Manager Service
Resume:
Tami B. Wenzl
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Professional Experience
Bridges of Indiana, Lafayette, Indiana 2012-2014
Behavior Consultant
• Provide Behavior Support Services to individuals with Developmental Disabilities.
• Develop Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Support Plan for each client.
• Develop and monitor data collection system for continued program assessment.
• Provide assessment and treatment in the home and school settings
• Administer regular training on the Behavior Support Plan to all staff involved with the
client.
• Lead quarterly meetings for case workers, families, guardians and other professionals on
the goals and outcomes of each individual.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 2009-2012
Military Family Research Institute, Outreach Specialist-Child and Family
• Designed and administered programs that apply research findings to real world situations.
• Partnered with researchers and practitioners from the military and civilian communities
• Developed and executed activities to assist military families throughout the nation.
• Created a brochure to identify stress indicators in children that is currently distributed at National
Guard Yellow Ribbon events.
• Served as the Program Manager of the Passport toward Success event- a family event held at
Yellow Ribbon Re-integration Weekends.
• Served as the Program Coordinator for Operation Purple Camp, a summer residential camp for
children with a parent in the military.
First Steps Early Intervention Program, Lafayette, Indiana 1998-2010
Developmental Therapist-Eligibility Determination Team
• Served as the Developmental Therapist on a multidisciplinary team to determine a child’s
eligibility for the First Steps Early Intervention program.
• Conducted formal evaluation of the child, gathered history and family information and
used professional judgment to determine whether the child met the criteria for early
intervention services.
Developmental Therapist
• Developed and implemented early intervention programs designed to meet the individual
needs of young children with varying disabilities.
• Strategies included using the child’s natural learning environment, working closely with
family and caretakers, designing and implementing appropriate activities and regularly
assessing the progress toward goals and objectives of the Individualized Family Support
Plan.
Healthy Families, Lafayette, Indiana 1997-1998
Family Assessment Counselor
• Worked as a member of a team to develop an innovative child abuse prevention program.
• Helped to develop needs analysis questionnaire to help predict the level of service that
first time parents might need.
• Interviewed parents in the hospital and home to establish relationships and provide
community resource information.
Smart Start, Charlotte, NC 1994-1996
Screening Specialist
• Provided developmental screenings to preschoolers.
• Administered and interpreted the screening results to the parents/caregivers, and referred
the child to appropriate community service.
Additional Professional Experience:
Foundation/Fundraising, American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Family Preservation Social Worker, Mecklenburg County Schools, Charlotte, North Carolina
Special Education Teacher, Durham County Schools, Durham, North Carolina
Student Research Assistant, Exceptional Children Research Committee, UNC Special Education
Department, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Education
Health and Wellness Coach, WellCoaches School of Coaching, December, 2014
Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 2012
M.Ed. Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,1986
B.S. Psychology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1984
Professional License:
Indiana Early Intervention Specialist
North Carolina Special Education Teaching License
Additional Training:
Invisible Wounds of War – PTSD and TBI
Sensory Motor Integration
Educational Issues Involving Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Infant Mental Health
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