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Human Development and Family Science

Our Graduates: Career Profile

 

Joanna McKalips

2004

 

HDFS Major, Education Minor

 

Additional Education: N/A

 

Job Title: Early Intervention Teacher

 

Employer: Mifflin/Juniata Special Needs Center

 

Position Description: Early Intervention is a program that provides assistance to infants and children from birth to 3 years of age who need help in areas of cognitive, speech, gross and fine motor and social/emotional development and self-help skills.  It also provides support & training for parents and families.

 

Salary Range:  $22,000-$30,000

 

Previously Held Positions: Sales associate and Personal Care Attendant

 

Courses Found Most Helpful: Child Development, Dynamics of Family Interaction, Marital Relations, Families in America

 

How HDFS Helped to Prepare Her: “The major prepared me for working with individuals and incorporating how the family system affects the individual.”

 

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