[Karla Black]

Karla E. Black


PROFESSIONAL EXERIENCE

Robins’ Nest, Inc.
Glassboro, New Jersey

Clinical Family Counselor 2004 – Present

Therapist, Behavioral Supports for Foster Children
 Provide home-based family counseling for pre-adoptive families.
 Provide regular progress reports to funding source.
 Focus on attachment issues and behavioral concerns.

Therapist, Behavioral Supports for Adoptive Families
 Provide home-based post-finalization counseling services.
 Focus on attachment issues, adoption concerns and behavioral concerns.

Therapist, Family Outreach
 Provide home-based family counseling and support for DYFS-involved families.
 Provide regular reports and consultation with funding source.
 Address concrete needs, psychological issues, behavioral concerns, and other requests of referral.

Therapist, Transition to Adoption
 Provide home-based pre-adoption services to foster families anticipating adoption finalization.
 Assist the transition from foster home to adoptive family.
 Focus on attachment issues, adoption issues, behavioral concerns.
 Provide case management in congruence with DYFS caseworker.

Family Service
Westampton, New Jersey

Clinical Family Counselor 1998 - 2004

Therapist, Jean Fredrickson Adoption Support Program 2001 -- 2004
 Provided individual and family counseling for pre-adoptive foster children and families.
 Provided state-funded adoption-specific support groups for children and families.
 Provided consultation for adoption finalization and court proceedings.

Therapist, School-Based Youth Services Program 2000 -- 2001
 Conducted individual, family, group counseling, psychoeducational groups.
 Provided substance abuse treatment and prevention.
 Provided career and family life services; and recreational opportunities.

Therapist, Family Preservation Services 1999 -- Present
 Responsible for a home-based crisis intervention program for families at risk of having their children placed out of the home.

Therapist, Family Preservation Services Aftercare 1999 -- Present
 A fee for service outpatient program providing weekly sessions intended to follow up on goals set during FPS (above), or for other family members seeking outpatient counseling.

Therapist, Family Outreach Creating Understanding and Stability (FOCUS) 1999 -- 2000
 A home-based program providing services to families of children who are returning home after having been hospitalized at an inpatient psychiatric facility.

Foster Home Support Specialist (FHSS) 1999
 A home-based program providing support and referral services to foster families.

Journey Therapist Intern, Adoption Support Program 1998 -- 1999
 Provided individual, family, and group counseling to patients with adoption issues: adoptees, adoptive parents, or parents having given up a child to adoption.
 Responsible for concurrent groups of teen adoptees and adoptive parents.

Bridge Therapist Intern, Adoption Support Program 1998 -- 1999
 Responsible for a home-based program that provided services for families with adoptions at risk of disruption.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pemberton Township Board of Education
Pemberton, New Jersey
Substitute Teacher 1988 -- 1990

Trenton Central High School
Trenton, New Jersey
Student Teacher, Senior Vocational English 1991

Adult Learning Center
Ewing, New Jersey
English Tutor 1991

Burlington County Community College
Pemberton, New Jersey
Tutor, Mathematics, English, Statistics 1988 -- 1990

EDUCATION

The College of New Jersey
Ewing, New Jersey
Master of Arts (Counseling) 1999
Overall GPA: 3.9

The College of New Jersey (Trenton State College)
Ewing, New Jersey
Bachelor of Arts (English) 1993
Overall GPA: 3.8

Burlington County Community College
Pemberton, New Jersey
Associate of Arts (Liberal Arts) 1990
Overall GPA: 3.8

CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

National Certified Counselor (NCC), # 56381: Current to 12/31/04, National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc.
American Counseling Association (ACA), #06113391, professional member
New Jersey Counseling Association (NJCA)
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification, Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc.
Member, Clinical Steering Committee, Family Service: 1999-2002 (Researching and developing clinical standards and practices for inclusion in Agency policy)
Member, Chi Sigma Iota: Counseling, Academic and Professional Honor Society International, 1999
Member, Phi Beta Phi: Academic Honor Society for 4 year college, 1992
Member, Phi Theta Kappa, Academic Honor Society for junior college, 1990
Member, National Honor Society, High School Honor Society, 1985

AWARDS

Douglas R. Burroughs Professional Committment Award, 1999
Holman Award for Academic Achievement, 1993
Lutheran Brotherhood Scholarship for Academic Achievement, 1991 - 1992