Special Skills

  • Speaking, reading and writing Spanish, Thai, Laotian, Swedish, Norwegian, and German;
  • Learning Mandarin and Cantonese;
  • Collaborating and consulting with educators, mental health workers, parents and students;
  • Facilitating staff development;
  • Leading individual and group therapy;
  • Conducting thorough educational and psychological evaluations;
  • Teaching new material to diverse individuals and groups;
  • Developing and implementing curricula;
  • Researching and writing reports – with and without statistical analysis;
  • Creating assessment devices, methods and materials;
  • Using mainframe and personal computers, with a variety of statistical, spreadsheet and word processing software;
  • Organizing people, information and things;
  • Singing, playing guitar, bass, drums and a variety of musical instruments;
  • Performing individual and group musical arrangements and improvisation;
  • Composing music and writing poetry;
  • Practicing and teaching Yoga, stress management, focus, concentration, optimal learning techniques, mindfulness and compassion;
  • Certified practitioner of traditional Thai massage.