CNA and Behavioral Support Specialist

LATESHA LAWSON-ADOLPHE

CNA / Behavioral Technician

Phone: 347-***-**** Email:*********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Proactive and reliable multitasker with excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize patient needs and coordinate daily basic care needs Highly motivated team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and passion for process improvement efforts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPEREIENCE:

The Stepping Stone Group, Landover, MD, November 2023 – Current

Speech-Language Facilitator

Assist Speech Pathologist with daily task.

Assist 6 to 10 children between the ages of 3 to 18 with speech therapy.

Manage group discussions and activities to achieve specific goals and outcomes.

Family Insight, Fairfax, VA, August 2022 - June 2023

Behavioral Technician

Assist Behavior Analysts in implementing and monitoring treatment plans that teach patients coping skills.

Assist clients with day-to-day activities and recording the progress.

Worked with Developmental clients.

Brightstar Care, Ashburn, VA, May 2021 – November 2024

Home Health Aide

Assisted patients with bathing, dressing, feeding, personal care and dental hygiene.

Worked with disabled clients.

Assist with perineal care, ambulation, positioning, transferring and transporting, and recorded patient input and output.

Lighthouse Healthcare Inc, Reston, VA April 2021 – June 2022

Certified Nursing Assistant

Worked with disabled clients.

Assisted home bound patients with activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, grooming, hygiene personal and dental.

Escorts to and from activities and all meals, Transferring and transporting.

Synergy Homecare, Danbury, CT May 2019 – April 2021

Certified Nursing Assistant

Assist patients to and from doctor appointments, and activities.

Worked with disabled clients.

Prepared meals, transferring and assisted with personal and dental care.

Also assisted with motion exercise.

Home Sweet Home, Trumbull, CT, November 2017 – April 2019

Certified Nursing Assistant

Maintains a safe, secure and healthy patient environment by following asepsis

standards and procedures.

Light cleaning, providing basic care to patients, assisting patients with daily activities, feeding, moving and positioning and transferring.

Assist with vital signs, personal and dental hygiene.

Worked with disabled and hospice clients.

Atrium Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, Brooklyn, NY January 2015 – August 2018

Certified Nursing Assistant

Total care including bathing, feeding, personal and dental hygiene and perineal care.

Assisted with Ambulation, elimination, range of motion exercises, moving and positioning and transferring.

Assisted with transporting, vital signs: height, weight, pulse, respiration and temperature, recorded patient input and output.

EDUCATION

National American University, Kansas City, KS

oAssociate’s degree, Medical Staff Services Management

CERTIFICATION

CPR

Behavior Technician, RBT

Adult First Aide, CPR AED

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Proficiency in the following:

MS Office Suites (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint). Digital Meeting Software (Zoom, Google Meets, Microsoft Teams)

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