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Profile

Experience as a Hospital Social Worker working with inter-professional teams

Private practice as child and family therapist

Proven success supporting Eating Disorders

Quick to establish therapeutic relationships

Creative problem solver

Experience with the ABI population

Multicultural experience

Exceptional interpersonal skills

Member of OASW and CCSWSSW

Member of the Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association

Training

Reaching in reaching Out (RIRO) Val Lusted MSW, RSW - Bloorview Kids Rehab (4 days)

Narrative Therapy Renee Climans MSW, RSW - Baycrest Hospital

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Culturally Enhanced - CAMH

Motivational Interviewing Dr. Wayne Skinner- CAMH

Sexuality, Safety and Smarts Bloorview Kids Rehab

Psychotherapy in Groups CGPA, Clinical Psychotherapist (5 days)

Grief Counseling Grief Counselor, Baycrest Hospital (6 months)

Social Skills Training Erin Wilke, CTRS, Bloorview Kids Rehab

Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) Dr. Ross Green, Bloorview Kids Rehab

Program Evaluation Dr. Debra Goodman, University of Toronto

Experience

SOCIAL WORKER Present

Child and Family Therapist in Private Practice Toronto, Ontario

Social Skills Training Groups for school-age children with ADHD

Experience with Brain Injury population

Liaison with community agencies to serve clients/community better

Support women in their recovery of eating Disorders

Support families with children experiencing ADHD

Consultant to The Academy of Learning (career college) - lectured on Social Work courses, including ethics, counseling, and sociology

Facilitator of monthly support group for mothers of children with chronic illness

Group facilitator for Chai Lifeline Canada

SOCIAL WORKER (INTERN) 2009-2010

Bloorview Kids Rehab Toronto, Ontario

Family assessment; biopsychosocial and financial

Provided family, couple and individual therapy

Co-facilitate sibling survivor (acquired brain injury) group

Co-facilitate transition into high school group for brain injury survivors

Attend weekly seminars on therapy modalities

Program planning for social work week

Leader of CHUM Christmas Toy Fund for Bloorview patients

Program Evaluator

SOCIAL WORKER (INTERN) 2008 - 2009

Baycrest Hospital - Mountainview Community Day Center Toronto, Ontario

Day centre for elderly suffering from moderate to severe Alzheimers

Assessed potential members using the MMSE (Mini Mental Status Exam)

Helped potential members navigate the program through 3 visits

Completed social work assessments for each new member

Completed client profiles for each potential new member

Responsible for member admittance to the program

Provided counseling and education around dementia to members and their families.

Facilitated a weekly reminiscence group with elderly group members suffering from Alzheimers.

Co-facilitated a monthly support group for second generation Holocaust survivors.

TEACHER 2000 - 2007

Bais Yaakov Elementary School Toronto, Ontario

Private Elementary School

Created a stimulating and exciting learning environment

Implemented a current events program

Effectively customized a fifth grade curriculum for students with learning difficulties

TEACHER 1998 - 2000

Beit Chana Elementary School Montreal, Quebec

Private Elementary School

Designed and effectively taught a customized curriculum for sixth grade students with a limited knowledge of all Hebrew Studies

Created an exciting method of relating the rich Sephardic culture from a religious perspective

Education

MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK April 2010

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Toronto, Ontario

CANADIAN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION 2009

NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND INSTITUTE Toronto, Ontario

THESIS 2007

WATCHING AGGRESSION Toronto, Ontario

Aggression in school and violence viewed on television

HONOURS BACHELOR OF ARTS 1999 - 2007

Major: Psychology Toronto, Ontario

YORK UNIVERSITY

CGEP DEGREE / DEC 1999

Elementary Teaching Certificate / Montreal, Quebec

Early Childhood Education Diploma

MARIE VICTORIN

ELEMENTARY TEACHING DIPLOMA 1996

BNOS CHAVA SEMINARY Jerusalem, Israel

Languages

English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Hungarian

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