Karin Muraca
Stoney Creek,ON
Summary
- Experience in providing professional, quality care for a wide range of special needs children, adults and senior citizens
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, effectively utilized working with all age groups
- Passionate about creating purposeful and long-standing professional relationships
- Dedicated, reliable,hardworking professional who believes in long life learning and maintains a strong desire to succeed
- Work exceptionally well under constant change and stressful situations
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Educational Assistant
Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board
Hamilton, ON
09.2023 - Current
- Executed targeted support strategies during individual and small group interactions to foster independent learning.
- Analyzed student behavior and applied targeted management strategies to promote a positive educational environment.
- Implemented hands-on training techniques to enhance student proficiency in job-related tasks while fostering a positive learning environment.
- Assisted individuals with personal care needs, providing comprehensive support in toileting, feeding, and mobility to promote independence and dignity.
Educational Assistant
Halton Catholic District School Board
Burlington, ON
09.1999 - Current
- Co-op Education coached students on appropriate workplace communication,teamwork, and professional behavior
- Co-op Education built positive relationships with community employers to support successful placements
- provided direct job coaching to students with special needs in community based co-op placements
- Supported students in learning and completing job specific tasks using hands on instruction, prompting, and gradually fading off support, at times leading to employment
- assisting special needs students with programming, toileting, feeding, daily living activities and learning.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
Health Care Aide
St. Joseph's Lifecare Centre
Brantford, ON
09.1995 - 04.2022
- Assisted patients with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome and adapt to mobility restrictions.
- Maintained clean, safe and well-organized patient environment.
- Adhered to all resident lifting and safe lifting instructions and rules.
- Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Education
Graduate Certificate - Health Care Aide
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Brantford, ON04.1995
High School Diploma -
St. John's College
Brantford, ON09.1994
Skills
- Assistance with learning disabilities
- Cooperative education experience
- Delivering individual instruction
- Autism support services
- Behavioral assistance
- Proficient in special education strategies
Accomplishments
- Autism Spectrum Disorders Training
- Behavior Management Certificate
- Safe Management Training
- Proloquo2go Training
- Aggressive Behavior Management Training
- Online School- Teams
- SURGE Online Educational Learning
- Dysphasia
- WHIMIS
- Fire and Safety
Certification
- Autism Spectrum Disorders Training
- Behavior Management \certificate
- Safe Management Training
- Proloquo2go Training
- Aggressive Behavior Management Training
- Online School- Teams
- Surge Online Education Training
- Dysphasia
- WHIMIS
- Fire and Safety Training
Timeline
Educational Assistant
Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board
09.2023 - Current
Educational Assistant
Halton Catholic District School Board
09.1999 - Current
Health Care Aide
St. Joseph's Lifecare Centre
09.1995 - 04.2022
High School Diploma -
St. John's College
Graduate Certificate - Health Care Aide
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
References
Available Upon Request