1. Maria Pia Minetti
18680 Vessing Rd. Tel:(408) 218­6101
Saratoga, CA 95070 mpminetti@gmail.com
Work Experience
Therapeutic Behavioral Specialist​, December 2013 – Present
Hope Services ­ Counseling Service, San Jose, CA
● Provide intensive behavioral 1:1 treatment in the home, school, or
community to children, adolescents, and transitional youth age 21 and
under who have a developmental disability and a qualifying mental health
diagnosis
● Assess clients’ needs and behavioral challenges through direct observation
and interviewing. Interviewees include family members, and school team
members (teachers, aides, speech and occupational therapists. school
psychologists, behavioral specialists)
● Develop behavioral treatment plans, create visual aids and daily/weekly
schedules with client participation
● Provide parental consultation and collaborate with each client’s family,
school team, counselor, psychiatrist and TBS team in order to ensure
coordination of care
● Write clinical notes daily for each therapeutic intervention provided
● Facilitate client status review meetings with San Andreas Regional Center
(SARC) staff and consult with all service providers who attend
● Schedule appointments, transport clients to doctors appointments, and
provide culturally competent language translation as needed
● Participate in weekly TBS team meetings and others as required, and in
specialized trainings
Community Support Facilitator, ​December 2012 – November 2013
Hope Services, San Jose, CA
● Developed and implemented a pilot project on ​Person Centered
Thinking/Planning​ with 170 Whittier Workshop adult clients with
developmental disabilities
● Conducted client­centered interviews to determine client needs, goals and
requirements
● Conducted classes/activities with clients to improve their communication
and social skills
● Wrote personal profiles of each client
● Selected documents and created portfolios for clients’ annual
Individualized Program Plan (IPP) review with SARC staff members
● Advocated for clients rights and services
● Provided back­up coverage/substitute in the Work Activity Centers
(WAC) and Community Access Network (CAN) programs
● Provided support in the After School Program

2. ● Participated in all required meetings and trainings
Project Search Intern Supervisor, ​July – November 2012
Hope Services, San Jose, CA
● Participated in developing and implementing the agency’s first Project
Search (PS) program for clients and high school students ranging in ages
18 to 22 to provide on­the­job training to young adults with developmental
disabilities.
● Interviewed clients to help them identify their goals and skills
● Interviewed Lucile Packard department staff members to identify job
opportunities that matched clients’ abilities and skills
● Provided interns supervision and individualized support to clients on their
rotation assignments advancing them as they mastered job skills,
coordinated with the PS Team, including job coaching, building natural
supports, creating visual aides, identifying assistive technology, and others
as needed.
● Created daily contact notes based on observation, assessment and
interventions provided
● Participated in all required meetings and trainings
Supplemental Educational Services Specialist 1, ​October 2010­ May 2011
Total Education Solutions, Sacramento, CA
● Provided Language Arts and Mathematics tutoring to High School
Students in the East Union High School District, San Jose, CA
Support Specialist 1, ​October 2009­ June 2012
Employment & Community Options, San Jose, CA
● Directed, supervised and instructed individuals and groups of adult clients
with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders, in
programs and in the community
● Provided job coaching at job sites
● Taught life skills classes
● Enhanced and facilitated clients’ community integration through
communication and social skill practice
● Wrote daily contact notes based on observation, assessment and
interaction with clients
Manager of Public Finance
Bank of Italy – Genoa, Italy
Elementary School Teacher
Sacro Cuore Elementary School, Genoa, Italy

3. Volunteer Experience
Crisis Hot­line Counselor​, August 2008 ­ Present
Santa Clara County Department of Mental Health, San Jose, CA
● Conduct suicidality assessments on incoming phone calls,
● Engage client and maintain on­line contact while emergency personnel are
dispatched if needed
● Engage, calm, and reassure non­suicidal clients to help them resolve their
issues
● Specially recognized for consistently demonstrating a high level of
competency in working with high risk groups
● Volunteering 4 hours per week (800 cumulative hours)
Homeless Food Preparation and Distribution​, 1995 ­ 2005
Homeless Shelters in Santa Clara County
Teacher’s Aide, ​1995 ­ 2001
Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary School, Sunnyvale (CA)
Substance Abuse Assistant Counselor
Catholic Drug Rehabilitation Center, Genoa, Italy
Education
Certificate of Professional Concentration in Autism Spectrum Disorders
University of California, Davis – Mind Institute, November 2013
BA Psychology​, San Jose State University (Summa cum Laude), May 2009
● Member of Psi Chi​ –National Honor Society in Psychology (since 2008)
● President’s Scholar​ San Jose State University (2008, 2009)
Diploma in Accounting​, Vittorio Emanuele II, Genoa, Italy
Diploma in Elementary Education​, Raffaele Lambruschini, Genoa, Italy
Skills/Trainings
● Adult First Aid/CPR certified (September 2014)
● Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System Mental Health Department
Learning Institute Trainings:
­ Client Culture (April 2015)

4. ­ How Cognitive & Sensory­motor Difficulties Affect Socio­emotional
Development: Psycho­therapeutic Interventions with children & their families
(April 2015)
­ Documentation training (August 2014)
­ Understanding Aggressive Behavior and Psychiatric Disorders in People with
Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders (March 2014)
● Defensive Driving Training (Hope Services, August 2013)
● Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders and Pivotal Response Training with
Adults by Koegel Autism Consultants of Santa Barbara, CA and Department of
Rehabilitation of San Jose (July 2013)
● Person Centered Thinking Training (April 2013)
● Project Search Program Training (Austin, TX, July 2012)
● Positive Behavior Support to People with Developmental Disabilities Training
(Hope services 2012)
● Suicide and Crisis Intervention Training Certificate (80 hours) – Santa Clara
County Department of Mental Health (August 2008)
● Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
● Fluent in Italian and French, intermediate Spanish conversation