My
career has been primarily working with children and adolescents in special education school settings for the last 15 years and working with several professionals on a team, including: Educators, School Social
Workers, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Therapists, I created the Art Therapy Program at the Southwest Cook
County Cooperative for Special Education (1998 — 2011) focusing on individual therapy and small groups for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders and on the autism spectrum.