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Human Development and Family Science

Our Graduates: Career Profile

 

Heather Joy Myer
1998


HDFS Major; Sociology minor

 

Additional Education: N/A

 

Job Title: Program Supervisor/Qualified Mental Retardation Professional of a group home for adults with developmental disabilities.

 

Employer: Friendship Community

 

Position Description: Lots of paperwork and reports. Overseeing all staff and scheduling. Ensuring that regulations are being followed in the home. Some direct care work. Enjoying interacting with the adults who live there. Basically overseeing the lives (medical, social, career) of the adults who live there.

 

Salary Range : $25,000-35,000

 

Previously Held Positions: Therapeutic Staff Support; Director of a Daycare

 

Courses Found Most Helpful: Adult Development; Death, Dying, & Grief; Social Psychology

 

How HDFS Helped to Prepare Her: “Provided knowledge of terms and theory behind my job. Definitely gave me good writing skills which are essential.”

 

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