About Susan
- I’m Passionate about improving services to students with special needs in the Fresno Unified School District.
- Versatile, reliable, efficient with 37 years of experience mentoring/coaching psychologists, interns, practicum students, teachers and administrators.
- Professional, creative, flexible with analytical strengths. Prioritizes the importance of building collaborative relationships. Receptive to corrective feedback with a growth mindset.
- Direct and transparent communicator. Diversified skills include effectively navigating complex litigious cases, coordinating crisis response and improving systemic logistics.
Fresno Unified Service
1997-Present: School Psychologist: 24 Years: District School Psychologist (Pre-K – Adult),
FUSD Schools Served:
- Elementary: Turner, Dailey, Vinland, Del Mar, Wishon, Kirk, Malloch, Thomas, Roeding, Slater, Carver, Lowell, Lawless, Figgarden, Winchell, Williams, Starr, Powers-Ginsburg, Kepler Charter School and Konkel.
- Middle Schools: Cooper, Tioga, Yosemite
- High Schools/Adult: Fresno Adult School, JE Young High School, Fulton (ADT) High School, Woodson Charter School, Hoover High School
- Residential/Nonpublic schools in California, Oregon and Utah
District Crisis Team Leader (2001-present)
FUSD Schools Served:
- 1999-2001: Psychologist/Program Specialist (ED Program Coordination, Litigious ED Evaluations districtwide, Mediation, Residential/Nonpublic School Case Management, Fulton, ADT)
- Adjunct Professor (1999-2000) Fresno Pacific University, School Psychology Graduate Program, Designed and Taught: Assessment of Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students
- Adjunct Professor (1992-1998) California State University, Fresno, Special Education Teacher Credential
- Graduate Program, Taught: Social/Affective Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Practicum Teacher Supervisor
- Practicum & Intern Supervisor (1998-Present)
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Trainer (1999-2004)
- Family Wellness Trainer (1998-2002)
- Grant Development & Implementation: Wrote and received funding of grants at Cooper Middle School ($23,000.) to develop a Psychological First Aid Station and Family Wellness classes. Cooper bought a full FTE of my time to implement over 2 years.