Laura J. Avant
Social Work at Cherry St, Denver, CO

Guest Teacher at Adams County 50 School District

Legal Services

Adams County 50 School District since Sep 2005 - Guest Teacher Adams County Department of Social Services Mar 1995 - May 1996 - Social Caseworker III

administrative assistance to a GAL, Special Advocate appointment, child protection, victims' services, family therapy, domestic violence, sexual assault, murder of a parent, attachment and bonding, child abuse, reading, rockhounding, camping, crafts

Former member, Phi Alpha honorarary Social Work sorority, Recipient, Client Advocacy Award, JOBS Program Annual Conference, 1994. ¨Listed in The Dean’s List publication recognizing outstanding university students, 1991. ¨Recipient, Volunteer of the Season Award, Center for Battered Women, Austin, TX 1989.

Substitute teacher at Fisher Early Lerning Center, Univ. of Denver

Individual & Family Services

Fisher Early Lerning Center, Univ. of Denver since May 2011 - Substitute teacher Seps to Success 2012 - 2012 - Interviewer Move On metro Denver 2011 - 2011 - CD 1 ad hoc coordinator, recruitment coordinator Orgzing for America 2009 - 2011 - Volunteer Community Organizer

The University of Texas at Austin 1987 - 1998
BSW, MSSW, Social Work San Francisco State University

French (a little), Spanish (a little)

University of Colorado Boulder, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Interviewer and Fidelity Monitor University of Denver, Fisher Early Learning Center - Denver, CO
Substitute Teacher preschool Organizing for America - Denver, CO
Volunteer Adams County School District 50 - Westminster, CO
Guest Teacher Talent Tree and Adecco Temporary Services - Denver, CO
Temporary Office Assistant Park Hill United Methodist Church, The Childrens Center - Denver, CO
Childcare/preschool teacher Sewall Child Development Center - Denver, CO
Substitute Preschool Teacher Hope Center - Denver, CO
Social Services Coordinator Pearl Counseling Associates - Thornton, CO
Post trauma play therapist - private practice Volt Temporary Services - Denver, CO
Temporary Office Assistant The University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
Full time graduate student Adams County Dept. of Social Services - Commerce City, CO
Child Protection Caseworker III Aurora, CO - Arapahoe, CO
JOBS/JTPA Case Manager Austin, Civil Engineering Dept., Science Education Center - Austin, TX
Senior Secretary, Administrative Secretary Administrative Associate, The University of Texas

University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
Master of Science in Social Work University of Texas at Austin - Austin, TX
Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Internet research, writing, project management, personnel supervision, social work, group facilitation, public speaking