brianna paull

* Paraprofessional in a substantially separate, moderate to severe ASD classroom of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Responsibilities included the following: * Served as part of an instructional team; assisted the special education professional with * students * Assisted in lesson planning with the educator and developing the classroom schedule * Lead students in academic centers individually and in groups * Performed daily activities designed by support personnel (OT and SLP) * Promoted and improved language development and social skills with students * Assisted a non-verbal student with that student's iPad for communication, social skills, and lesson purposes * Assisted the special education professional with crisis and behavioral management * Modeled positive behavior * Observed, recorded and charted academic, behavioral and ADL data * Participated in the summer program for the City of Brockton July-August 2013. I worked in an ASD classroom containing the same students from the regular school year; continued with IEP academic and behavioral goals.

* Make and serve specialty coffee drinks in a friendly, upbeat environment * Currently hold Food Safety and MA Food Allergen Awareness * certifications * Trained ten employees to date * Held an assistant manager position January-September in 2011 * Responsibilities included ordering product, preparing/recording/transporting deposits, * scheduling and training employees, and handling any * customer-related issues

* Currently working as a teaching assistant in the technology department of Education at Cardinal Cushing, where students ages 6-22 years are served. These students come on a weekly basis for computer lessons. Responsibilities include the following: * Assist students with computer lessons including keyboarding, word processing and digital art as well as working with iPads to locate educational apps for classrooms * Create visuals, schedules, lesson plans, PECS communication books for classrooms using * Boardmaker Studio * Create and assemble curriculum materials for classrooms * Assist with behavior management and model positive behavior * Often assist in classrooms with all students or as a 1:1 assistant during academics * and specialists * Supervise lunch, recreational time, and cab duty (students arriving and leaving school)

Activities and Societies: Student Council Member, Varsity Tennis Team, Dance Team

Enrolled in clinical practicum course in Speech Pathology in which clinical hours can be credited towards ASHA hours * Worked with a student with an articulation disorder * Attended weekly meetings with the supervisor to discuss student’s progress and goals ` * Wrote therapy plans and SOAP notes * Created activities and materials according to the student’s interests and needs, and implemented them into the sessions * Collected data during sessions * Administered the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL) * Wrote a semester progress summary and presented this to the student’s parents * Student achieved goal of producing the target sound voiceless /th/ in initial, medial and final word positions and in sentences with 80% accuracy * Earned 10 clinical hours that were credited to ASHA hours Activities and Societies: Children's Physical Developmental Clinic (CPDC), NSSLHA