Mary Jo Avendaño de Bealka

 

Educational Background

 

University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN

Psychology Doctoral Program

St.. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1998 – 1999, Post-Master in Marriage & Family Therapy

St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Master in Counseling Psychology, 1997–1999     

College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

B.A. in Social Work, 1996

Colegio Superior de Communications, Bogotá, Colombia. S.A

B.A. in Media Communication, 1986

 

Professional Experience

 

2004–Present    Minnesota Child Response Initiative (MCRI)

Tubman Family Alliance / Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis, MN

Clinical Supervisor / Lead Clinician

2002–Present    Aurora Charter School, Minneapolis, MN

Mental Health Services Provider/Consultant

2000–Present    San Miguel Middle School, Minneapolis, MN

Mental Health Services Provider / Consultant

1998–Present    Centro, Inc. (Centro Cultural Chicano), Minneapolis, MN

Director Family Health Programs/Psychotherapist. L.M.F.T.

1998–2000        Hope Adoption & Family Services International, Inc., Stillwater, MN

Adoption Licensed Social Worker / Consultant

1998                 (P.A.T.H.) Professional Association of Treatment Homes, St. Paul. MN

Foster Care Licensed Social Worker/Consultant

1996–1998        Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, MN

Andersen School’s Health Center L.S.W. / Children’s Hospital and Clinics Consultant

1990–1996        Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN

Spanish Language Medical Interpreter-Team Leader & Cultural Consultant

 

Professional Activities

Member ABC II Health Start /DHS/Children Mental Health

Board Member for Local Advisory Council for the Children’s Mental Health Initiative since October 2002.

Board member for NASW Minnesota Chapter since May 2002

Member of Children Mental Health Collaborative—Central Team since 1988

Member of Specialty Providers Network—community agencies serving children and families

Member and Past Chair of Brain Injury Association Minority Board.

American Psychological Association—Member since 1999

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists—Member since 1998

National Association of Social Workers—Member since 1996

Awards

Bush Foundation. Leadership Fellowship Recipient 2002-2003. Research time granted in South America. Topic: Ataque de Nervios (DSMIV-R, Culture Bound Syndrome)

Minnesota Women Psychologists. Scholarship award recipient 1995

 

Recent Relevant Publications

Master’s Thesis: Therapeutic Touch a Review of the Literature. (1998)

Article: The Best Opportunity for Healing is Prevention. In “Al Dia” Bilingual Newspaper published by The State of Minnesota Latino Chicano Affairs Council. Volume 2. Issue 5. (2002)

Doctoral Dissertation: Understanding and Treating Cultural Bound Syndromes Ataque de Nervios as an Example. (2003)

 

Assessments

Rorschach Inkblot Test; Rotter’s Sentence Completion Test; Roberts Apperception Test; Thematic Apperception Test; Projective Drawings (House-Tree-Person; Kinetic Family Picture); Millon Adolescent Clinical Intentoty (MACI); Revised Children’s Measure of Anxiety States (RCMAS); Suicide Probability Scales (SPS); Social Skills Questionnaire (SSQ; student form); Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC; Self Report); Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI); The Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale (CARS), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition (PPVT-III); Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III); Wechsler Adulty Intelligence Scale Third Edition (WAIS-III); Wechsler Abbreviated Scales of Intelligence (WASI); Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery-Revised (WJ-R); Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI); Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2); Achenback Child Behavior Checklists (CBLC); Conner’s Rating Scales-Revised (CRSR); DSMIV ADD Check List; ADD Self Rating Scale; Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)