At Risk Alternatives - CV/Resume of Linda Cain, Educational Consultant

Linda D. Cain

B.A. Hope College, Psychology
M.S. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Education
Elementary, middle, high school teacher
Homebound teacher for at risk adolescents
Previous director of a private elementary school
Adoption Liaison, LSS Adoption Agency Wisconsin
Past President of OURS Adoptive Support Group, Wisconsin Chapter
SASSI Certified - (Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory)
Parent Program - IOP (intensive out patient) Substance Abuse Treatment Center
Service on various non profit boards
Academic Advisor for Catalyst Academy
National Victim Advocate Crisis Responder
Mother of four adopted children and numerous foster children
Parental experience with gifted and talented, learning disabilities, special needs, struggles after high school and the anxiety of having a child in a therapeutic program

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP)
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
Colorado Alliance of Caring Professionals (CACP)
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Small Boarding School Association (SBSA)
North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)

Professional Standards

Extensive, ongoing local and national travel for personal assessment of academic, special needs and therapeutic schools and programs
Continuing professional development in child, adolescent and young adult treatment protocols
Affiliations and memberships providing access to nation-wide networks of collective knowledge
Strict adherence to IECA's ethics
No referral fees or commissions accepted from any program or school insuring impartiality

At Risk Alternatives, LLC
Linda D. Cain, MS.Ed, Educational Consultant
Specializing in Academic, Therapeutic, Adoption and Addiction Issues
Boulder, Colorado
720-299-8844 fax 303-444-8579 lindadcain@yahoo.com
Serving clientele worldwide