Andrea Lyn Berman, MSW, LGSW, ACSW 7944 Brightmeadow Court Ellicott City, Maryland 21043 (301) 404-6644

Email: ab11efa24@westpost.net Social Worker / Mentor / Senior Clinical Case Manager August 1997 - February 20 10 Therapeutic Foster Care PSI Family Services Chevy Chase, MD * Provide clinical case management services and in-home counseling to children i nvolved in the District of Columbia Family Court; Clients range from birth to ag e 21. * Services provided to children in therapeutic foster care, specialized medical care and children placed with their biological families. ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Facilitated and taught monthly training workshops for foster parents. * Conducted training to PSI staff in areas ranging from clinical documentation, time management to supporting relationships and facilitating contact with attorn eys and court representatives. * Provided mentoring and leadership to new social workers. * Trained new social workers who were unfamiliar with District of Columbia Foste r Care Programs, court hearings and administrative case reviews. * Provided staff development workshops and training. * Managed case load of 20 special needs children, two of whom resided in Boston Massachusetts and were visited monthly * Coordinated services with all parties including clients, attorneys, therapists , psychiatrists and specialized advocates. * Facilitated and participated in Family Treatment Team Meetings. * Conducted initial client intakes / observations, reviewed records and complete d Mental Health Assessments. * Developed client service and treatment plans for children, foster parents and biological parents. * Developed supervised visitation plans for biological parents and extended fami ly members. * Conducted individual, sibling, biological family and foster family counseling during weekly visits with children and families. * Provided support and assistance to PSI employees with the District of Columbia 's Computer System, "FACES." Andrea Lyn Berman Resume - Page 2 * Successfully reunified sibling group of three children who were nine (9) to si xteen (16) at the time of reunification. * Successfully reunified young boy, age eight (8) with his biological mother who had been separated at birth. * Successfully facilitated the adoption of a sibling group of three. * Successfully identified and facilitated the adoption of a special needs infant . * Successfully facilitated the adoption of three teenage girls ranging in age fr om thirteen (13) to sixteen (16). * Assisted youth with emancipation and encouraged occupational and personal succ esses. * Ensured that cases progressed towards permanency in accordance with the Adopti

ons and Safe Family Act of 2001. * Prepared reports for Administrative Case Reviews and Family Court Hearings. * Enrolled children in appropriate educational settings in accordance with their Individualized Educational Plan to meet their individual educational needs. * Provided crisis intervention services, as needed, to children, foster parents and biological families * Maintained weekly clinical case notes within the District of Columbia's FACES program. * Supported staff by identifying resources for agency clients and families. * Maintained weekly visitation with all children residing within the District of Columbia metropolitan area. * Regularly attended mandatory individual supervision sessions with supervisor w ho is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. EDUCATION AND LICENSES: Eligible to apply for LICSW - Licensure based on experience, training and superv ision hours. Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) - District of Columbia and Maryland Active member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW) - District of Co lumbia Masters in Social Work (MSW) - Family Preservation Concentration The Catholic University of American in Washington DC - Graduated in 1997 Bachelors in Elementary Education (BA) The American University in Washington DC - Graduation in 1991 Andrea Lyn Berman Resume - Page 3 SPECIAL SKILLS, COMMENDATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS: * Proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, WordPerfect 9, Microsoft XP, Microsoft VISTA and FACES (District of Columbia Child Welfare D atabase Program) * Successful annual performance appraisals for the past 12 years. * Certificates of Commendation for Timely Completion of Clinical Documents - Feb ruary 2007 - Present. * Certified in Adult, Infant and Child CPR and First Aide. * The State of Maryland - Howard County Notary Public - My Commission Expired 10 /11/2011 * Letters of Commendation from Associate Judges, Magistrate Judges and a Senior Judge at DC Superior Court. * Certificate of Completion - Orientation to Child Welfare - 80 Hours - May 2001 * Certificate of Completion - Model Approach to Partnership in Parenting - 11 Ho urs - May 2001 * Certificate of Completion - Courtroom Skills and Mock Court - 5.5 Hours - May 2001 TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS: * Presented at The Juvenile and Neglect Conference - September 2004 * Developed and taught workshop entitled: From Intake to Discharge - October 20 05 * Taught workshop entitled: Helping Clients Cope with Grief and Loss - June 200 7 * Taught workshop entitled: S.O.S. Help for Parents - October 2005 * Taught workshop entitled: Working with At Risk Adolescents - January 2006

* Taught workshop entitled: Coping with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorde r (ADHD) - February 2006 * Taught workshop entitled: Ethical documentation and Confidentiality of Client Records - April 2007 * Participated in specialized workshop series: Emotional Freedom Techniques - I and II (EFT) - September 2006 * Participated in training: Traumatized children - Working Through the Emotiona l Turmoil - July 2003 * Participated in training: Compassion fatigue - Strategies for Working with Vi carious Traumatization - August 2003 * Participated in training: Promoting Safe Medication Administration and Docume ntation - March 2005 * Participated in training: Social Workers as Agents of Change - March 2005 Andrea Lyn Berman Resume - Page 4 * Participated in training: Family Based Foster Care Training - March 2005 * Participated in training: Addressing Anxiety Disorders in School Age Children - March 2005 * Participated in training: The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Co de of Ethics, Practice Standards and Evidence Based Practice - March 2005 * Participated in training: Effective Parenting Workshop - April 2005 * Participated in training: Adjustment to Loss Viewed Through a Framework of Cha nge and Transition - May 2005 * Participated in lecture: The Irving B. Levinson Memorial Lecture Series on De ath, Dying and Bereavement - May 2005 * Participated in training: Effective Writing - August 2005 * Participated in training: Performance Based Contracting - January 2006 * Participated in training: Preventing Abuse and Neglect - February 2006 * Participated in training: Substance Abuse in Older Persons Training - Februar y 2006 * Participated in training: INFOMOTION - A Technique for Building a Capacity fo r Self-Exploration - February 2006 * Participated in training: FACES.NET Implementation Training - February 2006 * Participated in training: Understanding Developmental Disabilities - February 2006 * Participated in training: Dissociation - Causes and Treatment - March 2006 * Participated in training: Using Dialectical Behavioral Skills Training (DBT) - March 2006 * Participated in training: Internet Based Counseling - Ethical Practice for a N ew Frontier - March 2006 * Participated in training: "Put on Your Own Mask First" - April 2006 * Participated in training: Recognizing and Preventing Harassment in the Workpla ce - December 2006 * Participated in training: Adult Children of Personality-Disordered Parents A pril 2007 * Participated in training: Stress Management - An Overview of Our Triggers and Responses - May 2007 * Participated in training: Ethical Documentation and Confidentiality of Client Records - July 2008 * Participated in training: Social Work Ethics and Burnout - August 2008 * Participated in training: Ethics - June 2009 * Participated in training: Subjective Well-Being (Happiness) - June 2009 * Participated in training: Healthy Personality - June 2009 * Participated in training: Healthy Aging - June 2009 * Participated in training: Domestic Violence - June 2009 References available upon request