Therapy, Human Services

Jennifer L.Swanson

*** ***** ***** ******, *******, PA 17042

717-***-**** *****************@*****.***

Professional Experience

Youth Advocate Programs-Harrisburg and Lebanon, PA

School-Based Mental Health Therapist July 2015-Present

Provide therapy within the school setting to children K-12 in need of therapeutic support. Completing biopsychosocial assessments and diagnostics, working with school, client, and families in the development of an individualized treatment plan, provision of cognitive behavioral, person-centered, and individual psychotherapy treatment modalities, and care coordination with funder.

Youth Advocate Program

Behavioral Specialist Consultant/Mobile Therapist April 2012-July 2015

Provide therapy and behavioral consultation for children and adolescents with complex emotional and behavioral challenges. Consultation with team members to access needs, strengths and resources and develop individualized treatment plan. Implementation of individualized treatment plan using a variety of therapeutic disciplines across home, community, and school domains.

Lebanon Valley Family YMCA-Lebanon, PA August 2011-June 2012 School Aged Childcare Site Supervisor

Oversee daily activities of school-aged childcare center within school building. Develop and maintain daily schedule of activities for participating youth. Provide homework assistance to youth. Provide recreational activities each day. Maintain site records and promote compliance with YMCA and legal regulations.

Philhaven-Mount Gretna, PA February 2010-February 2011 Family Behavioral Health Services-CYS

Provide therapy with a co-therapist working with families referred by Children and Youth services. Families that are referred are families at a high risk of disintegration, primarily by the out-of-home placement of children and/or incarceration of parents. Program goals include both reducing the need for more intensive intervention such as residential placement of children, and by assisting families in linking to both formal and informal resources that support their long- term success.

Lebanon County MH/MR/EI- Lebanon, PA October 2005-October 2009 Resource Coordinator

Provided case management services to adults with mental illness with an emphasis in supporting their access to resources for housing, mental health treatment, recreational and occupation resources, monitoring their functioning and participation in services, and making referrals as necessary.

Youth Advocate Programs-Lebanon, PA September 2001-August 2005 Therapeutic Support Staff

Provided therapeutic interventions on a one-to-one basis with children and adolescents prescribed services as a medical necessity across home, community, and school domains. Implement an individualized treatment plan. Document interventions and collect data to inform ongoing development of treatment plan and to determine treatment plan effectiveness.

Education

Lebanon High School, 800 South 8th Street Lebanon, Pa. Graduated 1993 Diploma

Harrisburg Area Community College-Lebanon Campus 2000-2002 Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pa Graduated 2004 Pi Gamma Mu-Honor Society

Bachelors of Science-Applied Behavioral Sciences

Walden University Graduated 2011

Masters of Science-Psychology

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