Ruby Thompson, Consultant

Ruby is currently a consultant with Three Feathers Associates, and provides training and technical assistance with American Indian and Alaska Native programs throughout the nation.  She earned her Masters in Social Work (M.S.W.) degree from the University of Oklahoma, with a concentration in social planning and community organization.  Her work experience has been in the areas of program development, implementation, evaluation and policy development.  She has served as a consultant for the American Indian Head Start Quality Improvement Center, BHMQIC, and Texas Tech HSQIC in the areas of Family and Community Partnerships and Program Design and Management. 

Ruby has served as a grant reviewer for the Administration on Children, Youth and Families on Early Head Start and Head Start grants for the past several years.  She holds membership in several professional associations such as the National Association of Social Work (Oklahoma Chapter), Oklahoma Family Resource Center Association, National Head Start Association, Early Childhood Association of Oklahoma and is a former board member of the Oklahoma Advisory Council for Early Childhood Professional Development and Oklahoma Infant Mental Health Association.

Ruby also has a background in the mental health field.  She has provided intensive home-based services to families to prevent out of home placement of identified youth in a family preservation program.  She has provided services in the areas of:  positive parenting, play therapy, crisis management; education regarding child and adolescent development; AIDS education; skills training; problem solving; stress management; community resource linkage; advocacy with schools, courts and other social service agencies on behalf of families; domestic violence, and substance abuse counseling.

Head Start Expertise:
Program Design and Management, Family and Community Partnerships, Health/Mental Health Services, Partnership Collaboration with specific expertise in: community assessment process, self-assessment process, preparing for Federal On-Site Reviews and grant application development.

Personal Interest: 
Fiction and non-fiction reading and surfing the world wide web.
 

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