Sherri Case
Brantford,ON
Summary
Compassionate Child Development Specialist with many years' experience in helping children exposed to risk factors such as violence in the home and substance abuse or dealing with individual mental or physical limitations. Expertise includes developing plans, curriculum, and activities to build skills and enhance development or limitations in all physical or mental abilities. Proficient at putting together intervention plans, curriculum, and developmentally-appropriate activities to promote skill development.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Child Development Specialist
Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
01.2005 - Current
- Demonstrates excellent crisis intervention. Assisted in developing and implementing individualized service plans for children and youth.
- Provided guidance and support to children and youth regarding educational, behavioral, social, and emotional issues.
- Conducted assessments of client needs and developed strategies to help them achieve their goals.
- Collaborated with school personnel, parents, and guardians, community resources, and other professionals to ensure the best outcomes for the child and youth.
- Extensive background providing services to children and youth with special needs, including individual/family support, counseling, and advocacy.
- Developed and facilitated a wide variety of groups and workshops for special needs children, youth, and parents using a multidisciplinary approach.
- Extensive work with providing service to diverse populations, addictions, children and youth at risk, immigrants and refugees, individuals who are homeless or at risk, individuals and families living in poverty or low/no income, those with mental health and disabilities.
- Providing home visits to promote support, life skills, social skills, independence, and all areas of development.
- Implemented behavior management techniques to encourage appropriate behavior from participants.
- Ensured compliance with policies, procedures, laws, and regulations pertaining to child and youth services.
- Developed and implemented skill-building activities to build students' abilities.
- Work from a lens that provides all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, ageism, classism, and economic oppression, impact the health and well-being of individuals and communities.
- Constructed age-appropriate goals and outcomes to assist children with special needs and developmental delays.
- Communicated respectfully and thoughtfully with parents and guardians by remaining sensitive to different families' cultures, values and needs.
- Provided community resources and education to families to increase knowledge and advocacy skills.
Consulting Resource Teacher
St. Matthews House - Early Childhood Integration Support Services
01.1993 - 01.2005
- Developed and implemented individualized education plans for students with special needs.
- Established positive relationships with students and families to ensure effective communication between home and school.
- Assessed student performance using a variety of formal and informal assessment tools.
- Provided guidance and support to teachers, staff, and parents regarding the instructional strategies best suited for students with disabilities.
- Collaborated with administrators, counselors, social workers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other professionals to coordinate services for students.
- Facilitated IEP meetings as needed to discuss student progress and develop appropriate goals for each student.
- Assessed student progress regularly using formative assessments, adjusting instructional strategies as needed for optimal learning outcomes.
- Developed strong relationships with parents and guardians, fostering open communication about students'' progress and needs.
- Created and managed IEPs to define student learning objectives and educational strategies, in addition to applying instructional knowledge and methods to support goals.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Care And Education
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Hamilton, ONSome College (No Degree) - Child, Youth And Family Studies
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Hamilton, ONSome College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Education - Resource Consulting/Early Interventionist
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Hamilton, ONSome College (No Degree) - Psychology
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Hamilton, ON05-2008
Some College (No Degree) - Sociology
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Hamilton, ON05-2006
Some College (No Degree) - A Framework For Child Care Administration
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON05-1993
Skills
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Student assessment
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Skill-building exercises
- Curriculum Development/Activity implementation
- Communication techniques
- Special Education
- Behavior Management
- Student rapport
- Safety Planning
- Special Needs Support
- Early intervention/inclusion services
- Child development knowledge
- Report Writing/case notes
- Case Management
- Effective Communication
- Client Advocacy
- Family Support
- High-Risk Populations Identification
Certification
- First Aid & CPR/AED level C Certificate
- WHIMIS Certificate
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate
- Antiracism Course Certificate
- Antiracism at Work Certificate
- Resolving Conflict Certificate
- Breast Feeding Training Course - Breast Feeding Coalition
- Crisis Intervention Certificate
- Food Handler Certificate
Timeline
Child Development Specialist
Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre
01.2005 - Current
Consulting Resource Teacher
St. Matthews House - Early Childhood Integration Support Services
01.1993 - 01.2005
Some College (No Degree) - Child, Youth And Family Studies
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Education - Resource Consulting/Early Interventionist
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Some College (No Degree) - Psychology
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Some College (No Degree) - Sociology
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
Some College (No Degree) - A Framework For Child Care Administration
University of Guelph
- First Aid & CPR/AED level C Certificate
- WHIMIS Certificate
- Mental Health First Aid Certificate
- Antiracism Course Certificate
- Antiracism at Work Certificate
- Resolving Conflict Certificate
- Breast Feeding Training Course - Breast Feeding Coalition
- Crisis Intervention Certificate
- Food Handler Certificate
Some College (No Degree) - Early Childhood Care And Education
Mohawk College of Applied Arts And Technology
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