Ember Waage

• Case-manage students in Non-Public Schools and Residential Treatment Facilities
• Facilitate IEP meetings, monitor progress of individual students, visit NPS sites to meet with staff and students to discuss progress and programming
• Consult with teachers, administration, service providers, outside agencies, and parents regarding social/emotional, academic and behavioral issues, interventions, and techniques
• Liaison to county programs for students placed by district or incarcerated
• Assess, interpret, and report on three-year re-evaluations of NPS students
• Gather necessary and required information to assess, interpret, and report on Residential Treatment Center consideration evaluations
• Visit out-of-state residential facilities to conduct triennial or residential treatment center evaluations for currently placed or unilaterally placed students
• Observe students at county or comprehensive sites who are being considered for more restrictive placement
• Assess NPS students at Providence Court School in the Juvenile Detention Center for triennial evaluations or residential treatment center consideration
• Conduct Functional Behavior Assessments, behavior interventions, and create Comprehensive Behavior Intervention Plans (CBIP)
• Participate and contribute as an IEP team member
• Counsel students when appropriate and necessary

• Assess, interpret, and report on three-year re-evaluations and initial referrals of middle school and elementary-age adolescents
• Assist in IEP and assessment compliance of special education students
• Assist with determining Least Restrictive Placement for eligible Special Education students
• Conduct SSTs, assist with 504s, observe students with concerns in classes and unstructured time
• Consulted with teachers, administration, and parents on academic and behavioral issues, interventions, and techniques to enhance student support
• Assist with crisis intervention and counseling
• Conduct Manifestation Determination reports and meetings
• Attend various trainings to gain further knowledge of school psychologist role

• Internship in first year with MPESD; Credentialed School Psychologist thereafter
• Facilitate KidStars Social Skills group weekly with elementary age students, focusing on students identified with Autism to improve social skills development
• Consult with teachers, administration, and parents regarding academic and behavioral issues, interventions, and
  techniques
• Assist with crisis intervention and counseling, develop effective Behavior Support Plans for implementation in classroom and unstructured settings
• Participate and conduct Manifestation Determination reports and meetings
• Assist with 504 plan development
• Assess, interpret, and report on three-year re-evaluations and initial special education referrals of middle school and elementary age adolescents
• Collaborated with the IEP team during meetings to discuss student needs
• Attend various trainings to gain further knowledge of school psychologist role

• Contributed to IEP team discussions at 2-3 different sites
• Assess, interpret, and report on three-year re-evaluations and initial referrals of high school age adolescents and transitioning pre-school age children
• Counseled high school students facing diverse challenges, including sexual and physical abuse, eating disorders, and clinical depression
• Lead weekly Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender counseling group of 5
• Consult with teachers regarding student interventions and techniques
• Advised parents on behavior management techniques to support student success

• Built rapport with teachers, parents, program/resource specialists, and school administrators to facilitate ongoing communication about referred children and potential referrals
• Counsel, observe, and assess at-risk and special education students in Title I, urban elementary school setting (under weekly supervision of School Psychologist)
• Consult with, and seek advice of Supervising School Psychologist regarding individual cases when necessary
• Researched outside counseling facilities for students and their families.
• Utilize various therapy techniques when counseling individual K-5 grade students
• Attended IEP and SST meetings, providing relevant information to support case discussions

Major in School Psychology, Minor in Marriage and Family Therapy