School Staff

Jennifer P. Rittenhouse

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Lancaster, PA 17603

Phone #: 717-***-****

E-mail Address: **************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE: A therapeutic staff support or related position where I will teach children and

adolescents positive life skills and improve their functionality across the diverse

environments they interact in to make a difference in these young people’s lives.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Partial Live in Nanny through Care.com for Elizabeth Alley DJ for Warm 103.3 (2013-2014)

• Taught early learning skills such as the alphabet and writing to a pre-school child

• Provided structure and instilled responsibility in a grade school child helping to modify her

behavior and prepare her for early elementary education

• Transported both children I cared for to various community settings such as Public Library and

ballet class outside of school in order to give them the opportunity to expand their learning and

skills.

Therapeutic Staff Support Member at Chester County Regional Education Services (2009-2012)

• Guided and treated both verbal and non-verbal children with autism from pre-school to elementary

school age groups across school, home and community settings.

• Applied behavior modification techniques with guidance from several different behavior specialist

consultants and case managers as well as assisting them in expanding on their current treatment

plans and strategies

• Functioned as an intermediary for a diverse team of specialists ranging from Physical therapists,

occupational therapists, and various teachers from diverse educational backgrounds to assist them

in following a treatment plan approved and reviewed by all parties concerned.

• Worked with anywhere from three clients at a time over a year seeing them transition from

different schools and education levels while collecting data and seeing improvement in their social

and coping skills as described in the treatment plan.

Pennsylvania Conservation Corpsmember, Division of Pennsylvania Department of Labor and

Industry (2005-2008)

• Tended an 18th Century farmstead at Landis Valley Museum; Demonstrating period farming

techniques and handicrafts to large school groups ranging from 500-700 patrons in a day as well as

the general public anywhere from 200-300 people at any given time.

• Carried out many public service projects including restoring a Civil War cemetery and renovating

a public housing facility and playground for mentally challenged children.

• Interpreted Pennsylvania Dutch living skills ranging from the years

1740-1940 to visiting tourists

• Repaired and assembled an all-new 18th century period fencing, replacing an electric and metal

based fence with an authentic wooden structure that would have been used at original homestead.

EDUCATION:

Millersville University

• Bachelor Of The Arts Degree in Psychology

References Available Upon Request

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