Danielle R Damico Resume

Danielle R. Damico
1 E Leigh St Apt B
Richmond, VA 23219
(757) 7177393
Damicodr@gmail.com
Education
Virginia Commonwealth University Bachelor’s Degree
•Major in Religious Studies
•Minor in Social Justice
•GPA 3.1
Job Experience
The Choice Group (June 2014 – Current)
Richmond, Va
•Vocational Counselor – managed a caseload of 20+ individuals ranging from all different disabilities
•Successfully placed 13 individuals in jobs that are a great fit for them and they continue to maintain their positions
•Provided intensive training to a variety of individuals in different job settings
•Carved out two positions for individualized jobs for specific clients
•Build an excellent rapport with DRS Counselors and their clients through detailed communication
Dominion Waiver Services (June 2013 – May 2014)
Richmond, Va
•Support Coordinator maintained
a caseload of 15 individuals with disabilities and special needs, ID and DD Medicaid waivers
•Wrote ISP's, quarterlies, 457's, and behavior plans for ID and DD waiver
•Sponsor Residential CoordinatorHelped
grow sponsor residential program from 3 individuals to 6 individuals
•Provided intensive training for contractors to work inhome
with individuals with special needs
•Proactively maintained a lowstress
environment for Dominion's Day Support Program
DeltaT
Group: Fredrick Douglas Young Scholars (2012June
2013)
Philadelphia, Pa
•Therapeutic Staff Support – reduced a student’s behavioral episodes from five per day to once bi monthly
•Helped student overcome severe ADHD, scaled back prompts from 15 per 30 minutes to 3 per 30 minutes
•Taught Reading Mastery Reading Intervention Group and increased students’ proficiency levels inliteracy, fluency, and vocabulary by x
amount
•Mentored and consoled students with severe socio, economical, behavioral and familial background challenges
DeltaT
Group: Delaware County Intermediary Unit (2012)
Broomall, Pennsylvania
•Early Intervention Personal Care Assistant – through the application of ABA therapy I successfully taught a young boy with autism with no
communication skills sign language
•Applied PEX through constant manding and intensive teaching sessions and was able to teach children how to communicate through
pictures
•Worked strenuously inside and outside of physical therapy to help a young boy walk up and down the stairs independently and succeeded
•Taught a student with no verbal communication skills how to count to ten
DeltaT
Group: Phase Four Learning Academy (20112012)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•Taught Social Studies a low income alternative school, with little formal training, and successfully maintained classroom order through
effective management and behavioral engagement strategies
•Created a positive learning atmosphere for students that were previously uninterested and found creative alternative ways to encourage
and invest them to work
•Never gave up on students that needed behavioral support and proactively sought and found assertive techniques to help them through
their problems
Undergraduate Experience
Teaching Internship at Huguenot High School for Kristen DuMont (20102011)
•Worked with special needs children, including children with autistic support
•Tutored 9th 12th
grade students in a variety of subjects including Math, English, and Social Studies
•Worked individually and in group settings with students
•Created differentiated lesson plans for students, obtained experience working with Special Needs and English as a second language (ESL)
students, obtained knowledge of using a Smart Board for class lectures and assignments
•Aided teacher in all possible ways
Teaching Assistant at VCU for Professor Mark Wood (20102011)
•Class – Spirituality of Nature
•Lectured and created modules for in class assignments
•Assisted students with help in their assignments
•Helped organize many class lectures and journal entries
•Applied knowledge of class material when engaging with students
Teaching Assistant at VCU for Professor Cindy Kisselito
(20092011)
•Class – Global Ethics and World Religions (Service Learning)
•Provided service learning cites for students and had a 98% success rate for students getting involved in volunteer opportunities
•Created educational modules connecting religious perspectives with the environment
•Helped organize many class lectures and assignments
•Applied knowledge of class material when engaging with students
Club Activities
Awards
Outstanding Teaching Assistant in Religious Studies Award
•Awarded by the College of Humanities and Sciences
Certifications
∙ABA •CPR/First Aid Certified
∙TOVA •Confidentiality and HIPAA training
References
Mark Wood mdwood@vcu.edu 8049373833
•Professor and Director of Religious Studies at VCU
•Years knownfive
Liz Kincaid elizabeth.kincaid@gmail.com 8045250486
∙ General Manager of Max’s on Broad
∙ Years known seven
Jessica Wirshup jwirshup@phillyscholars.org 6462873924
•English Teacher at Young Scholars
•Years knowntwo