Training and Professional Consultation:
- Consultation and collaboration with clinical supervisors at CSM and Cañada College.
- Consultation and support provided to Marco Chacon, new full-time counselor and coordinator of intern program at Cañada college
- Recruited, interviewed and will manage new intern for 2022-2023 school year.
- Currently supervise five interns: One- marriage, family therapy trainee, two- marriage family therapy trainee/clinical counselor trainees soon to be Registered Post-graduate Associates, one Post-graduate Associate Social Worker and one Post graduate Associate Marriage, Family Therapist soon to be licensed.
- Provided all key statistics to support additional staffing at Skyline College including key information for the Presidential Innovation Fund which funded our 2019-2021 intern staff and our current graduate students from St. Mary’s college and new part-time faculty adjuncts
- Clinical coaching and consultation provided to licensed staff.
- Coordinated district wide training on the following topic:
- Grief and Loss
- Individual consultations on students of concern and CARE referrals.
- Immediate consultation for classroom situations or code of conduct concerns.
- Discipline consultations and advocacy work for students
- Individual consultations on situational crisis for faculty and staff
- Administrative consultations on sensitive situations
- Develop and maintain comprehensive resource packet for Title IX packet
- Provided additional hours and support on off days to cover CARES referrals
- Provided additional support to Dean Escobar as we did not have a Director of Student Support for the 2021-2022 school year.
- Selected to be part of the Title IX team as a student advocate
- Trainings provided for our Intern Program:
- Crisis Management
- Assessment
- Extended Family Systems
- Treatment Planning
- Coordinated with outside and internal providers to provide trainings on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Grief and Loss
- 8 hour Title IX Training Series:
- Legal Framework for Understanding Conflicts of Interest & Bias
- Understanding the Investigative Report Template for Investigations of Title IX Sexual Harassment
- Severe, Persistent, and Objectively Offensive Title IX Sexual Harassment
- Privacy, Confidentiality & Privilege in Disclosures of Sexual & Interpersonal Violence
- What is Affirmative Consent
- Cultural Relevance and Inclusiveness, and Responding to Sexual & Interpersonal Violence on Campus
- Due Process Part 1: Theory and History
- Due Process Part 2: Practical Application
- Title IX Final Rule Basics
- Virtual Hearing Technology
- Effective Interviewing of Parties and Witnesses
- Neurobiology of Sexual Assault Three part series
- Disability Law in Student Conduct Proceedings
- Supportive Measures in Response to Reports of Sexual and Interpersonal Violence
- CAS Standards: Sexual Violence Related Programs & Services
- Appeals in Student Conduct Proceedings
Supervision / Clinical Skills Related Courses
- Supervision Training: Making Sense of Change: How to Comply with the New Supervision Requirements: California Association of Marriage, Family Therapists (CAMFT)
- What is Supervision and What Are Supervisors Expected to Do? (CAMFT)
- Anchoring Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) at the University of California
- Domestic Violence by Community Overcoming Relational Abuse (CORA)
Diversity & Equity Related
- Critical Race Theory (CRT)
- Black + Mental Health + Matters by Art with Impact
Specialized Programming
During the 2021-2022 developed a specialized collaboration and therapeutic programming with the Women’s Mentorship & Leadership Academy (WMLA).
The following services were created and implemented in conjunction with Danielle Powell program coordinator:
- Regular program meetings to discuss specific needs of the WMLA members.
- Year-long classes and presentations presented and coordinated for the WMLA members.
- Escalation Domestic Violence Workshop
- General Counseling Resources and Community Resources
- Career Development and participation for Fall Retreat
- Mindfulness class provided by personal counseling staff at Spring Retreat
- Clinical supervision to Golda Margate who works as coordinator for the WMLA program and served as a liaison with Personal Counseling
- Stream-line of referrals and gender specific requests and needs of WMLA students.
- Case management for specific WMLA students
- Participation of year end celebration
- Coordination with other Personal Counseling staff on providing presentations.
Due to the success of this collaboration we will continue this work with WMLA for the 2022-2023 academic year and we have added a similar collaboration with the International Students Program.