Flora Melvin Dunbar

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252-***-**** Pine Knoll Shores, NC 28512

abg2op@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

Le Chris Counseling Service Inc., 12/13/10 -present 40 hrs. per week

3332 Bridges St # A, Morehead City, NC 28557

I am currently serving as the team leader and therapist for an Intensive In

Home team that is working with 8 children and families. This is a time-

limited, intensive child and family intervention focused on reducing the

child's symptoms and addressing risk for out of home placement. As team

leader, I am responsible for providing individual and family therapy,

providing clinical supervision to the team members, overseeing clinical

interventions and providing clinical expertise and guidance to the IIH

team.

Behavioral Health Reviewer / CCME 05/05/2010 - present PRN

CCME, 100 Regency Forest Drive, Suite 200, Cary, NC 27518 919-***-****

I am currently a temporary part time employee with the Centers for Medical

Excellence (CCME) and am part of a pool of professionals hired to review

behavioral health services as part of CCME's contract with NCDMA program

integrity. My hours are variable as needed and I work from home on a

schedule that accommodates my needs. No review work has been required

since July 1, 2010 but I may be called upon to resume review work in months

to come.

Psychologist/Program Coordinator 09/10/2007 - 06/30/2009

40 hrs. per week

Youth Focus, Inc., 715 N. Eugene Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 (336) 274-

5909

I coordinated a mental health screening project for first grade children in

Guilford County schools. The Primary Emotional Developmental Screening

(PEDS) project conducted free mental health screening for first grade

children, provided a more thorough evaluation of children identified by the

screening as possibly needing professional services and then offered

treatment to the children who met criteria for a diagnosable mental health

problem.

This position required me to research and to develop an appropriate

screening protocol and all program related materials. I marketed the

program through meetings with principals, teachers and via large group

presentations to school professionals. I trained over seventy school

personnel to conduct the screenings and then supported and monitored these

professional as they completed the mental health screening of 967 first

grade children. I tracked data, evaluated outcomes and produced interim

and annual reports. Additionally, I provided further evaluation and

treatment services to several first grade students whose parents sought

professional help for their child.

Psychotherapist 10/2001 - 08/2007 10 hours per week

Self Employed Private Practice at 104 S. Estes, Ste 301-P, Chapel Hill, NC

27514 919-***-****

Self employed licensed psychological associate and licensed professional

counselor serving adults, children and their families. I offered

individual psychotherapy, parent-child therapy, parent consultation,

psychological assessments, and consultation to schools, pre-schools, and

courts. Areas of interest included emotional development and parent-child

relationship support, anxiety disorders, depression, abuse/neglect, divorce

counseling for children and parents.

EAP Clinical Care Manager 09/05/2006 - 07/15/2007 40 hrs. per week

Value Options, 3800 Paramount Parkway, Ste. 300, Morrisville, NC 27560-6901

919-***-****

I provided EAP assessments, referrals and short term telephonic counseling.

Job duties involved mental health and substance abuse risk assessments,

following mandatory referrals of employees by employers, handling suicidal

/ homicidal / domestic violence crisis calls, collaborating with members

and providers to determine alternate levels of care and facilitate

referrals to in network providers.

Clinical Child Case Manager 10/01/2005 - 06/01/2006 30 hrs. per week

OPC Area Program, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 490, Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Phone:919-***-****

I worked as a Child and Family Services Clinical Child Case Manager

providing case support and advocacy services to children in the 6-17 year

age range who were typically experiencing a serious level of emotional

distress along with school and/or legal problems and/or risk of out of home

placement. These young clients presented with a full range of DSM-IV-TR

diagnoses. My job was to develop a comprehensive treatment plan in

collaboration with the client, family and a multidisciplinary team and then

convene and moderate the team to assess client progress on clinical goals.

I worked to acquire, coordinate and monitor a variety of intensive mental

health services recommended by the team for my clients and request

authorization from health care insurers for needed services.

This eight month part time position (75%FTE) allowed me to maintain

employment with OPC Area Program through the mental health program

divestiture date on 6/1/06 at which time all OPC clinical programs were

closed as part of mental health reform.

Psychologist 04/25/1990 - 09/30/2005 40 hrs. Per week

Orange-Person-Chatham Area Program, 412-B Caldwell St., Chapel Hill, NC

27516 919-***-****

I served as the staff psychologist on an early intervention outreach team

serving preschool children from birth to age six who were referred for

social-emotional-behavioral problems. I provided psychological assessments

of child and family, play therapy, family therapy, parent counseling,

parent consultation and education, consultation to preschools, community

agencies, courts, coordination of community resources on behalf of family

and child. I also trained and supervised several graduate students from

Duke, UNC and Capella Universities who were completing clinical psychology

internships. Outreach work included presenting numerous workshops for

professionals and parents.

Head Start Mental Health Consultant 09/1990 - 06/1992 10 hrs. per

week

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Head Start, Chapel Hill, NC 27516

I provided ongoing observation and screening of 100+ children enrolled in

six Head Start classes, and offered intensive consultation to teachers,

parents, and Head Start Special Services staff. I also completed

psychological evaluations of children with special needs and advocated for

appropriate placement with resources upon child's transition to

kindergarten.

