Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Extracurricular Skills And Hobbies
Selected Projects
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RYLE ATKINS

Edmonton,Canada

Summary

Experienced psychology intern and team lead with a strong background in trauma-informed care and behavioral assessments. Skilled in fostering therapeutic environments and collaborating effectively with diverse populations. Proven ability to support student mental health and enhance individual experiences through problem-solving and collaboration.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Psychology Intern

Boyle Street Education Centre
Edmonton, AB
08.2023 - 07.2024
  • Supported students' mental health by providing guidance on family issues, academics, and finances.
  • Provided mental health guidance on family, academic, and financial issues for students.
  • Conducted over 30 hours of intake interviews addressing sensitive topics like suicidality and substance use.
  • Collaborated on compiling psychological documentation for a large student cohort.
  • Implemented crisis intervention strategies, including risk assessment and safety planning.
  • Compiled and submitted psychological documentation for 40 to 75 students as part of a three-member team.
  • Implemented trauma-informed conversation strategies to enhance emotional support for students.
  • Assisted in applications for social programs and financial support resources.
  • Facilitated behavioral and emotional strategies tailored to individual student needs.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to address group counseling or research issues.
  • Observed and documented student behaviors during informal sessions.
  • Helped design psychological or educational mental health procedures for students with FASD.

Footwear Sales Associate and Team Lead

SportChek South Common
Edmonton, AB
03.2020 - Current
  • Led a team of 3-7 employees in the footwear department, ensuring standards and managing inventory.
  • Excellent attendance and punctuality record, consisting of zero unexcused absences, 1 sick day taken, and never been more than 5 minutes late, over the past 3 years.

Volunteer

Edmonton Seniors Centre
Edmonton, AB
10.2021 - 12.2021
  • Assisted in coordinating tailored group exercise classes, schedules, stretches, and routines, for older immigrant Canadians whose first language was not English.

Volunteer

Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Edmonton, AB
10.2018 - 04.2019
  • Visited various wards throughout the hospital socializing with patients, playing games, delivering newspapers, and listening to the stories and anecdotes the patients were willing to share.

Developmental Coach

Christian David Mor Primary School
Muzienberg, South Africa
04.2017 - 06.2017
  • Facilitated daily physical education, academic, and team-building activities for low-income elementary school children while ensuring fulfillment of basic needs at school.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
06-2025

Skills

  • Psychological assessments and documentation
  • Student behavior evaluations
  • Intake interviews and summaries
  • Professional ethics and boundaries
  • Coordinating literacy classes
  • Writing and test-taking skills
  • Problem-solving aptitude
  • Engaging diverse populations
  • Therapeutic environments and rapport
  • Trauma-informed practices
  • Diagnosis and etiology analysis
  • Collaboration and conflict resolution
  • Behavioral safety planning
  • Conflict de-escalation techniques
  • Team collaboration

Extracurricular Skills And Hobbies

  • Career objectives consist of school counselor or child developmental psychologist or clinician.
  • Demonstrated astute listening, mentorship, and teaching qualities through tutoring a grade 10 competitive swimmer highschool student to a B+ average, twice a month in Biology 20 and 30 over the course of one academic school year.
  • One year experience as an undergraduate learning assistant for a 300 level university child developmental psychology class, marking presentations, coordinating group activities, and facilitating class discussions.

Selected Projects

  • Student Success Plans (SSP) and Student Record Summaries (SRS), 08/01/23, 06/01/24, Composed SSPs and SRSs for over 100 students that was submitted to the government of Alberta, reviewed, and was dependent on over one million dollars of funding towards BSEC.
  • Screen Time Intervention Program (STIP), 01/01/22, 04/01/22, Proposed and presented a 15 page research proposal focused on an intervention, and behavior modification procedure to reduce screen time consumption of youths returning to in-person learning, while increasing physical activity.

Timeline

Psychology Intern

Boyle Street Education Centre
08.2023 - 07.2024

Volunteer

Edmonton Seniors Centre
10.2021 - 12.2021

Footwear Sales Associate and Team Lead

SportChek South Common
03.2020 - Current

Volunteer

Grey Nuns Community Hospital
10.2018 - 04.2019

Developmental Coach

Christian David Mor Primary School
04.2017 - 06.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology

University of Alberta
RYLE ATKINS