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What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

As School Psychologist I believe that I have a critical role play to help the future generations to create a peaceful and creative world.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Multi-lingual School Psychologist ( English, Spanish, Portuguese & French) with strong group orientation, childhood and family guidance background. Major strengths in psychology, evaluationand development, comprehensive psychological assessment and consultation services. Experienced in research, planning, administration of psycho-educational programas, special education projects, leadership, organizational development, training and recruitment programs.

My experience includes thirty-years as a teacher and school psychologist at the public school system in Colombia and Georgia, fourthteen years as a Undergraduate professor at universities in Colombia, where I designed, developed and implemented curriculum for personal, family and organizational leadership in english, Spanish and Portuguese. I also worked one year as a Prevention-Family Counselor in Atlanta, GA. I worked as a Parent Instructional Support Coordinator at Gwinnett County Public Schools for 4 years. I directed parent involvement programs designed to promote inclusion of spanish-speaking families. I have worked as a School Psychologist at Dekalb County School System as well.

Additionally, my life experience as a multi-lingual speaker of English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French is advantagueous as a educator professional. This combined with personal experiences in cross-cultural communication, and other vital issues, have made me familiar with the challengues that many students experience when living in another country different than their country of origin. The integration of my professional and personal background gives me the training and knowledge I need to make a significant contribution to the education in America.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

South America & North America.
Colombia/ Equator/ Brazil / United States

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

United States

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

School Psychologist

What is your personal or organizational website?

http://www.valdosta.edu

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.apa.org

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.nasp.org

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Development, Education, Health, Psychosocial

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Communication, Evaluation, Fundraising, Program Administration, Program Design, Program Implemenation, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

International Project of Collaboration of Intellectual Assessment.
Inclusion of Special Education Children to the General Classroom

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

Inclusion of Students with Mild Mental Retardation to the General Classroom
Relationship between Productive Activity and Implied Process in Problem Solving
Dynamic and organizational Development- Leadership