Bilingual. Clerical. Administrative

Brenda Ivette Henry

* ****** ******, *********, **, 06385

********@*****.*** - 860-***-****

Twenty years and more of experience assisting persons, from children to the elderly, with disabilities and life impairments. A dedicated individual for their clients in caring and meeting their needs in a patient, considerate and reliable manner. Highly motivated in comfort and self expansion through communication and compassionate renewal. There is experience with emergency and high stress situations where the utmost care in judgment has been needed. Providing assistance for an optimal and expansive life for those that are unable to at their fullest. Fluently speaking, writing and reading Spanish language.

Education and Training:

-Bachelor Degree: Communications Arts. Minor: Marketing & Advertising, Sacred Heart University, PR, 1991

-Advanced High, Oral Proficiency / Advanced Mid, Writing Proficiency for Teaching Cert. LTI, Language Testing International

-Certificate of Acquired Brain Injury for Person-Centered Planning

Allied Community Resources, Middletown

-Certificate of Acquired Brain Injury for “Behavioral Interventions for Managing Difficult Behaviors” for the Visually Impaired

Allied Community Resources, Middletown

-Medication Administration/Supervision Training, Value Options, Rocky Hill, CT

-Certificate Crisis Intervention, Physical/ Psychological Management Training, LEARN, Old Lyme, CT

- Training for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Education. Companions & Homemaker, Old Saybrook, CT. A Caring Hand, Vernon, CT

Experiences:

Home Health Care and Personal Care 2016 - 2017 Allied Community Resources, East Windsor, CT

Responsible for client’s safety, house cleaning, cooking, running errands, doing laundry, as well as assisting client with bathing, showering, toileting, grooming, and other personal hygiene tasks. Testing insulin levels. Applying insulin shots, dressing wounds. Transferring client from bed, commode and wheelchair using hoyer lifts.

Home Health Care, Coordinator and Manager 2012-2017 Homecare Services of Connecticut, Niantic, CT

Responsible for elderly and disabled with mental and physical barriers. Experience working in cases diagnosed with: Alzheimer’s, Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Huntington's Disease, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome, Parkinson's Disease, Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Mixed Dementia. Administrating patient medications.

- Assisting elderly clients with Macular Degeneration. Transporting, escorting to medical appointments as well as assisting with communications in all areas. Making and organizing their medical appointments. Organizing their calendars and activities. Monitoring patients improvements by observing physical and mental conditions. Reporting Intakes and outputs of fluids and nourishments. Supporting patients by providing and supporting housekeeping and laundry services; shopping for food and other household requirements. Preparing and serving meals and snacks. Running errands, banking, paying bills, budget. Using Hoyer lifting or gate belt to transfer clients to bed, commode, wheelchair or car. Helping clients after major surgeries or terminal diseases in conjunction with hospice care. Dressing client’s wounds.

Special Education Mentor 2014-2015 Guide, Inc., Norwich, CT

Providing assistance and services for participants (adults with disabilities) from the Department of Developmental Services for the State of Connecticut. Training participants in: life skills, cooking, laundry, fire drills, continuing education (Math, Reading, English), vocational skills, shopping, personal care, safety, independency, appropriate behavior and guidance. Behavioral and management coordinator. Administrating and reminding medications. Transporting participants to medical appointments, to the community, recreation, exercises and summer camp. Handling confidential files and documentation. Personal assistance for a CVI and disable participant: bathing, brushing teeth, feeding, dressing

Personal Assistance, Caregiver, Health Aid 2010- 2013 Careco, Inc., Waterford, CT

Working for Alzheimer units at assistant leavings with clients. Responsible to assist and take care of an adult with Xeroderma Pigmentosum disease. Responsible to change colostomy bags from on Crohn's disease patients. Assisting clients in the activities of daily living and provide basic routine care; such as assistance in eating, bathing, brushing teeth, administering medications, changing dressing, checking a patient's temperature, pressure and pulse rate, helping with artificial limbs or walking aids. House cleaning. Meal preparation.

Assistant Teacher in Special Education-Autism Program

2010-2011 New London Public Schools: Harbor Elementary School and Friendship Academy, New London, CT

Performing daily academic tests on autistic students. Monitoring to achieve testing results in academic progress. Responsible to reinforce student skills. Supervising student behavior and healthy activities. Assisting Special Education and class teachers. Reporting incidents. Supervise school activities and bring autistic student to class, nurse or restrooms. Assisting autistic students from arriving to school to departure at the bus.

Assistant Teacher for Special Education 2005-2010 Vernon Public Schools, Vernon, CT

Individualizing and modifying lessons for students. Classes instruction, daily plans, homework and project support. Guidance to improve behaviors. Supervising and training students out of school, during their job training experiences for independent living. Daily meetings with Teachers and Case Managers, sometimes with Psychologist and/or Counselors to discuss the student’s progress, behaviors and/or difficulties.

Responsible in assisting with feeding, toileting, and bringing students to class and around campus, specifically with Cerebral Palsy. Responsible for taking care of a student with Down's Syndrome during his everyday activities. Assisting to a novice visually impaired student in conjunction with STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind in Windsor, CT

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