Resume
BERTHE CHERENFANT BURNSIDE_________________________________________
[email protected]
Summary of Qualifications: New York State Licensed Guidance Counselor, fluent in Haitian Creole, and extensive knowledge of developmental disabilities.
EDUCATION
Touro College, M.S. Education and Special Education B-6, 6/10
Purdue University, M.S. School Counseling, 12/02
New York University, B.S. Applied Psychology, cum laude, 5/00
Certifications: B-2 Early Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities Internship Certificate,
New York State Licensed Guidance Counselor
EXPERIENCE
Applied Behavioral Sciences Specialist/ Career Counselor, United Cerebral Palsy of NYC, NY, NY 5/06-Present
- Conduct vocational workshops and individual career counseling on resume and cover letter preparation, interviewing skills. Administer career interest instruments to promote self-awareness. Assist consumers with successfully managing a catering business and store.
- Provide psychological services in Article 16 clinic: behavioral management, counseling, crisis intervention, and staff training. Responsible for behavioral plans and psychotropic medication management.
- Administer psychometric instruments such as the WAIS-III, The Stanford Binet, The Bayley Scale of Infant Development, and the Vineland Scale of Adaptive Functioning for over 120 developmentally disabled consumers. Determine capacity to consent to sexual activity.
- Train staff in areas such as: abuse prevention, sensitivity, basic rights, and sexuality policy.
- Created and conducted 24 groups to promote resiliency on a weekly basis in 6 elementary schools and two junior high schools in response to the World Trade Center attacks. Presented a full day workshop on stress reduction for guidance counselors. Co-organized an emergency preparedness seminar for the community.
- Served as a teacher/therapist for emotionally disturbed children in District 75 summer camp. Designed and co-facilitated a therapeutic summer camp for children in the community.
- Managed an auxiliary therapeutic foster care program: compiled and documented client activity in accordance with NYS regulations, delivered psycho-educational groups and individual counseling. Instrumental in getting clients into VESID and becoming gainfully employed. Assisted with permanency planning.
Case Worker, The Flatbush Haitian Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., 9/03-1/04
- Provided supportive counseling to clients who abuse substances. Translated for Haitian immigrants.
Instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN., 1/01-2/01
- Instructed education majors about adolescent development.
Guidance Counseling Intern, Lafayette and Tippecanoe School District, 2/01-11/02
- Independently developed the first career fair in the school district to assist parents with becoming gainfully employed for three elementary schools, including nine employers.
- Established a database of potential employers. Independently developed a comprehensive school-counseling program. Provided individual counseling, group counseling, and whole classroom guidance lessons.
- Provided career counseling for students and alumni requiring career planning and job search assistance.
- Tutored first and fourth graders in all subjects.
Honors:
Purdue Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, Eddie Jones Scholastic Award, Founder's Day Scholastic Honor,
New York Association of Black Journalists Scholarship
LANGUAGE and PC SKILLS: Fluent in Haitian Creole, Knowledge of Spanish. Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Power Point, SPSS 9.0
BERTHE CHERENFANT BURNSIDE_________________________________________
57 James Street, Ossining, N.Y. 10562, Cell: 914-629-5950, [email protected]
Summary of Qualifications: New York State Licensed Guidance Counselor, fluent in Haitian Creole, and extensive knowledge of developmental disabilities.
EDUCATION
Touro College, M.S. Education and Special Education B-6, 6/10
Purdue University, M.S. School Counseling, 12/02
New York University, B.S. Applied Psychology, cum laude, 5/00
Certifications:B-2 Early Childhood Education and Students with Disabilities Internship Certificate,
New York State Licensed Guidance Counselor
EXPERIENCE
Applied Behavioral Sciences Specialist/ Career Counselor, United Cerebral Palsy of NYC, NY, NY 5/06-Present
- Conduct vocational workshops and individual career counseling on resume and cover letter preparation, interviewing skills. Administer career interest instruments to promote self-awareness. Assist consumers with successfully managing a catering business and store.
- Provide psychological services in Article 16 clinic: behavioral management, counseling, crisis intervention, and staff training. Responsible for behavioral plans and psychotropic medication management.
- Administer psychometric instruments such as the WAIS-III, The Stanford Binet, The Bayley Scale of Infant Development, and the Vineland Scale of Adaptive Functioning for over 120 developmentally disabled consumers. Determine capacity to consent to sexual activity.
- Train staff in areas such as: abuse prevention, sensitivity, basic rights, and sexuality policy.
- Created and conducted 24 groups to promote resiliency on a weekly basis in 6 elementary schools and two junior high schools in response to the World Trade Center attacks. Presented a full day workshop on stress reduction for guidance counselors. Co-organized an emergency preparedness seminar for the community.
- Served as a teacher/therapist for emotionally disturbed children in District 75 summer camp. Designed and co-facilitated a therapeutic summer camp for children in the community.
- Managed an auxiliary therapeutic foster care program: compiled and documented client activity in accordance with NYS regulations, delivered psycho-educational groups and individual counseling. Instrumental in getting clients into VESID and becoming gainfully employed. Assisted with permanency planning.
Case Worker, The Flatbush Haitian Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., 9/03-1/04
- Provided supportive counseling to clients who abuse substances. Translated for Haitian immigrants.
Instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN., 1/01-2/01
- Instructed education majors about adolescent development.
Guidance Counseling Intern, Lafayette and Tippecanoe School District, 2/01-11/02
- Independently developed the first career fair in the school district to assist parents with becoming gainfully employed for three elementary schools, including nine employers.
- Established a database of potential employers. Independently developed a comprehensive school-counseling program. Provided individual counseling, group counseling, and whole classroom guidance lessons.
- Provided career counseling for students and alumni requiring career planning and job search assistance.
- Tutored first and fourth graders in all subjects.
Honors:
Purdue Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, Eddie Jones Scholastic Award, Founder's Day Scholastic Honor,
New York Association of Black Journalists Scholarship
LANGUAGE and PC SKILLS: Fluent in Haitian Creole, Knowledge of Spanish. Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Power Point, SPSS 9.0
