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Donna Jo Salhany, Ph.D., CVE, CRC
Phone: 404-579-4453
Fax: 770-792-0495

info@newstartservices.com

last updated 5/5/2008

 

DONNA JO SALHANY
1809C Ashborough Circle
Marietta, Georgia 30067-6905
Tel. 404.579.4453
djs@newstartservices.com
EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE
*Long-Term Presenter/lecturer for such topics as transition from school to work; job accommodations for individuals with autism or other disabilities; how individual temperaments impact the workplace and other environments, etc.
SKILLS
*Evaluation Interviewing consumers, academic testing, aptitude testing, temperament analysis, job analysis, memory evaluation, fluid intelligence evaluation, interest evaluation, preparation of extensive written reports, staffings for consumers as necessary.
*Rehabilitation 360 hrs of internship with Division of Rehabilitation Services: interviewing consumers, preparing casework documentation, developing plans, coordination and facilitation of services, implementing plans, follow-up with consumers, participation in local and state professional activities.
*Administrative Testing & placement of applicants; public relations; supervising up to 10 employees; hiring & firing personnel; scheduling; ordering supplies; payroll; accounts payable; accounts receivable; pegboard systems; computer accounting; preparing budgets; trust accounts; preparing various federal, state & local forms.
*Computers Proficient with: Windows XP, 2000 Pro & below, WordPerfect X3 & below, Presentations, Internet (Netscape & Explorer), Word 2000, FrontPage 2000, Dragon Dictate, Naturally Speaking

Experience with: Excel, Quatro Pro, PowerPoint, Fundmaster

EDUCATION
B.S. Education, University of Nebraska, 1979
Educational Interpreting for the Deaf, University of Alabama, 1994
M.S. Counseling Psychology, Alabama A&M University, 1998
Ph.D. Career Counseling, LaCrosse University, 2004
WORK EXPERIENCE
Vocational Evaluator 7 years
Administrative Secretary/Bookkeeper 9 years
Word Processing/legal secretary 10 years
Teacher/day care 5 years
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National Rehabilitation Association Member
VEWAA Section Board Member 2004-2005
Georgia Rehabilitation Association Member
GVEWAA Section President 2004
National Association of the Deaf Member
Georgia Association of the Deaf Member
Alabama A&M University Rehabilitation Counselor Education Program Advisory Board Past Member
Alabama Rehabilitation Association Past Member
Huntsville Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (past secretary) Past Member
Alabama Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf Past Member
CERTIFICATES
Certified Vocational Evaluator; expires April 1, 2009
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor; expires March 31,2011