1. VIVIAN FARMERY, CSW
Email: Vivian.Farmery@verizon.net
Phone: 917-597-3443
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
JustTell, NewYork, NY 2007-2014
Founder and Executive Director
The first non-profit organization to reach out to youth who are being sexually abused, the mission to educate and
encourage them to choose a trusted adult and disclose the abuse. The secondary mission to engage all youth to
raise awareness and mitigate the stigma of sexual abuse.
 Over 250,000 teens received the message from JustTell via social media, youth organized teams and
targeted youth venues such as summer concert tours.
 Devised innovative outreach programming that collaborated with teen and adult volunteers across the
country to deliver literature and program material.
Mayor’s Panel for Educational Policy, NewYork, NY 2005-2007
Manhattan Borough President’s Appointee
The Panel for Educational Policy, part of the City School District of the City of New York governance structure,
provides structured parentalinput, by voting on and advising the Schools Chancellor on matters affecting the
welfare of the New York City school district and its students and parents.
 Appointed by Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, August 2005
 Re-Appointed by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, January, 2006
 Participated in weekly briefings on education related issues.
 Attended monthly meetings of the Panel
 Visited New York Public Schools holding parent and staff advisory meetings
 Testimonies Before New York City Council: Wrote and delivered multiple testimonies before the City
Council on issues related to: child abuse and neglect, special education, truancy, and the treatment and
mentoring of at risk youth.
 Testimony before the Federal Commission on the Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Improvement Act
Hearing. United States Department of Education. New York City, June, 2005
 Testimony before the Commission on the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, City Council of New York City, on
funding of after school and youth at risk programs. January, 2005
 Testimony before the New York State Assembly Education Committee, On Youth Abuse, Truancy and the
Relationship between School Counseling Budgets and High School Graduation rates.
School ofthe Future, At-Risk-Youth Mentoring Project,NewYork, NY 2004-2008
Director and Founder
 Co-created and co-led with school principal a project recruiting, training and pairing community
volunteers with at-risk 6th
through 10th
grade students for mentoring and tutoring.
PS 234, Parents ofChildren with Special Needs, NewYork, NY 2004-2005
Co-founder and Group Facilitator
 Designed and led education group to provide informational speakers and group support to parents of
children with special education needs
NYU TASC Force,NewYork, NY 1996-1998
Training Specialist
 Led training workshops for Head Start centers on Federal Performance Standards to create community
mental health liaisons and directories.

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 Assisted Head Start Programs in implementing mandates for referraland evaluation of children with
educational, emotional and behavioral issues.
Trinity Preschool,Trinity Church, NewYork, NY 1995-2001
Mental Health Consultant
 Led extensive staff training and supervision sessions on classroom discipline and children’s behavioral
issues
 Assisted the director in developing policy manual on discipline and limit setting for parents and staff
 Consulted to the director on specific children with emotional and behavioral problems
 Created and implemented an evaluation package to assist the center in assessment of children with
behavioral problems
 Met with parents to discuss and formulate interventions for children with behavioral and emotional issues
Private Practice with Youth and Parents, NewYork, NY 1994-2002
Psychotherapist
 Provided assessment,observation, treatment and referralof youth with abuse histories and emotional and
behavioral problems
 Parent counseling on psycho-educational and emotional issues in the classroom and at home
Head Start, Grand Street Settlement House, NewYork, NY 1992-1996
Mental Health Consultant
 Created mental health referralad treatment program for children in Head Start and Day Care Centers under
Federal Performance Standards
 Trained staff on mental health issues of this population and supervised case conferences
 Created and taught parenting skills workshops
 Observed, evaluated and referred children for special education placements, speech and language services,
psychological evaluations and protective services
 Provided individual and group therapy for children and counseling for parents.
Children’s Safety Project, Greenwich House, NewYork, NY 1991-1992
Staff Therapist
 Planned and led play therapy groups for children with behavioral and emotional problems
 Provided individual play therapy to children ages seven to eleven
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fordham University Graduate School ofSocial Service, NewYork, NY 2004-2014
Adjunct Professor
 Courses designed and taught include: Child Abuse and Family Violence
 Courses taught include: Clinical Practice with Youth and Adolescents, Advanced Clinical Assessment and
Diagnosis, Human Development and Behavior
Adelphi University Graduate School ofSocial Work, NewYork, NY 2002-2004
Adjunct Professor
 Capstone Course: Taught graduate students to perform extensive research on social policy, clinical
practice and human development and incorporate same into their Masters Thesis

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NewYork University Graduate School ofSocial Work, NewYork, NY 1998-2001
Adjunct Professor
 Designed and taught: The Policy and Practice Issues of Social Work with Children in Special Education.
 Taught 11 sections of Human Development and Behavior in the Social Environment
 Psychopathology, Co-taught with Dr. Jeffrey Seinfeld
 Object Relations Theory, Co-taught with Dr. Jeffrey Seinfeld
EDUCATION
NewYork University:DoctoralProgram in Social Work: ABD, January, 2004
Jewish Board ofFamily and Children’s Services:Child Development Center: Post-Masters Program in Early
Childhood Group Therapy, 1994-1995
NewYork University:Graduate School of Social Work: Masters Social Work, 1991
Wellesley College:Bachelor of Art, Psychobiology, 1986
PUBLICATION HISTORY
Farmery, V, (2002). Attention Deficit Disorder, Anxiety Disorder and Learning Disabilities: Preliminary Results
of an Object-Relational/Psychoeducational treatment approach with an eight year old girl. Psychoanalytic Social
Work: Special Issue: Psychoanalytic Approaches to the Treatment of Children and Adolescents: Tradition and
Transformation. 8(3/4): 169-192