Assistant Part Time

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minor in Conflict Resolution

Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

June 2011, GPA: 3.25, Associate Honors Program

SOCIAL WORK EXPERIENCE

All Pointe Care, Cheshire, CT

Direct Care Worker, Spring 2011

. Worked one-on-one with a nonverbal child diagnosed with autism,

epilepsy and pica.

. Taught child life skills through verbal, hand over hand and hand

over elbow prompts.

. Kept a positive rapport with family to give updates on progress.

The Friendship Circle, Bethel, CT

Friend at home, Spring 2011

. Trained as a mentor for a child with autism.

. Helped build trust and a friendship, with a goal to apply friendship

skills to child's daily life.

. Volunteered for group activities to work with child diagnosed with

Rett syndrome.

International Institute of Connecticut, Bridgeport, CT

Intern, Spring 2009

. Worked with refugees on bridging cultural gap

. Assisted refugees with job hunting and housing

. Assisted in fundraising and soliciting contributions for

refugees

Jewish Federation Reading Partners, Danbury, CT

Volunteer Reader, Spring 2009

. Worked one-on-one with bilingual kindergarten children

. Assisted in development of English skills, reading skills, and

interpersonal skills.

. Helped organization with promotion of program

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Live-in Nanny, Bethel, CT

Summer 2009-Spring 2011

. Supervised two children, ages 8 and 10

. Helped with homework and transportation to activities

WCSU Psychology and History Departments, Danbury, CT

Student worker, Fall 2008-Spring 2011

. Work part time to assist department secretary in copying, filing

and archiving

Women's Center of Greater Danbury, Danbury, CT

Fall 2008

. Completed 30 hours of education on domestic violence towards women

. Education could be used towards becoming a Women's Center hotline

volunteer

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Presentations

. Isaacson, J. and Porter, E. (2011). Effects of Perspective on Sympathy

towards a Bully. Poster submitted to Psychology Day at Western

Connecticut State University, May 2011.

. Isaacson, J., Porter, E. (2011). Effects of Perspective on Sympathy

towards a Bully. Poster submitted to Westconn Research Day, May 2011.

. Porter, E. and Isaacson, J. (2011). Subliminal Tasks on Immediate

Choice. Poster submitted to Westconn Research Day, May 2011.

Literary Research Assistant, Danbury, CT

Assistant, Spring 2011

. Researched past research on peer relations, power and conflict

resolution

WCSU Math Mentoring Program, Danbury, CT

Student Mentor, Spring 2009

. Worked with two fourth-grade girls to inspire interest in math

. Helped develop spatial reasoning skills with Guay Lippa visuals

and Google Sketchup

. Acquired data for researchers to show effect of girls' interest in

math when working with a female mentor

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

. Psychology of Learning

. Principles of Behavior Modification

. Experimental Psychology

. Fundamentals of Conflict Resolution

. Mediation: Theory and Practice

TRAINING AND AWARDS

. SPSS, SuperLab, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

. CPR, First Aid, PMT, DDS

. Certificate of Achievement received in the Fundamentals of Conflict

Resolution (2010), WCSU

. Certificate of Achievement received in Mediation: Theory and

Practice (2010), WCSU

PERSONAL INTERESTS

. Played Viola in Danbury Community Orchestra (2002-2007), Danbury

Symphony Orchestra (2005-2009), WCSU Orchestra (2008-2011) and WCSU

Quartet (2008-2010)

. Traveled to Budapest, Hungary with WCSU Quartet to study Bartok

quartet (2009)

. Learning how culture and community influences behavior

. Psychology of Religion

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