LORI NEWBY

**** *. ******* ***, ***** ID *****

Email: ad4qin@r.postjobfree.com phone:208- 994-8932

PROFILE

Enthusiastic, warm and caring people oriented professional who aspires to provide others with the necessary skills to live productive and full lives. Dedicated to creating an atmosphere that is stimulating, encouraging, safe, and adaptive to each child's individual needs.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Highly motivated people-care professional who strives to build productive relationships with others and help them develop and maintain a variety of personal well-being traits.

Employs a positive and professional attitude to best work with and serve the specialized needs of the individual.

Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, oral/written communication and analytical skills.

Self-starter with the ability to easily grasp and put into application new ideas, methods and strategies.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Behavior Specialist

LAURA NEWBY LLC

(March 2021-present)

Special Education Teacher/Behavior Intervention /CBRSCaldwell School Dist.

(Feb 2017-March 2021)

Caldwell, Id

Habilitative Intervention Foundations of Independence 208-***-**** Kellie Dodson

(April 2016-Nov 2017) 7161 W, Potomac Dr, Boise, ID 83704

Boise, Id

Behavior Intervention/Habilitative Intervention Community Partnership of Idaho208-***-****

(Sept 2015-Nov 2017) Boise,Id 3076 N Five Mile Rd, Boise, ID 83713

Habilitative Interventionist/ Service Coordinator A&R Case Management 208-***-****

(Sept 2014-Sept 2015) 3070 12th Ave Rd # 4, Nampa, ID 83686

Behavior Intervention Cossa School District

Provide Habilitative Intervention/Behavior Intervention for children with developmental disabilities. Maintain knowledge of individual’s health/ medical needs and their service plans. Provide therapy as scheduled and outlined in each individual’s service plan and/or IEP . Record baseline data for implementation of new goals. Maintain communication with other service providers, family members/advocates, school districts and community members. Received training for Clinical Supervision which included the writing of behavior plans, preparing reports for Health and Welfare, and performing Functional Behavior Assessments.

Lead Preschool Teacher – Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Center – Boise, ID

Child Advocate - Women’s and Children’s Alliance – Boise, ID

Worked with children and mothers who lived in the domestic violence shelter. Assess an individual child's needs, limitations, and potential, using observation, and consultation with mother and other personnel. Attend workshops, seminars, or professional meetings to remain informed of new developments, Counsel children and families to help solve conflicts and problems in learning and adjustment. Promote an understanding of child development and its relationship to learning and behavior. Provide consultation to parents, teachers, administrators, and others on topics such as learning styles and behavior modification techniques.

Preschool Teacher- Kids Under Construction – Boise, ID

Preschool Teacher- Land of Nod – Eagle, ID

Preschool Teacher - Teaching World - Nampa, ID

Prepared 4 and 5 year old students for kindergarten by coordinating the curriculum used in 2 classes and monitoring and ensuring motivating learning activities.

Properly handled conflict resolution between students, using prescribed measures to control behavior.

Facilitated parent involvement and communication through newsletters, family activities, and field trips.

Provided skill testing and a wide variety of subjects including art, music, health and nutrition, physical education as well as social skills and learning activities.

Preschool Teacher/Manager - Kuna's Lil Spuds - Kuna, ID

Created a weekly newsletter to keep parents updated on all preschool/daycare activities. I chose a family each week to "spotlight" and wrote an article with photos and family interview.

Organized a summer field trip program utilizing both staff and parent supervision in which once a week the children had the opportunity to learn hands on in correlation with current studies. The challenge was to come up with trips that would be interesting to preschoolers, 6th graders, and all ages in between and the result was a tremendous success.

Designed curriculum for all ages as well as after school and summer activities which included field trips, gymnastics, dance and music.

Worked with government agencies for children with special needs, foster families and Health and Welfare entities.

Supervised and trained staff and kept necessary records on all children and staff.

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix – BSHS (Human Service)

Certified Habilitative Interventionist

Treasure Valley Community College (TVCC) – Ontario, OR -

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Owner - All About Your Home Services - Treasure Valley, ID

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office 365) Google Suite, google meets, google voice, google classroom, google docs, google drive, Zoom

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