School Psychologist Candidate and Practitioner

Alexa Farnese, MA; Resume

Objective:

To obtain a position as a School Psychologist.

Education:

Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, June 2016 to May 2019 (was in their dual program that combined both my MA in Child Clinical Psychology as well as a Specialist Degree/Certification in School Psychology, as having an MA in Child Clinical Psychology is required before you can receive or even start the School Psychologist Specialist degree, unless one enrolls in the dual program). Combined credits is 68 or MA +32)

-Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Masters Degree (36 credits)

-School Psychology Certification/ Specialist Degree (32 Credits).

- Dual Program, which included both of the above equals 68 credits in total. In order to become a school psychologist after undergraduate college, it is a minimum of 3 years of graduate school, if one does a dual program like the one explained above). University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, August 2012 to May 2016 (Bachelor of Arts) Major: Psychology Minor: Theater Performance

Graduated from West Essex Regional High School in 2012. Achievements:

Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NASP/Certified through the National Association of School Psychologists) as through July 2022 - July 2025; NASP Member (2019- current/May 2026); Maintained a 3.94 GPA at Montclair State University; Member of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honor Society; New Jersey Certified School Psychologist; New York Provisional School Psychologist Certification; Georgia Certified School Psychologist; Delaware Certified School Psychologist School Psychologist Experience:

School Psychologist at Newark Public Schools (June 2, 2026-/January 12th 2026)

-Lafayette Street Elementary School (Mondays and Tuesdays):

-caseload of approximately 20 students at this location.

-working with the following grades/programs: 1st grade Autism; 3rd and 4th grade RCI,

- Camden Street Elementary School (Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays):

-caseload of approximately 35 students at this location (totaling a caseload of approximately 55 students).

-working with the following grades/programs: 1st grade Autism, RCI and RCO; Pre-k 3 and Pre-k 4 (Autism, RCI and RCO)

School Psychologist at Paterson School District (September 1, 2022 to February 2025)

-Case Manager and School Psychologist at Joseph A. Taub middle school and School #7 Elementary school

(worked at School #7 from September 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023 before being transferred to work at Joseph A Taub school full time);Caseload of approximately 55 students (ages 5- 15) from September 1, 2022- June 28, 2023; Caseload of ~50 students (ages 11-15) for September 1

2023-June 2024 school year; Caseload of 50 Students (ages 10-15) for September 2024- February 2025.

-Counseling caseload of over 10 students (group and individual); Social Skills group, anxiety, depression, grief.

-Started the very first Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at Joseph A. Taub School during the 2022-2023 School Year & Lead Advisor for the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at Joseph A. Taub School.

-Evaluating & Re-evaluating students, writing reports, scheduling meetings, meeting with parents, leading IEP meetings, classifying students, Using the WASI-2, WISC V, SAED-2, BASC, BRIEF, Vineland, Conners, ect. to assess students; Writing IEPs using EdPlan- Easy IEP; Navigating through EduMet, Infinite Campus, Media X, HIBster, and Onspire

-Collaborating and consulting with administration, teachers, school staff and parents.

-Counseling students using evidence-based interventions & practices; Monitoring effectiveness of counseling/interventions by taking and reviewing data, and by going through the 4 Step Problem Solving Model; Leading a Social Skills counseling group with 8 special education students bi-weekly using evidence-based practices as well as collecting data to track progress; Behavioral Intervention Plans, FBA’s; Manifestation Meetings.

-Weekly CST meetings with our CST supervisor; Weekly Culture and Climate meetings with our building principal; Holding/running Annual Review/ Eligibility IEP meetings with parents and school staff.

Bloomfield School District July 1st- August 24, 2024

-Testing k-8 students; Report writing and attending meetings Contractual School Psychologist at ProCare Therapy/Soliant Group (March 30, 2022 to June 23, 2022); Wayne Hills High School

-Caseload of 50 Students; Scheduling IEP meetings; Navigating through Realtime; Holding IEP meetings; Writing IEPs; Consulting and collaborating with parents and staff. School Psychologist at Lodi School District (September 2021 to February 2022)

-Managed a caseload of approximately 60 students ages 2 through 22 years of age (pre-k through 12th grade) across all 7 schools within Lodi School District; Counseled 22 students outside my caseload (ages 7 to 18). Both individual and group counseling.

-Implemented evidence-based interventions/strategies for different counseling goals/objectives relating to: Social Skills, Grief management, SEL, Anxiety, Depression, Studying Skills. Kept detailed logs of all students and social skills groups (I ran 3 separate social skills groups bi-weekly: 1 elementary aged social skills group; 1 middle school aged social skills group; 1 high school aged social skills group); tracked progress by administering baseline assessments (that were evidence-based) and tracking progress throughout group sessions.

-Navigated through Frontline and Genesis; Conducted Preschool assessments in addition to K-12

(Bailey, Battelle); Conducted psychological/cognitive assessments for K-12 ( WISC, WAIS, WASI); Conducted socio-emotional assessments (BRIEF, BASC, Conners, SAED-2); Classifying students; Holding IEP meetings, collaborating with CST members, parents, related service providers, other school staff

-Supervised a school psychology graduate student; Weekly CST meetings with supervisor. Contract School Psychologist at EDU Healthcare (March 2021- July 2021); Hillside Public Schools

(April 2021-June 2021) & Bloomfield School District (June 2021 to August 2021) Contract School Psychologist at Delta T Group (October 2020 to March 2021); -Ocean Township Public Schools (October 2020-December 2020)

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Contractual School Psychologist at Procare Therapy (January 2020- March 12, 2020)

-Conducting psychoeducational evaluations (WISC, WIATT, WJ); Can conduct evaluations on both I-Pads and testing kits; Classroom Observations; Socioemotional testing (SAED 2, BASC, BRIEF, VINELAND, CONNERS, ect.); Family-School Collaboration

-Going through the 4 stages of the Problem Solving Model: 1. Problem Identification, 2. Problem Analysis [Data Analysis and Collection], 3. Intervention Development & Implementation, 4. Intervention Evaluation Consultation).

-Navigating through E-school, IMS, IEP Plus; Implementing RTI and MTSS Contractual School Psychologist at the Stepping Stones Group (August 2019-December 2019)

-Conducting psychoeducational evaluations (WAIS, WISC, WIATT); Can conduct evaluations on both I-Pads and testing kits; Navigating through E-school and IMS. School Psychologist Intern at Passaic Valley Regional High School September 2018- June 2019

-Psychological testing; Creating and updating IEPs; Navigating through Realtime; Attending workshops and Child Study Team meetings; Family-school collaboration; Facilitated group counseling sessions (Social skills & Pain/grief groups); Individual counseling; Consulting with teachers and staff about students; Report writing; Data collection (CBM/FBA); Implementing behavioral and academic interventions; Assessing effectiveness of interventions/programs Graduate Advanced Clinical Student at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 2017 to August 2019

-Conducting full psychological and educational evaluations for clients between the ages of 6 and 26 (WAIS, WISC, WPPSI, Standford-Binet, WJ-IV); Conducting socio-emotional evaluations

(i.e. BRIEF, BASC, Connors, ect.) ;Conducting clinical interviews Interpreting test results and writing reports.

Substitute Teacher at West Essex Regional School District (2014-2018) 3

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