Carol Murray has over 30 years of experience in education and clinical psychology. She received her Bachelor's in Psychology in 1979 and Master's in Clinical Psychology in 1981 from Pittsburg State University. Murray worked as an Educational Psychologist from 1995-2015 for Hays West Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative, where she assessed students, consulted with teachers, and designed new student referral procedures. Prior to that, she was an Administrator and Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioner from 1985-1995 at Parsons State Hospital and Training Center, where she supervised staff and programs. Murray also has experience as a Clinical Psychologist from 1980-1985 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center.

2. Carol Murray
Skills
 Establishing operational definitions and appropriate measures for data collection and reporting.
 Familiar with regulations in different fields (ICH, ICF, Federal and State regulations governing special
education.
 Experienced in the use ofMicrosoftOffice, Word and Excel.
Education
 Barnett International (3/2015): 30 hour Clinical Research Coordinator course
 Pittsburg State University (1994): Education Specialistin School Psychology
 Pittsburg State University (1981): M.S. Clinical Psychology
 Pittsburg State University (1979): B.S. Psychology with a minor in Science
ProfessionalExperience
Hays West Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative – (8/1995 – 7/2015)
Educational Psychologist
 Provided school psychologistservices for approximately 800 students in assigned schools (from preschool to
grade 12).
 Assessed students for learning disabilities and other impairments to learning.
 Consulted with teachers, counselors and administration routinely.
 Served as the leader for studentreferral teams
 Designed new ‘studentreferral to special education’ forms and procedures thatnecessitated teachers and
teams to use a research based approach to identifying studentdifficulties.
 Writing district procedures for completing Functional BehaviorAssessments.
 Provided stafftrainings regarding accurate data collection and the importance ofmaking data-based decisions.
 Served as the Autism Intervention Team Coordinator for 8 years.
 Consulted as requested with building teams within the special education cooperative thatcovered four school
districts.
 Provided many in-services to the Hays districton traits ofautism and strategies to help autistic students to be
successful in school.
 Trained paras and special education staffon traits of autism and successful strategies and interventions to use
in education.
 Designed ‘initial team training’ for new members ofour autism team.
 Developed a plan to decentralize our larger autism team by training ‘in house’ autism teams in every school
building in Hays. Once established this plan cut our large team referrals by 50% the first year and the years
following.
 Collaborated on a team of psychologists who wrote and received a grantto establish school districtalternative
assessmentnorms and to conducta study ofacademic gain in students attending summer school.

3. Parsons State Hospital and Training Center – (9/1985-7/1995)
Administrator
 Supervised staffand the programs that served 250 clients
 Built systems and procedures to meetall ICF guidelines.
 Managed day to day operations ofour unit’s office and provided stafftraining on topics ranging from
instructional strategies to sexual harassment policies.
 Increased job production for all PSH&TC clients by establishing a retail outlet for their products.
Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioner
 Assessed, designed,implemented, compiled data and monitored outcomes ofclientprogress on skill
acquisition and behavior management.
 Assured that all decisions were data-based decisions in team meetings.
 Supervised 3 shifts ofdirectcare staff.
 Designed, trained staff, and implemented systems to insure staff consistency during instruction.
 Participated weekly in a peer review committee whose function was to determine the technical correctness of
individual behavior programs.
 Collaborated with hospital physicians and Human Rights Committee as needed to insure ICF guidelines for
clientsafety and needs were met.
 Participated in ‘in-house’ audits for compliance to ICF regulations.
Mt. Carmel Medical Center – (9/1980-9/1985)
Clinical Psychologist
 Provided individual and group counseling on an inpatient psychiatric unit as part of a treatment team.
 Administered standardized projective tests and other assessments as needed.
 Conferenced routinely with doctors and nursing staff.
 Designed a tracking system for monitoring and documenting patientparticipation in group therapies, as
needed per ICH guidelines.
 Collaborated with outpatient Mental Health Center staff to arrange follow-up care for patients after their
dismissal. Assisted with emergencies and made occasional courtappearances.