Blanca Valencia

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EDUCATION

Merrimack College, North Andover Sept 2021 to 2023

Master of Social Work

Merrimack College, North Andover May 2019

Bachelor of Science in Child, Family, and Community Studies

Middlesex Community College, Lowell, MA Jun 2012

Associate in Science in Early Childhood Education

Autonomy University of Caribbean, Barranquilla, Colombia Dec 1993

Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management

CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

●EEC, Lead Teacher Certification, Director I/II

●Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mentor Network health South Bay

MSW Field placement Internship August 2022 to May 2023

Provided direct client care through individual counseling for population ages 50 to 15 years old with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, depression, anxiety, and School Behavioral issues.

Built helpful relationships with Clients while maintaining professional boundaries.

Attended trainings relating to clients care such as motivational interviewing and maintaining client boundaries

Assisted clients with insurance, financial and transportation.

Participated in multidisciplinary teams.

Collaborated with community agencies to provide appropriate, wraparound care to clients.

Provided In-Home Therapy service.

Develop community connections with local social service agencies to increase utilization of services and ensure effective collaboration for all clients.

Mentor Network Early Intervention South Bay 2019 to present

MENTOR Network South Bay

MSW Field placement Internship September 2012 to May 2022

Therapeutic Early Intervention Specialist

●Plans, schedules and provides weekly early educational in-home services for assigned caseloads of infants/toddler with special needs.

●Administers and documents all program assessment and updates accurately to meet designated timelines.

●Designs, implements, and adapts activities for language, cognitive, fine and gross motor, sensory, self-help, and social/emotional development, for each individual child, utilizing best practices.

●Models’ effective adult-child interactions and provides written information on parenting and child development, as needed. Provides parents with written weekly activities and effective coaching.

●Maintain confidential client records/files. Logs all phone and face- to- face contacts with family and their Infant Service Coordinator.

Acre Family Daycare, Lowell, MA 2000-2020 Childcare Educator

●Plan daily lessons, approach learning to develop children across language, social emotional skill, math, art, engineering, and sensory activities.

●Administrator and evaluator of several guidance tools and assessment to help individualize curriculum to each child’s like ASQs (Ages and stages questionnaires), Teaching strategies gold assessment and progress reports.

●Perform administrative duties including required documentation, emails, phone calls and organizational tasks.

●Manage all financial operations in family childcare.

●Organizer strengthening family and children’s events.

●Mastered Massachusetts EEC standards of education and environment regulations. Like (BAS) and Rating Scale

●Experience working with low income, culturally diverse and at-risk families and children in the Lowell Community.

●Advocate and represent childcare Educators as a board member. Acre Family Child Care

Clarendon Family Day Care, Lowell, MA 1997-2000

Childcare Educator

●Plan and teach daily lessons activities.

●Recordkeeping

●Caring for understanding children with Challenging Behaviors

●Nutrition and feeding Issues in Early Childhood

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Lowell Community Leaders Meeting, Childcare Advocate/Representative. 2001-2003

●Parenting programs.

●Support diversity in EEC programs.

●Family and Community Engagement.

●Spanish Teacher CCF Private elementary school.

Universal Program for Kindergarten (UPK) 2007-2008

●Participated on multiple panels at the Massachusetts State House to present the program to local government, including governor, senators, and other constituents.

AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS

●Adults and Children Alliance, Member

●National Association for Family Child Care

●Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children Training

●Strengthening Families Program Training

●State Senate Excellent Service and Commitment to the Children and Families of Greater Lowell

●NAFCC Accreditation Observer Training.

●Child Care Mentor Training.

●Behavior Management Early Childhood Program.

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