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The most basic qualification for
working with students and their families is a thorough
enjoyment of, as well as respect for, young people.
In addition to the commitment and enthusiasm that
Christie Theriot Woodfin brings to her work, she also
possesses professional training, years of personal
and professional experience, and current knowledge
about educational institutions.
Christie Theriot
Woodfin is a Certified Educational Planner and a member
of the Independent Educational Consultants Association.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of I.E.C.A.
and has chaired the Professional Development and Learning
Disabilities Committees of the organization. She has
also served as a board member of the International
Dyslexia Association's Houston Branch. Ms. Woodfin
belongs to the National Association of College Admissions
Counseling and the National Association of Therapeutic
Schools and Programs.
Ms. Woodfin is
a recipient of IECA's Irvin J.Katz Award, recognizing
volunteer service for her work in New Orleans following
Hurricane Katrina.
She appeared on
The Today Show in 2007 regarding the college acceptance
process.
Christie Woodfin
holds a Masters Degree in Counseling from the Educational
Psychology Department of the University of Houston.
She is licensed by the state of Texas as a psychological
counselor. During her internship at Texas Children's
Hospital's Learning Support Center, she worked with
learning disabled, neurologically and emotionally
impaired children and their parents in group settings.
In addition to her focus on learning and emotionally
disabled children, she is interested in gifted students
and adopted children.
Ms. Woodfin has
also done graduate study at the University of St.
Thomas and Austin Presbyterian Seminary. Her undergraduate
degree is from Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia..
Her secondary school experience was at Isidore Newman
School in New Orleans.
In 2005, after
maintaining a practice in Houston, Texas for 10 years,
Ms. Woodfin returned to Atlanta. She works with clients
from throughout the country.
Christie Woodfin
has guided several hundred families in placing their
students in boarding, day, therapeutic and college
settings.
* Licensed by the state of
Texas as a psychological counselor.
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