Melissa M.
Looking for work as a special needs caregiver.
- 7 years paid experience
- Special Needs Caregiver in Brooklyn, NY 11206
- 4 miles, will travel 11 mi
Meet Melissa
- Speech Therapist
- Comfortable with pets
- Has a car
My name is Missy and I'm studying Speech-Langauge Pathology in the Graduate program at Adelphi University. I worked in Delaware for over 5 years caring for individuals with special needs as well as their typically developing siblings and friends ages 3-22. I also have experience doing respite care for a 25-year-old woman with autism spectrum disorder. Once I moved to NYC to attend NYU to get my undergraduate degree in Communicative Sciences and Disorders, I continued in child care watching a newborn and his 5-year-old brother with special needs as well as their 4-year-old twin neighbors. I love working with children, all ages and abilities!
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Basic Criminal
Expired on 01/15/2019
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Expired on 01/15/2019
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First aid certification
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CPR certification
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Availability
- Before and after school care availability
Experience
Willing to care for 4+ children per sitting
$15-$20/hr for the first child, $5 for each additional child
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Infants (age 0-11 months) expand
- Swaddling
- Feeding
- Changing
- Bathing
- Assist with setting a routine
- Mother's helper
- Occasional care
- Toddlers (age 1-3)
- Preschooler (age 4-5)
- Grade School (age 6-11)
- Pre-teen/ Teenage age (12+)
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Special needs expand
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Physical Disabilities
- Medical/Special Healthcare Needs
- Social/Emotional
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Delayed Speech
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Hearing Loss
- Heart Defects
- Juvenile Diabetes
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Illness
- Mobility Challenges
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Pervasive Development Disorder
- Seizures
- Sensory Integration Disorder
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Tourette Syndrome
- Visual Impairment
- Administering Medication
- Assistance With Transportation
- Bathing
- Bed Baths
- Bladder and Bowel Assistance
- Blood Glucose Testing
- Dressing Assistance
- Feeding Assistance
- Feeding Tube
- Grooming and Hygiene
- Insulin Injections
- Lifting and Transferring
- Mobility Assistance
- Positive Behavioral Support
- Repositioning
- Respiratory Care
- Sign Language
- Specific Meal Preparation (foods to avoid, etc.)
Education
Speech-Language Pathollogy
Currently attending Adelphi University
References
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Additional services
- Meal Preparation
- Laundry
- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- Potty Training
- Travel with Family
- Willing to run errands as needed
- Willing to drive children to events, school, appointments, or carpooling
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Homework expand
- Finishing homework
- Checking answers
- Studying for a test
- Proofreading
- Basic math
- Pre-algebra
- Elementary science
- Earth science
- Science
- English
- Essay writing
- Social studies