Habilitation Specialist III 04/11/1988 - 04/06/1990 16 hrs. per week

Orange-Person-Chatham Area Program, 412-B Caldwell St., Chapel Hill, NC

27516 919-***-****

I worked part time as an early childhood interventionist for children, ages

0-3, with developmental disabilities/delays and/or risk for problems in

emotional development. I provided screenings, assessments, developmental

therapy, modeling and supportive counseling for parents. I also

participated in extensive training and supervision related to infant

emotional development in conjunction with a NC DHR pilot program to serve

"atypical" very young children.

Psychologist / Research Assistant 06/01/1987- 04/04/1988 10 hrs. per

week

Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning, UNC, Chapel

Hill, NC

I participated in conducting a national follow-up study to determine the

long-term health and developmental status of very low birth weight infants

(<3.3 lbs.). I worked in close collaboration with the principal

investigator, to collect, interpret and manage data for the UNC cohort. I

administered psychological battery of tests to a sample group of low birth

weight children, at school age to evaluate for subtle developmental delays.

This evaluation included measures of cognitive functioning, school

achievement, visual-motor coordination, and neurodevelopmental processes.

I scored and coded results and provided interpretative summaries to

parents.

Psychologist / Research Assistant 09/1985 - 06/1986 5 -10 hrs. per

week PRN

FPG Child Development Institute, UNC-CH, CB 8180, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-

8180 919-***-****

I collected data for a developmental study to identify subtypes of Learning

Disabilities in children. I evaluated a comparison sample group of

Educable Mentally Handicapped children within their school settings.

Psychological evaluation included standard measures of intellectual

functioning and school achievement. I scored and interpreted results and

sent a full report to both Frank Porter Graham CDC and to each child's

school.

Psychologist/Children's Services 09/1975 - 06/1976 24 hrs. per week

Onslow County Mental Health Center, Jacksonville, NC 40 hrs. per week

I served as a clinical consultant to Children and Youth Services with

Onslow County Mental Health Center treating children presenting with social-

emotional-behavioral problems. I interviewed parents and children for

presenting problem and family history and performed psychometric/behavioral

evaluations. I developed treatment plans and conducted therapy sessions for

children, adolescents, parents, and families. I consulted with parents and

schools for appropriate follow-up and continuity of treatment.

Psychologist/Community Mental Health 1/01/1974 - 5/08/1975 40 hrs. per week

Smokey Mountain Mental Health Center, PO Box 127, Sylva, NC 28779

I served as staff psychologist with a community mental health clinic. I

provided clinical intakes, psychometric assessments, diagnosis and

psychotherapy for adults, children, adolescents, couples and families. I

co-led an adult parenting skills group and initiated a counseling program

for teenage girls experiencing an unwanted pregnancy. I evaluated preschool

children referred by the public school kindergarten-screening program for

emotional and/or developmental problems and provided school consultation.

I also served as agency liaison to Broughton Hospital, an adult mental

health inpatient facility.

Developmental Day Director 02/1972 - 11/1972 40 hrs. per week

Halifax County Mental Health Center, Roanoke Rapids

I was the Developmental Day Director for a Child Development Center that

served children identified with severe or profound mental retardation and

related developmental disabilities. My responsibilities included initial

program planning and administration of program, budget management, hiring,

training and supervision of staff, PR presentations to civic groups and

other community outreach, consultation to families and parents. I

identified adaptive behavior goals, developed a plan for each child. And

counseled and trained parents for program continuity at home. I

coordinated with other local and state resources to provide additional help

for children with specific handicaps (e.g. childhood aphasia, cerebral

palsy, Down's syndrome).

Psychology Intern 07/01/1970 - 12/31/1970 40 hrs. per week

New River Mental Health Center, Boone, NC

This six-month internship provided full exposure to the varied work of a

psychologist in the broad field of Community Mental Health. I received

close supervision in diagnostic testing and evaluation, individual therapy

with adults, adolescents and children, marital and family work,

consultation with various agencies.

Psychology Intern 01/1970

Geenville, NC and surrounding communities

During this practicum /internship, I conducted psychological assessments at

elementary schools, a VA Clinic, Cherry Hospital, and an MR Residential

Center. This practicum included practice in interviewing and administering

full psychological evaluations to subjects in various age and disability

groups. Types of tests administered included achievement or aptitude,

psycho-educational, intellectual or cognitive, adaptive behavior,

developmental, personality and projective and some neuropsychological

tests.

EDUCATION

Post Graduate Courses, Ethics, Cultural Diversity and Gender Issues in

Counseling, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, August 2002

M.A., Clinical Psychology, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 1974

This two-year program in clinical psychology required original scientific

research, a six month structured practicum and a six-month outpatient

clinic internship.

B.A., Psychology, Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C., 1967

I was recognized for leadership and graduated with class honors.

CREDENTIALS

Psychological Associate (LPA) - License #875 to practice psychology under

provisions for psychological associates issued by the North Carolina

Psychology Board on 11/17/1983.

Professional Counselor (LPC) - License #4568 to practice as a Professional

Counselor issued by the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional

Counselors on 3/05/04.

PROFESSIONAL Member, American Counseling Association (ACA)

ASSOCIATIONS Member, American Psychological Association (APA)

Member, North Carolina Association of Professional

Psychologists

VOLUNTEER Past Member, Orange County Mental Health Association

SERVICE Past Member, Orange County Latino Mental Health Task Force

Past Member, Board of Directors, Mary's House, Greensboro, NC

REFERENCES Available upon request.

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