teresa protásio

Provided clinical interventions with an average of 12 families simultaneously in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Experience working with families with infants through adolescents. Supported and implemented plans with families in times of crisis during both removals and reunifications. Attended IEP meetings and court appearances to provide a clinical perspective of family. Created crisis intervention plans, developed individual coping strategies and worked with the family to connect them to their community’ resources

Created and edited documents including research, grant proposals, and communications coming from the Dean's Office. Assisted the Dean of Woods College as his Teaching Assistant (syllabus, communication with students, creating assignments, grading). Assisted the Dean with the learning management system and other tools like lecture capture, personal response systems, and collaborative technologies. Assist the Dean with developing and creating his courses on Canvas.

Provided clinical interventions with an average of 12 middle school students in accordance to their needs. Developed and thoroughly maintained client case records, treatment plans, IEPs, and reports. Attended school-based student support team and caregiver meetings for the assigned client. Coordinated necessary referrals for clients and families requiring a higher level of care and maintained collaboration with collaterals. Attended regularly-scheduled team and individual supervision meetings.

* Manager * Responsible for Costumer service (LU students and staff) * Assisting customers with special inquiries * Assisting clients on the internet tracking of packages and mail * Controlling mailing staffing jobs

* Team manager * Taking care of equipment needed for practices * Filming games and practices * Accompanying the team to all games

* Managed mental health and substance abuse third party insurance * Facilitated the client and health care provider needs * Assisted the triage/clinical department, billing/claims department, appeals department, and provider relations department * Over the phone contact with mental health and substance abuse patients looking for psychologists, psychiatrists, inpatient facilities or outpatient assistance. * Assisted with crisis calls where specific aid and procedure needed to be well conducted since patient is in crisis * Caution with action and speech needed to be appropriate due to population being dealt with

* Assist clients in meeting the goals established by the referring agency and facilitate the clients' development of their own independent capacity to progress and succeed. * Serve as an effective liaison between clients and all collaterals by maintaining communication with all collaterals in an appropriate manner. * Connect clients to appropriate community resources. * Accompany clients on all scheduled court appearances and other professional appointments. * Organize and maintain records of the family’s progress and setbacks; * On-call emergencies. * Be responsible for writing monthly reports for all clients on caseload and submitting same to the Director of Community Services in a timely fashion. * Maintain all appropriate records for clients, including: Medical/Dental, Court, Home Visits, etc. * Perform any duties the Executive Director deems necessary to insure the safety of the clients and the goals of the agency. * Provide recreational incentives to clients. * Develop interventions and solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of the clients.

* Worked closely with a Suffolk University professor who is currently researching on the topic: the purpose of life. A combination of two fields: philosophy and psychology. * Conducted research on psychology therapies, including pioneers of the therapies, and methods. * The goal of the research was to emphasize the relation between philosophy theories to the psychology therapies.

Senior year semester abroad"]

Senior year semester abroad

Activities and Societies: Environmental club

Graduated with a BA in Psychology. Minored in Art. Overseas Studies Program: 1 semester at Melbourne University, Psychology Department. Thesis: Experience: The Impact of Social Support on Cancer Patients Receiving Treatment Activities and Societies: Track and Field 2009-2012