Curriculum Vitae of

Janel Martin-Miranda, MA, LPC (IL)

 Columbia, MO  65203         Tel:  573-424-0997  

Email: Janel_miranda@yahoo.com

 Education

M.A. Counseling      May, 1985   Truman State University; Kirksville, Missouri B.S. Psychology     May, 1983   Truman  State University; Kirksville, Missouri  Post-grad, 50 hrs.  1994-96       McGregor School of Antioch, Yellow Springs, Ohio.  Conflict Resolution. Emphasis on: Grassroots Women/Citizen Participation in Public Policy Decision-making

Conflict Resolution Field Sites - Phoenix, AZ (1994-96)

Building A Healthy Mesa  Mesa United Way Neighborhood Development Project. Mesa, AZ.  Member of Training Theme Team. Leader of women’s community leadership training model (U of AZ and NV) adopted by the team and throughout the east valley. Interviewed resident and community leaders. Provided technical assistance to grassroots leader of Bellview neighborhood in Mesa, and CEO of CARE (Community Assets and Resource Enterprise). 7/94-2000.

WOW! (Women Off Welfare!)  Education and training program. Mesa, AZ. Assisted staff in refining 3-week Life Skills curriculum. Developed and presented training components in Leadership and in Conflict Resolution. 10/95-6/96.

Arizona State University/AZ Division of Youth Treatment and Rehabilitation Partnership  Evaluation Team.  Phoenix, AZ.  Member of evaluation team of program for youth returning incarceration. Evaluated family and community involvement and functioning of client-inclusive committee. Interviewed staff, youth, and families.  9-12/94. 

Graduate Internship in Welfare Reform  AZ Department of Economic Security.  Phoenix, AZ.  Full-time three-month internship with an Assistant Deputy Director (Bill Hernendez), Division of Eligibility and Medical Benefits at pilot project (welfare reform), Integrated Services Office. Facilitated staff work team (TQM), assisted with training staff on new procedures, conducted staff interviews and developed client survey for customer service and project evaluation, collected and evaluated data, conducted focus groups with women on welfare in pilot office, participated in discussion groups on policy formation of new legislation and state welfare program, the EMPOWER program. 1/95-4/95.

Professional Experience (1985-2006)

Private Practice - Independent Contractor.  1/2000 to present. Clinical practitioner in attachment and bonding, infant-family focused prenatal and birth trauma healing with CranioSacral therapy, infant massage, Doula services. Other:  1) CranioSacral Therapist - Spring Grove Counseling, Jefferson City, MO, 2006 and Whole Health Family Practice and Birth Center, Columbia, MO, 2005. 2) Private practice, Peoria, IL 4/00 to 6/05. 3) Founding member of BEPE (Birth and Early Parenting Educators), www.bepe.info. Nevada City, CA. 7/02 to present. 4) Crisis counselor for sexually abused children under contact with Tazwell-Woodford (IL) County Child Advocacy Center (2002). 5) Guest Lecturer in Psychology class at Truman State University; Dec. interim class, 2001-2006. 6) Interim Director Life Path Massage Therapy School.  Responsible for all aspects of maintaining and developing school and curriculum, managing massage therapy staff during sale of school. 12/00- 4/01. 7) Independent Provider for the IL Early Intervention System; Dept. of Human Services, birth to 3 (2000-01). 

Project Director.  Family Support New York. Albany, NY. Directed state initiated effort to engage families/grassroots in partnership with service providers and policy makers on a regional level to engage with state policy makers with goal to infuse family support principles and practices in all levels to create a systems change. Liaison between constituents – grassroots, community agencies, and state leadership and fiscal agent. Led planning groups and provided technical assistance to regional constituents.  1999.

Program Director, TRIO Student Support Services. Illinois Central College. Peoria, IL. Responsible for all aspects of management and direction of Title IV Student Support Services (program for low-income/first generation students) and federal grant, including: monitoring budget; developing program; supervision of four full-time and 6 part-time staff responsible for advisement, tutoring, transfer, and tracking participants; re-wrote 5-year grant (funded). 1996-98. 

Community Organizer Illinois Coalition of Community Services. Springfield, MO.  State-funded to support community development. Provided technical assistance/organizer covering sixteen counties in mid-western IL. Supporting community groups with tools for community development and action: Organizing, volunteerism, incorporating for non-profit status, grant writing. 1996.

Family Therapist  Preferred Family Healthcare, Inc.  Kirksville, MO. Community mental health setting.  In- and out-patient drug and alcohol treatment center for adults and adolescents:  individual, family, children, adolescent group counseling; facilitated Aggressive Offenders groups; assisted with EAP. 2/93-2/94. 

Coordinator of Prevention Services  Kirksville R-III School District. Kirksville, MO.  Developed and implemented alcohol and drug prevention program K-12: curriculum development; parent program; peer education and training program; Student Assistance Program; elementary level conflict resolution program; and functioned as liaison between school, community, and treatment facilities. Teacher/Staff development. Coordinated integration of prevention curriculum. Trainer for “Preparing for the Drug-Free Years” parent program (state research project).  Organized coalition of community leaders to address community concerns and to create community action – Kirksville Coalition for Prevention, (still exists). Organized forum for parents, law enforcement, and school to dialog and collaborate. Extensive media involvement with local television, radio, and newspaper. Assisted with organizing a Town Hall meeting with ABC affiliate. Wrote annual Drug-Free Schools & 5 year OSAP grants.  1989-92.

