Karina Barro

Chief Product Officer at Small Joys, PsyD, LMHC

New York, New York, United States

About

Psychologist with experience in management, start ups, operations, investor relationships, research, counseling, evaluations and management. Demonstrated strong organizational skills, research skills, clinical psychological skills, team-building facilitation, excellent verbal and written communication skills. Possesses Doctorate in Psychology. Proficient in the following Assessment Tools: WISC IV, WAIS IV, WRAT, WAIT, Bailey, Stanford Binet, WIAT, Woodcock Johnson, TAT, CAT, Rorscach, NEPSY, ADOS and others. Tri-lingual Spanish/English/Italian New York State Mental Health Counseling Licensure Proficient in Microsoft Office

Experience

  • Chief Product Officer at Small Joys
    Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

    - alongside technology engineers and CEO, lead in the development of a mental health app that’s user friendly and incorporates various mental health screeners, assessments and templates. - identify trigger words that can function as emotional insights to track mental health status. - create a procedure manual that supports in training counselors, primary care physicians and psychiatrists to facilite in the communication of all three parties for evidence based mental health care support for patients in need. - research best practices in mental health care to implement on app and procedural manual. - participate in investor meetings to gain funding for product. - solicit medical offices to be partners in our efforts for patient care management.

  • School Psychologist at NYC Department of Education
    Sep 2007 - Present · 18 yrs 11 mos

    • School Based Support Team Case Manager. • Provide parent training and liaison with agencies for additional support. • Conduct psychological/academic/behavioral evaluations to incoming special education referred students and students needing reevaluations. • Create Individual Educational Plans for children deemed needing special education services. • Make recommendations for children needing special education services. • Conduct teacher training in working with children of special needs. • Provide Teacher consultation services. • Conduct child and family therapy. • Coordinate with school team interventions for at risk students.

  • Adjunct Lecturer at City University of New York - Brooklyn College
    Sep 2015 - Present · 10 yrs 11 mos

    Professor of Educational and Psychological Assessment for the School Counseling Graduate Program. Instructed the Applied Theory and Research Seminar in School Psychology for the School Psychology Graduate Program. Instruct and facilitate a meaningful learning experience of the course competencies in the curriculum and proactively support all facets of Brooklyn College's School of Education and adhere to National Association of School Psychologists and American School Counselor Association credentials. Foster and encourage a culture of learning that values mutual responsibility, life-long learning, diversity, and ethics as well as personal and professional development.

  • School Psychologist at District 75, NYC Department of Education
    Sep 2005 - Aug 2006 · 1 yr

    • Work with emotionally disturbed elementary school students doing counseling and group therapy. • Case management. • Provide parent training and liaison with agencies for additional support. • Conduct psychological evaluations to incoming students and students needing reevaluations. • Provide Crisis Intervention and alternative behavior modifications through FBA analysis. • Conduct Paraprofessional training in working with children of special needs. • Provide Psychologist consultation services.

  • International Private Bank - Compliance Project Manager at Israel Discount Bank
    Jul 2003 - Jul 2006 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Project Manager supervising sixteen employees for two projects resulting from Government Regulations (Annual Account Review and Designated Names System Update). • Established policies and procedures for the Annual Account Review Project performed on over 10,000 existing accounts and created manual of procedures for the same project. • Provided training to the remediation team on project procedures and banking compliance. • Reported on project progress and statistics to senior management. • Assisted with Risk Management of banking customers and implementation to the risk ranking system (Prime and Digital harbor). • KYC analysis of new and existing International Accounts and requested missing information needed to be in compliance with government policy. • Perform account activity review on High Risk and High Net Worth customers and determined whether transactions were suspicious through enhanced due diligence, which include extensive research on legal websites and internal systems and referred to compliance if activity appeared suspicious. • Investigated bank transactions and payment patterns to detect money-laundering activities. • Filed Suspicious Activity Reports for the Federal Government. • Translated documents from English to Spanish and vice versa. • Work with federal regulators on providing details of the project progress and initiative.