William J. Slattery

**** ******* ******* • Keystone Heights FL • 32656 • 386-***-****(h) 386-***-**** (c)

abg7uo@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a challenging counseling position that ensures continued professional

growth in the counseling field.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• License-eligible as a Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida.

• 30 years of experience in counseling children, youth and families.

• Created and presented numerous training programs dealing with subjects such as

psychotropic medications for children, Reactive Attachment Disorders, Suicide

Prevention in Children and Adolescents; and Prevention of Self-Injurious

Behavior in Children.

• Counseled individuals with personal problems, using evidenced-based

techniques

• Evaluated client progress against measurable treatment goals

• Evaluated client’s progress using CFAR, FARS, GAF measurements

• Maintained progress notes, discharge summaries, and files

• Made decisions regarding treatment, placement, and discharge planning

• Matched clients to community resources, upon discharge

• Used behavior modification techniques to modify behaviors..

• Used intellectual, personality, educational, processing assessments.

• Worked as a treatment team member to devise goals and objectives.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Counseling: Thirty years of delivering individual and group counseling to

children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of settings, including outpatient,

residential, foster care, and group home settings.

• Psychological testing: Administered and interpreted psychological testing as a

school psychologist, in school settings in New York and Florida. Taught

assessment to graduate education majors at the University of Florida.

• Teaching: Taught courses in Assessment, General Psychology, Marriage and

Family, Theories of Juvenile Delinquency, and Research and Statistics.

• Substance Abuse Counseling: Delivered individual counseling to incarcerated

adults, and group and individual counseling to adults in an outpatient setting,

using Motivational Interviewing techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

• Research: One published chapter in Program Leadership in Special Education

Manual (VA), one published article in Focus on Autistic Behavior.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

• Over 30 years of experience counseling children, youth, families, and adults in

outpatient, hospital, group home and foster care settings.

• Year-long internship at Epic Community Services working with substance abuse

clients in an outpatient clinic and detention facility.

• Conducted psychological testing and interpretation of children and adults.

WORK HISTORY

Counseling Intern, Epic Community Services, St. Augustine, FL. 4/10 to 4/11

Furnished individual and group counseling to 30 outpatient and court- ordered clients for

substance abuse treatment; conducted individual counseling to 20 inmates with 95% success;

constructed treatment and discharge plans, with measureable goals and objectives, for adults in

an outpatient clinic and a detention facility setting, and maintained appropriate records

Therapist, Florida Sheriffs Ranch, Live Oak, FL. 3/05 to 3/08

Gave therapeutic services to 20 to 40 adolescent teenage boys, placed in a residential setting.

Designed treatment plans, and implemented treatment and discharge plans. Created and supplied

training programs to clinical, administrative, and line staff in areas of suicide prevention,

attachment disorders, self-destructive behaviors, and the use of psychotropic medications.

Counselor IV, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., Live Oak, FL 3/03 to 3/05

Performed assessments with children and families. Provided individual, family, and group

therapy to 30 families, with a success rate of 90%. Afforded intervention services in home,

school and clinic sites. Coordinated services with the case management department.

Clinical Coordinator, University of Florida, Dept. of Psychiatry, Gainesville, FL, 2/02 to 3/03

Recruited subjects and conducted research studies sponsored by pharmaceutical companies,

involving the efficacy of medications on: Depression in the general and geriatric populations;

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Schizophrenia; and General Anxiety Disorder.

Program Manager/School Psychologist, Univ. of Florida -MDTP, Gainesville, FL, 6/95 to 5/01

Coordinated cooperative programs between the College of Medicine and the College of

Education. Provided psychological evaluations to children with learning, medical, and behavioral

problems. Conducted research with the Department of Speech and Hearing. Prepared, monitor,

and presented budgets to the Florida Department of Education

EDUCATION & TRAINING

M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Univ. of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 2011, GPA: 3.87

M.S. Ed. in School Psychology, Pace University, New York, N.Y., 1979, GPA: 3.85

B.A. in Psychology, Manhattan College, Bronx, New York, 1977, GPA: 3.60

CERTIFICATIONS

• School Psychologist, Florida Department of Education, #463062

• School Psychologist, NASP, #116358

• School Psychologist, New York State Department of Education #102481582

AWARDS AND HONORS

Employee of the Quarter, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare

Outstanding Service Award, Duval Public Schools

Merit Education Award, University Hospital/Jacksonville

Graduation with Honors, Pace University

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