SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A broad exposure to various settings working with a diverse clientele. Ability to play and improvise on the piano and have a strong singing ability. Able to make accurate assessments, notes, and to provide an environment where the client can show positive results. Committed to helping provide positive changes for the clients and to improve their quality of life.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Art, Music therapy, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Northridge
December 2004
(The National Dean’s List-9 semesters)

Job Experiences

Clinician / Music Therapist—Music Therapy Wellness Clinic at
CaliforniaStateUniversity, Northridge
June 2007-present

·          Designing individual and group sessions for children with various disabilities.

·          Maintain a case load of clients with various disabilities, including autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, bipolar disorder, OCD, Asperger syndrome, and language delay.

Music Therapist—Izumi Harry Music Therapy Services
September 2006-Present

·          Providing individual sessions for children with various disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, Asperger Syndrome, gene abnormalities, and mental retardation. These sessions focus on improving attention span, communication skills, social/interpersonal skills, self-expression, self-esteem, muscle coordination, and fine/gross motor skills.

Music Therapist / Case Manager—CoastPlazaDoctorsHospital
Whittier, CA March 2005-May 2006

·        Coordinating daily session plans for an adult psychiatric population at the CoastPlazaDoctorsHospital in Whittier.

·        Maintain a case load of clients with Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and Chemical dependence.

Internship                                                                                   

·          Designing groups and individual sessions for adult forensic clients at NapaStateHospital which focused on increasing socialization skills, reality orientation, and self-esteem.

·          Record quarterly progress notes, annual notes, and treatment team conferences.

Clinical Experience

·          Coordinated weekly session plans for children 18 months to 3 years old without disabilities at the Dance and Jingle in Glendale, California by focusing on learning, socialization, concentration, and motor skills.  

·          Coordinating weekly session plans for a 7 year old girl with mitochondrial disorder at the CSUN Music Therapy Clinic, by focusing on increasing appropriate behaviors and attention span.

·          Working with a 7 year old boy with autism at the CSUN Music Therapy Clinic which focused on increasing frustration tolerance and encouraging emotional expression.

·          Developed session plans for children with TMR 6 to 8 years old at the LocrantzSchool in Reseda, California, emphasizing on learning colors, numbers, socialization, and motor skills.

·          Working with adult clients with autism at the CaliforniaStateUniversity, Northridge(CSUN) Music Therapy Clinic which focused on increasing verbal communication skills, participation, and decreasing self-stimulation.

·          Developed weekly session plans for an adolescent population with emotional and behavioral disturbances at the CSUN Music Therapy Clinic, which provided a means of emotional expression, promoted self-esteem, decision making, an increase of socialization, and cooperation for the clients.

·          Designed activities in a group setting two hours every week which focused on increasing reality orientation and socialization with the patients of the Hollywood Community Hospital of Van Nuys, California.

·          Designed activities for a geriatric population at the Graceville at Sherwood Forest of Northridge which focused on increasing motor skills, socialization skills, and memory.

Volunteer Work

·          Worked as an art coordinator for the Dimension’s care center in Pasadena, California, with people with developmental disabilities to improve their motor skills, decrease low self-esteem, poor frustration tolerance, and poor social skills.

·          Developed session plans for the elderly clients of the United Cerebral Palsy (in Woodland Hills, California) to improve social skills and motor skills.