Amanda G.
Looking for work as a babysitter or nanny
- 9 years paid experience
- Babysitter in Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657
Meet Amanda
- Early Childhood Special Education Certification
- Special Education Certification
- Comfortable with pets
- Has a car
-33 year-old energetic married mom of 2 kiddos (almost 5 and 10) & 2 puppy dogs ---Undergraduate Degree--The University of Texas at Austin (History/Spanish minor--fluent in Spanish) ---Graduate Degree--Texas Tech University (Special Education-Diagnostician) --Graduate School (Texas Tech)-Offered research assistantship by head of ABA Graduate Department at TTU due to real-life work/research/writing for Functional Behavioral Analysis --Positive Behavioral Support experience (with a wide range of ages and abilities/disabilities) --Requested by head of Diagnostician department to use my Masters Comps of a Full FIE report/evaluation as an model for future students --This year will be working as the resource room teacher helping various elementary school age children with learning disabilities and behavioral struggles from the Special Education and General Education classrooms, conducting ARDs, assessments, etc. Previous relevant experience --App Developer (OfficeGrace); internet researcher -- (3 years) as a pre-school teacher for ages ranging 18 months-4 years --Interned for the Educational Diagnostician at Read more Alamo Heights ISD (Administered, scored, and interpreted intelligence and adaptive behavior assessments; attended ARD meetings) --Lubbock Regional Mental Health and Mental Retardation for 2 years (Supported independent lifestyle; assisted independent living skills for my adult brother with Down Syndrome) --Other experience includes litigation and legal assistant, various customer service positions, short time in MA/PhD Political Science program at Texas Tech (took too much time away from my kids) --experience helping bradministering medication, testing blood thickness levels, ICU, hospital, surgeries, etc. --entire life experience with wide range of special needs (my adult friends with special needs still spend the night at our house); years volunteering with Special Olympics; spending time for the past 3 years with neighbor's son with autism; too many experiences in my life to write down) --fluent in Spanish --10 yrs of piano--competed regularly in Music Theory and World of Music Tests; still play; choir, cheerleader at Westlake High School in Austin --Vacation Bible School leader 4 years (currently attending First United Methodist Church of Marble Falls) --Strengths: patience, empathy, adaptability, fast-learner, laid-back
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Enhanced Criminal
Never run.
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Basic Criminal
Expired on 10/05/2016
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Motor Vehicle Records
Never run.
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First aid certification
Certification is self-reported and not verified. Verify directly with the sitter.
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CPR certification
Certification is self-reported and not verified. Verify directly with the sitter.
Availability
Babysitter
- Generally available mornings, afternoons, evenings, late nights and weekends
- Daytime care availability during summer months
- Before and after school care availability
Nanny
- Willing to consider either a part time or full time position
- Seeking Summer Position, Short-term (1 to 3 months), Temporary (4 to 12 months), Permanent (1 to 2 years), Permanent (2 or more years) employment
- Start date is flexible
- My availability is valid through 11/4/17
- Willing to consider either a part time or full time position
- Seeking Summer Position, Short-term (1 to 3 months), Temporary (4 to 12 months), Permanent (1 to 2 years), Permanent (2 or more years) employment
- Start date is flexible
- My availability is valid through 11/4/17
Experience
Willing to care for 4+ children per sitting
$15-$25/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
- Alzheimer's
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome
- Cancer
- Central Auditory Processing Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Delayed Speech
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Dwarfism
- Dyslexia
- Epilepsy
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Hearing Loss
- Heart Defects
- Hydrocephaly
- Juvenile Diabetes
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Illness
- Mobility Challenges
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Pervasive Development Disorder
- Premature Newborn
- Rett Syndrome
- Seizures
- Sensory Integration Disorder
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Tourette Syndrome
- Visual Impairment
- Administering Medication
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Assistance With Transportation
- Bathing
- Bed Baths
- Bladder and Bowel Assistance
- Blood Glucose Testing
- Dressing Assistance
- Feeding Assistance
- Feeding Tube
- Grooming and Hygiene
- Injection Assistance
- Insulin Injections
- Lifting and Transferring
- Mobility Assistance
- Positive Behavioral Support
- Recreational Music or Art Therapy
- Repositioning
- Respiratory Care
- Sign Language
- Specific Meal Preparation (foods to avoid, etc.)
- Wilbarger Brushing Protocol
Education
(TTU)Graduate-Special Ed (2004); (UT Austin) Undergrad-History/Spanish (2000)
Graduated Texas Tech University 2014
References
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Additional services
- Meal Preparation
- Laundry
- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- Potty Training
- 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