High School Training
Resume:
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Profile
Experience as a Hospital Social Worker working with inter-professional teams
Private practice as child and family therapist
Proven success supporting Eating Disorders
Quick to establish therapeutic relationships
Creative problem solver
Experience with the ABI population
Multicultural experience
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Member of OASW and CCSWSSW
Member of the Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association
Training
Reaching in reaching Out (RIRO) Val Lusted MSW, RSW - Bloorview Kids Rehab (4 days)
Narrative Therapy Renee Climans MSW, RSW - Baycrest Hospital
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Culturally Enhanced - CAMH
Motivational Interviewing Dr. Wayne Skinner- CAMH
Sexuality, Safety and Smarts Bloorview Kids Rehab
Psychotherapy in Groups CGPA, Clinical Psychotherapist (5 days)
Grief Counseling Grief Counselor, Baycrest Hospital (6 months)
Social Skills Training Erin Wilke, CTRS, Bloorview Kids Rehab
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) Dr. Ross Green, Bloorview Kids Rehab
Program Evaluation Dr. Debra Goodman, University of Toronto
Experience
SOCIAL WORKER Present
Child and Family Therapist in Private Practice Toronto, Ontario
Social Skills Training Groups for school-age children with ADHD
Experience with Brain Injury population
Liaison with community agencies to serve clients/community better
Support women in their recovery of eating Disorders
Support families with children experiencing ADHD
Consultant to The Academy of Learning (career college) - lectured on Social Work courses, including ethics, counseling, and sociology
Facilitator of monthly support group for mothers of children with chronic illness
Group facilitator for Chai Lifeline Canada
SOCIAL WORKER (INTERN) 2009-2010
Bloorview Kids Rehab Toronto, Ontario
Family assessment; biopsychosocial and financial
Provided family, couple and individual therapy
Co-facilitate sibling survivor (acquired brain injury) group
Co-facilitate transition into high school group for brain injury survivors
Attend weekly seminars on therapy modalities
Program planning for social work week
Leader of CHUM Christmas Toy Fund for Bloorview patients
Program Evaluator
SOCIAL WORKER (INTERN) 2008 - 2009
Baycrest Hospital - Mountainview Community Day Center Toronto, Ontario
Day centre for elderly suffering from moderate to severe Alzheimers
Assessed potential members using the MMSE (Mini Mental Status Exam)
Helped potential members navigate the program through 3 visits
Completed social work assessments for each new member
Completed client profiles for each potential new member
Responsible for member admittance to the program
Provided counseling and education around dementia to members and their families.
Facilitated a weekly reminiscence group with elderly group members suffering from Alzheimers.
Co-facilitated a monthly support group for second generation Holocaust survivors.
TEACHER 2000 - 2007
Bais Yaakov Elementary School Toronto, Ontario
Private Elementary School
Created a stimulating and exciting learning environment
Implemented a current events program
Effectively customized a fifth grade curriculum for students with learning difficulties
TEACHER 1998 - 2000
Beit Chana Elementary School Montreal, Quebec
Private Elementary School
Designed and effectively taught a customized curriculum for sixth grade students with a limited knowledge of all Hebrew Studies
Created an exciting method of relating the rich Sephardic culture from a religious perspective
Education
MASTERS OF SOCIAL WORK April 2010
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Toronto, Ontario
CANADIAN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION 2009
NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND INSTITUTE Toronto, Ontario
THESIS 2007
WATCHING AGGRESSION Toronto, Ontario
Aggression in school and violence viewed on television
HONOURS BACHELOR OF ARTS 1999 - 2007
Major: Psychology Toronto, Ontario
YORK UNIVERSITY
CGEP DEGREE / DEC 1999
Elementary Teaching Certificate / Montreal, Quebec
Early Childhood Education Diploma
MARIE VICTORIN
ELEMENTARY TEACHING DIPLOMA 1996
BNOS CHAVA SEMINARY Jerusalem, Israel
Languages
English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Hungarian
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