Counselor. Northeast Missouri State University.  Kirksville, MO.  Employed by Mark Twain Mental Health to provide Mental health services in NMSU Student Health Clinic.  Individual and group counseling.  Family, relationship, chemical dependency, crisis intervention, eating disorders, and academic issues. 1987-1989.

Counselor.  Professional Counseling Services.  Kirksville, MO. Group and individual counseling for women and children under contract with MO Division of Family Services. Child abuse/neglect, family, marital, and vocational assessment for state. 1986 to 1987.

Instructor.  Northeast Missouri State University.  Kirksville, MO.  Substitute Facilitator for the clinical section of the graduate level course, Group Procedures. Summer session, 1986.

Family Therapist   2nd Circuit Juvenile Court.  Kirksville, MO. Developed new family therapy program and provided individual, family, and group therapy for children and adolescents.  1985-1986.

Graduate internship CARE UNIT Treatment Facility.  Kirksville, MO. Initial practicum site. Group work, individual sessions, and Family Therapist on weekends. Hired to do family groups on Saturdays and temporary float therapist. 1/85-8/85.

Psychology Aide. V.A. Medical Center.  Knoxville, IA. Assistant to clinical psychologist. High school work coop program. Assisted in testing, evaluating, and conducting memory training groups. Presented supervisor’s paper at 1974 Iowa Psychological Association meeting.  2/74-2/76.

Consulting                     

Violence Intervention Services, Inc./The Blanche M. Still Safehouse. Grant writing and development of women’s support group, rape program, & batterers program. 6/91-2/92.

Head Start. Mental Health Consultant. Conducted observations and evaluations of children and staff at ten sites in Northeast Missouri. Assisted in mental health planning, referrals and staff development. Facilitated parent training/education. Organized social service provider forum to address coordination of efforts. 8/89-6/91.

Preferred Family Healthcare. Wrote Parent/Peer Advocacy program for High Risk Program (2/90).  Researched  and wrote sections of community drug prevention grant for Exec. Director, Mike Schwend, 5/92. 

Post-Graduate Training

(Family Therapy, Family and Community Mediation, Prenatal and Birth Therapy and CranioSacral Therapy)

Castellino Foundation training in Prenatal and Birth Therapy. Two year training with pioneer in pre and Perinatal psychology Santa Barbara, CA., www.beba.org and www.castellinotraining.com. 2/2002-4/2004.  

CranioSacral Therapy.  Upledger Institute, Inc, www.upledger.com. 192 hours. 1999-01. 24 hours, www.sheacst.com, 24 hrs., 2002.

Certified Infant Massage Instructor. International Association of Infant Massage, (www.iaim.org). 1/2000

Family Community Leadership.  University of Arizona and Nevada Cooperative Extension. 30-hour training in leadership and public policy skills development of disenfranchised persons in community and family issues. 5/1995.

Conflict and Negotiation and Conflict Management. University of Missouri-St Louis, Center for Dispute Resolution. 16 hours of core classes towards Chancellor’s Certificate in Conflict Resolution program. 11/1993. 

Victim/Offender Mediation. University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law. 16 hours. 1992.

Family and Divorce Mediation. Academy of Family Mediators. 30 hours. 10^th Anniversary Presidential Training. Seattle, WA.  1991.  

Preparing for The Drug Free Years Parenting Program.. University of MO Extension/State Prevention Program. Representative for northeast Missouri trained to train parents. 1990

Effective Parenting Program.  Trained to present parent programs. Adapted to teach to Head Start Parents. 1989

Brief Family Systems Therapy. Missouri Division of Youth. Columbia MO. Six week training. 1986. 

Community Involvement                                                                 

Common Place Volunteer. Community neighborhood center in very low income area of Peoria. Assist with Family Reading Nights and after school tutoring program. Clowning. Late 1996-1998.

Valeska-Hinton Early Childhood Development Center. Volunteer in classroom doing Second Step (violence prevention and decision-making) program—3-5 year olds. Assisted in on-site health clinic and family events. 7/97-7/98.

Peoria League of Women Voters Member.  Prevention of Child Abuse Committee. 1995-1998

Voter’s Round Table.  Peoria Journal Star. Peoria, IL. Local citizen’s panel for 1996 election. 2-11/96. 

Local Area Network  (LANS)   Board Member. Peoria, IL. Parent Representative. State-wide initiative to develop community and organizational collaboration to coordinate services. Led parent group in successful effort to bring issues of exclusion and power imbalance to table and gained support of state officials. 10/95-present.

Kirksville Coalition for Prevention Services. Founder. Organized Steering Committee of community leaders to address systemic issues related to drug use. Developed shared leadership, collaborative, and consensus building methods. 1991-2

Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine   Board Member. Advisory Board for institutional drug prevention program. 8/91-7/92.

 Heartland Regional Task Force on Drug Prevention  Board Member. Kirksville, MO/Ottumwa, IA.  Sponsored by KTVO/ABC television station. Assisted in development of televised Town Meeting. 1/91-7/92.

Civil Air Patrol  Senior Member. Kirksville, MO.  Civilian Auxiliary of the U.S.A.F.  Public Relations Officer. 12/90-7/92.

Violence Intervention Services, Inc.  Board Member. Kirksville, MO.  Program Development Committee. Organized fund raising. 6/90-6/91.

United Cerebral Palsy of NE Missouri  Board Member. Kirksville, MO. Participant in local telethon. Researched fund requests. 11/88-7/92.

Northeast Missouri Regional Alcohol Council  Board Member. State-wide advisory committee. Education and Prevention Committee. 6/86-6/87.