Office Address Cyber Address
Austin-Travis County MHMR
C.A.P.E. Team
2700 S. IH-35
Austin, TX 78704
Phone: (512) 448-0185
Fax: (512) 448-0977
E-mail: cooljazz@flash.net
Web-Site 1: http://www.flash.net/~cooljazz
Updated Resume: 2005 [pdf]


Work with children and families in a culturally sensitive therapeutic context



 1994-1996 -- The University of Texas at Austin, Masters in Social Work
1992-1993 -- Universite Lumiere Lyon II, France, Basic French
1992-1993 -- Conservatoire National de Region Lyon, Advanced study in jazz drumming
1988-1992 -- Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, B.A. with Honors, Human Development and Social Relations
1990-1991 -- Earlham College Mexico Program, Cuautla


Work in- and out-patient therapeutic settings
Proficient in Spanish and French
Crisis Intervention
EMDR Level I
Supervision skills
Assessments: SASSI, ADDES, Achenbach CBCL, WALMYR
Computers: word processing, web-design, graphic design

September 1996 to Present -- Austin-Travis County MHMR Children and Adolescent Psychiatric Emergency (C.A.P.E.) Team, Caseworker III.

Provide crisis intervention, assessment, and brief stabilization therapy for children and their families.
Coordinate hospital admissions.
Supervise social work interns.


September 1996 to May 1997 -- School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, Web-Design Specialist.

Work with 20 first year Masters level students on developing individual web-sites as "professional use of self."
Create lesson plans to de-mystify web-site development and maintainence.
Presented results of study at 1997 CSWE National Conference.


January 1996 to August 1996 -- Austin Child Guidance Center, Associate Therapist, Student Intern.

Provided brief therapy for children ages 4-16 and their families
Co-facilitated structured and unstructured play therapy groups
Participated in reflecting teams, ropes/challenge courses
Performed DSM-IV based assessments and intervention plans
Created agency web-site


February 1996 to August 1996 --Center for Social Work Research, Graduate Research Assistant.

Conducted bi-lingual research with Medicaid clients and directors of child care centers
Edited reports and publication layout for Medical Transportation Services, Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey, etc.
Created Web-site for the Texas Kids Count Project with Pam Hormuth


Summer 1995 --City of Austin's Metz Summer Youth Project, Coordinator.

Developed 5 week therapeutic job readiness and academic enrichment camp for high-risk adolescents
Facilitated culturally focused group processing with adolescents
Programmed 100 hours of curriculum; coordinated speakers and field trips
Supervised 5 case-managers; organized staff development workshops at The Austin Child Guidance Center


Academic Year 1994-1995 -- Youth Advocacy's Strategic Intervention for High Risk Youth Project, Student Intern.

Case managed high-risk children and their families
Organized, planned and lead parent support, teenage psycho-educational groups
Mediated between clients and schools, courts, therapists, government and community resources
Developed short-term action plans based on systemic assessments.


1993-1994 -- Clean Water Action, Community Organizer, Field Manager.

Developed and presented skills-building workshops on micro-analysis and community organizing
Supervised 30 employee; raised over $40,000
Lobbied state representatives, advocated for community rights


Spring 1992 -- Richmond (Indiana) State Hospital, Student Intern.

Provided psycho-educational training for patients with schizophrenia
Staffed social skills training workshops
Implemented behavioral interventions


Austin Child Guidance Center's Web-Site, August, 1996

Designed and posted the Austin Child Guidance Center's web-site. Trained the executive director and others in web-site maintenance. Surveyed therapists and staff for ideas on how to develop a web-site which truly represents the agency. http://members.aol.com/auschild/acgc.html

Hunger Banquet, Winter, 1996

Coordinated experiential event for 400 participants focusing on how the world eats. Worked in conjunction with theNational Association of Social Workers' Violence and Development Project, Social Workers and the Challenge of Violence and the School of Social Work at UT-Austin.

"Make It Happen" Letter-Writing Campaign, School of Social Work, Fall, 1995

Battled student apathy by concieving of and organizing a 10 week letter-writing campaign. Sent out over 600 letters to state and national politicians regarding welfare reform, AFDC, Medicaid and Medicare, etc. Organized 7 volunteers and authored 8 sample letters.

School of Social Work Recycling Program, School of Social Work, Fall, 1994

Started the school's recycling program; organized 20 volunteers; wrote articles about the relationship between recycling (environmental justice) and social work.


Employee of the Month, ATC-MHMR Childrens Services.
National Association of Social Workers
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Social Work Council, Vice President
Charles W. Laughton Memorial Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
Alumni, Faculty, and Advisory Council General Scholarship
Sculpture Arts Foundation Scholarship

January, 1998

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