Elizabeth T.

About Elizabeth

Babysitting 2016-Present Daycare Teacher | Granny’s House Christian Childcare – Michigan City August 2024- April 2025 • Taught 8 preschool-age children in a small home daycare. • Cleaned and prepped meals • Lesson planned Special Education Instructional Assistant / Paraprofessional | SELF School (Porter County Education Services) – Valparaiso, IN April 2021 – December 2023 • Crisis Management: Exercised high situational awareness across multi-classroom environments; intervened to protect floor safety by successfully executing verbal de-escalation and visual behavioral modeling to defuse an aggressive, adult-sized high school student. • Behavior Modification: Engineered an individualized contingency game utilizing the client's special interest to overcome severe food aversions, resulting in a documented 70% increase in baseline nutritional intake for a severely autistic student. • Non-Violent Intervention: Skilled in proactive proximity management, non-punitive trauma-informed care, and creative physical deflection techniques to isolate safety threats until a dysregulated student achieves emotional co-regulation. EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS • High School Diploma / GED – Homeschooled • CPR / First Aid Certification – Current as of early 2026 • American Sign Language – Took 3 classes throughout high school. • AAC and PECS – familiar with these systems through working at SELF School.