KATE GREGORY

McKinney TX, ***** 801-***-**** ac68xe@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Contractor--Remote Dallas, Texas

Typewell Transcriber Jan 2016 – Apr 2017

● Provided real-time meaning-for-meaning transcription of proceedings during business meetings and higher education courses remotely and in person facilitating necessary communication Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services BYU-Idaho Rexburg, Idaho Transcriber Apr 2014 – Jan 2016

● Served as communication conduit between professors and deaf/hard of hearing students resulting in increased participation and success in the classroom environment

● Provided a live transcript of college classes in real time demonstrating advanced listening and processing skills, thus equalizing the student experience

ANASAZI Foundation –Wilderness Therapy Program Mesa, Arizona Behavioral Health Professional Trail Walker Jan 2015 – Apr 2015

● Led groups of 3-8 at-risk youth through the national forest identifying needs, being emotionally available, tracking and encouraging progress and facilitating a healing environment in the wilderness

● Assisted in realigning priorities and essentials in the lives of others by teaching minimalist/survival skills and primitive backpacking hiking over 15 miles per week

● Implemented curriculum focused on increasing personal responsibility, emotional connection and spiritual awareness and thereby dramatically improving family relationships and self-efficacy in healthy life management

● Worked together with other professionals such as nurses and counselors to coordinate rehabilitation goals of clients and serve as link between both parties while observing client behaviors The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Honolulu, Hawai’i Full-time Volunteer Representative Jun 2012 – Jan 2014

● Encouraged healthy lifestyle changes such as addiction recovery and elimination of drug and alcohol use in individuals and families through education, emotional support and goal-oriented motivation

● Gained an appreciation for people of various cultures, nationalities, and circumstances through consistent daily service.

● Trained four other representatives in the organization policies, routines and expectations, communication, teaching skills and goal-achieving behaviors

Madison School District Rexburg, Idaho

Para-professional Jan 2015 – Jun 2012

● Implemented social, work and study skills assistance with developmentally challenged high school students dealing with a wide range of disabilities which resulted in positive inclusion in the school setting

● Proactively modified curriculum and designed learning tasks that were both challenging and attainable to the student EDUCATION

Rexburg, Idaho

Brigham Young University Idaho Dec 2015

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

● The Helping Relationship/ Counseling Skills Course

● Abnormal Psychology Course Completed

● GPA: 3.5

ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

Completed Youth Mental Health First Aid Course Rexburg, Idaho

● 8 hour workshop training in mental crisis awareness and first response action plans M ay 2015

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