About me

Experience & Certifications

• 14 years: School Psychologist & Behavior Intervention Specialist

• 5 years: OIS (Oregon Intervention Systems) trained

• 8 years: CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) Instructor for non-violent restraints and de-escalation 

• 8 years: TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) liaison through CBIRT (Center for Brain Injury Research & Training)

• 6 years: Supporting self-contained classrooms including behavior, intellectual disabilities and transitions, Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center

• 2 years: Adjunct Professor for Southern Oregon University, Department of Education, Ashland, Oregon

• 28 years as a mother and 15 years of loving dogs! If you read this far down :) 

Certifications:

• FETI (Forensic Experiential Trauma Interview)

• OIS (Oregon Interventions System) 

• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)

• CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute)

• PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)

• CPS (Collaborative Problem Solving, 1 & 2) Think:Kids