trainings

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS) January 2014 - Present

Mandated Reporter

The National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVRTC) of January 2015

the Medical University of South Carolina

Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

oWeb-based training program for providers working with children affected by trauma, anxiety, and stress, as well as their parents

oFocused on psycho-education, stress management, affect modulation, cognitive coping and processing, trauma narrative, behavior management, and parent-child sessions

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) October 2016

Social and Behavioral Research online ethics training

oA 10-module web-based training program for investigators and staff involved in social and behavioral research with human subjects

Upside Down Organization (Baltimore, MD) March 2012

The Challenging Behaviors Collection

oA training that addressed: poverty, child abuse, ADHD, stress, bullying, suicide, and addiction from the perspective of the developing brain.

Relevant Employment History

Lakeshore Sport and Fitness Lincoln Park March 2017 – Present

Lead Instructor / Camp 48 Lead Counselor

oDevelop relationships with club members who participate in Club 48, which is dedicated solely to 4th – 8th grade club members.

oHelp maintain a hangout space that is safe, respectful, fun, and provocative for Club 48 members.

oCoach Muy Thai kickboxing, flag football, and dodge ball to Club 48 members who wish to participate in task.

oExecute themed daily field trips for Camp 48 campers that are pre-planned during the summer for Camp 48.

Sociability (Northbrook, IL) February 2015 - May 2016

Mentor

oHelp lead social groups for kids, teenagers, and college students on the Autism Spectrum. These groups provide new ways of interacting and receive feedback in a safe, supportive and structured environment. Use structured activities and social coaching to assist in the social learning process

oLead the Mine Craft social group, which is designed to encourage social interaction through cooperative gaming.

oOne on One Mentoring with a pre-teen on the Autism Spectrum.

My Gym Bethesda (Bethesda, MD) June 2013 - August 2013

Lead teacher

oTaught and organized fitness classes for children between the ages of 3 months and 11 years

oObserved their developmental progression from a physical, intellectual, emotional, and psychological lens

oFunctioned as a summer camp counselor

The Howard Gardner School (Alexandria, VA) August 2012- June 2013

Co-teacher

oTaught math, science, social studies, and free interest based research in the middle school

oProvided individualized learning plans from a multiple intelligence framework: Aided my students to think and take an intrapersonal look into themselves and understand the ways in which they are intelligent and passionate, while providing them the confidence to pursue their dreams

oSought to individualize learning and help develop students’ intellectual and social confidence that was previously broken in their previous academic and social settings

Assistant coach

oServed as the Assistant Coach for new high school soccer and basketball teams

Group Excellence (Dallas, TX) July 2011

Academic tutor

oTutored 7th grade students from low income families in mathematics to increase their confidence in their perceived intelligence

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX) June 2009 – August 2009

Summer intern

oConducted research for the Chief of Surgery, Dr. Edward Livingston, specialized in bariatric surgery

oObserved surgeries and other appointments related to bariatric medicine

Abercrombie and Fitch Northpark / Georgetown (Dallas, TX / Washington, DC) 2007

Model and customer service representative

oModeled for the company

oGreeted, assisted, and interacted with customers

Conference Presentations

White, N. (2014, November). The ontological essence of madness: Pathologic adaptation of adolescent

gang members. Poster presented at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s 6th Annual Child and Adolescent Conference, Chicago, IL.

Gibson, L., Abdul-Adil, J., Farmer, D.A., Ajalan, A., & White, N. (2014, June). Treating urban youth

with disruptive behavior disorders: An evaluation of service utilization and positive family outcomes. Poster presented at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology's Graduate Research Forum, Chicago, IL.

Trinity College PRIDE Leader Training (Hartford, CT) August 28, 2015

Speaker

oPresented a workshop on homesickness, depression, and the stigma of mental illness to the PRIDE Leaders at Trinity College during their training week.

Community and Extracurricular Involvement

“Bantam See Bantam Do” Alumni Panel (Hartford, CT) November 14, 2015

Panelist

oParticipated in an engaged dialogue about my experience as a student and as a student of color on a predominantly Caucasian college campus

oDiscussed my transition into the “real world”

oAnswered questions from current students and former alumni

Community Builders (Chicago, IL) September 2013- May 2014

Volunteer/Tutor

oProvided homework assistance to children and adolescents who live in the apartment complex

oCollaborative engagement in educational games with the kids who attended

Trinity College Football 2008-2009

Position played: free safety

oUndefeated NESCAC Champions Fall 2008

oFirst Team All NESCAC (Defensive Back) Fall 2009

Trinity College Core November 2011- April 2012

Program development

oParticipated in the development of a program intended to change the racial/elitist climate on campus and met with school trustees to discuss this social climate

References

Dr. Todd DuBose

Department of Clinical Psychology

Full Time Professor

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology - Downtown Chicago:

325 N Wells, Chicago, IL 60654-1822

312-***-****; ac10ur@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Tiffany Keller

Department of Clinical Psychology

Associate Professor

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology - Downtown Chicago:

325 N Wells, Chicago, IL 60654-1822

800-***-****; ac10ur@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Trudi Kessler

United Stand Family Counseling Center

3731 W. 62nd Street, Chicago, IL 60629

708-***-****; ac10ur@r.postjobfree.com

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