Guidance Counselor Residential Assistant
Resume:
DINA
DERILAS
*********@*****.***
Englewood, NJ 07631
LICENSURES
NJ School Counselor Certification.
New York Public School teacher Certification:
*/**/**** – 8/31/2025
NY-LP/Mental Health Counseling (LP-LMHC)
09/07/21- 09/07/22
Pupil Personnel Service
08/23/2021- 09/01/2026
Maryland Educator Certificate
1/01/2021- 12/31/2025
EDUCATION
Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN, 2019
M.S: School Counseling & Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY• 2016
B. A: Psychology
SKILLS
Career Awareness
Conflict Resolution
Social Skills Academic Planning Academic & Career Advisement
Autism spectrum experience
Empathetic and patient
Outpatient therapy backgroud
LANGUAGES
Haitian Creole
SOFTTWARE
Care Logic
Meditech
Citrix
Avatar
Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
PowerSchool
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Determined guidance counselor with success in helping students achieve educational goals and personal well-being. Talented in meeting the objective of the counseling program by providing preventative education, advocacy mediation, and counseling to students and ensuring students can achieve school success through academic, career, and personal development experiences. Sensitive to cultural difference of students.
WORK HISTORY
Mental Health Counselor, 09/2019 – Present
Interborough developmental and consultation center - Brooklyn, New York
Effectively managed time and caseload based on 17 sessions per week.
Write progress notes, treatment plans, and established therapeutic goals collaboratively with patients, and periodically review them with for progress.
Utilized DSM 5 for diagnosing psychiatric disorders.
Practice a variety of modalities and interventions based on client need, including cognitive-behavioral interventions, mindfulness, grief/bereavement counseling, psychoeducation, stress reduction & healthy coping strategies.
Create an atmosphere of safety and understanding, so clients feel comfortable sharing their feelings and talking about life events and developments.
Utilized Cognitive Behavioral techniques to support clients in meeting therapeutic goals.
Provided clients with recommendations to community resources.
Documented client progress in confidential files.
Managed private practice of 17 clients per week.
Performed client assessments and developed treatment plans.
Summer School Counselor 5/2022- 6/2022
Cook Academy New York, NY
Created, and implemented lesson plans and curriculum.
Kept students safe and secure.
Read stories to students, facilitated discussions and tied books into learning opportunities.
Assisted children in the development of social, communication and problem-solving skills.
Incorporated music and art activities centered on promoting learning and imaginative play.
Promoted physical, emotional, intellectual and social development through well-planned classrooms lessons, games and outside activities.
Prepared visual aids, equipment and classroom display to foster learning.
Guidance Counselor/School Counselor 08/2021 - 06/2022
Encinal Jr. Sr. High School – Alameda, CA
Counseled students, individually and in groups, regarding academic readiness, discipline-related guidance issues, social and emotional development, substance abuse, conflict mediation, and graduation requirements, and making appropriate referrals.
Collaborated to develop and implement behavior intervention plans to support students' academic, social, and emotional development.
Maintained current student academic records and regularly communicated with students and families about students’ academic progress towards meeting graduation requirements.
Evaluated transcripts, scheduled appropriate courses for graduation requirement, monitored student grades/progress, evaluated and interpreted test score.
Conducted 504 and SST meeting; participated in IEP meeting to support students based on their needs.
Directly provided individual and group counseling (grief and depression group) sessions to improve behavior, academic performance, and lead them through crisis intervention.
Provided student with coping strategies to manage stress, anxiety, conflict management, and exam pressure.
Planned, developed and presented information on high school graduation college admissions, a-g requirement, credit recovery, college class, and early graduation.
Identified and made appropriate referrals to meet and support students’ academic, social, or mental health needs.
Collaborated with teachers, families, administrators to support students through social-emotional, mental, and academic support
Experience in using aeries software program.
Maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, alumni and administration.
Guidance Counselor/School Counselor 10/2020 - 05/2021
Tana Middle School - Fairbanks, AK
Provides personal and group counseling to students and advises and counsels students regarding academic, educational, and short-term social and emotional problems.
Communicated, coordinated, and collaborated with behavioral health specialists on developing and implementing student supports and assisted students with special needs in compliance with 504 guidelines.
Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust and rapport to deescalate situations.
Program Facilitator, 01/2016 - 01/2019
Southern Adventist University
Disability Support Services, Collegedale TN
Provided individual and group counseling to students and families to assist with school and social adjustment problems (e.g., prevention and intervention services)
Tracked student progress, taught good studying habits, and identified strengths/areas for growth in students.
Referred students to various resources and programs, social service and governmental agencies, support groups, and other community resources as appropriate.
Implement an effective referral process in collaboration with parents, administrators, professors, and other school personnel.
Counseled students in Occupational Course of Study transitioning from high school to the workforce.
Residential Assistant Manager, 01/1998 - 01/2016
AHRC NYC - New York, NY
Provided management oversight for ten individuals with special needs and supervised a staff of seven (e.g., created schedules, etc.)
Effectively interviewed, hired and trained new staff and facilitated ongoing mandatory training.
Provided direct resident care (e.g., administer medications, hold quarterly meetings through scheduling and coordinating of physician appointments) and Managed budget as well as assisted residents with personal finances.
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