Karuna Singh
London,Middlesex
Summary
A persevering and industrious final-year BSc Psychology student (First-Class Honours predicted) with over a year of voluntary experience supporting the delivery of ABA therapy for children with ASD and SEMH needs, and building empathetic rapport as a volunteer support worker. Eager to apply reinforced academic research skills and practical experience to a career in Neuropsychology, fostering positive behavioural and cognitive development, exploring the overlap between neurodevelopmental and mental health disorders, and addressing stigma surrounding mental health and neurodiversity.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work history
Child Workforce Instructor (Volunteer)
Blooming Tree ABA Primary School
London
10.2024 - 10.2025
- Executed differential reinforcement tasks, positively reinforcing engagement in eye contact when paired 1:1 with various children with ASD and SEMH needs and led lunchtime peer play sessions incorporating imaginative play and activities such as musical chairs and dance sessions, supporting children's emotional regulation, motor skills and coordination.
- Independently implemented structured ABA-based behavioural management strategies, redirecting challenging behaviours through utilising receptive imitation-based learning and naming tasks, prompting strategies and manual handling techniques and applying psychological concepts of schedules of reinforcement and extinction, acquiring such skills and knowledge through training from a professional ABA consultant.
- Recorded data of spontaneous and prompted mands and timed challenging behaviours, completing a behaviour management tracker, followed by writing a full-day school report, shared with parents, applying these methods following initial observation of various ABA tutors collecting data to track children's developmental curve
- Collaborated effectively with 3 Occupational Therapists, observing psychosocial assessments on fine motor skills and sensory needs and contributed by delivering an OT-based activity of beading necklaces to imitate patterns 1:1 to assess fine motor skills and bilateral coordination
- Engaged in 2 Speech and Language Therapists' sessions, executing a play-based pragmatic language activity, using role-play to support children's receptive and expressive language skills and assisting the use of Proloque2go, supporting communication needs and speech development
- Key achievement: Highly commended by the Head/Founder and ABA supervisors, receiving an offer to become an ABA tutor in the near future
Volunteer Support Worker
Forward Care London Ltd
London
10.2022 - 01.2023
- Collaborated with a clinical psychologist, gaining valuable insights into the psychological concept of rapport building, which was implemented to befriend 2 elderly residents with dementia through sharing personal experiences and providing emotional support
- Coordinated with staff members regarding medication management and treatment plans, expanding knowledge of client-centred care to enhance quality of life for residents
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Greenwich
London 09.2023 -
A-Levels -
St. Augustine's Priory
London 09.2021 - 06.2023
GCSEs - Psychology
St. Augustine's Priory
London 05.2019 - 05.2021
Skills
- Resilience and Adaptability
- Interpersonal Communication
- Practical Application
- Data Analysis and Report Writing
- Organisation
- Microsoft Word/Microsoft PowerPoint/ SPSS
Languages
English
Native
Hindi
Advanced
Accomplishments
- Finalist Award (Top 10%) in the NCH Essay Competition 2022: Focused my essay on the factors behind the development of the criminal mind enhancing critical thinking and research skills
- 55th Annual Chemistry Olympiad 2023 Bronze Certificate: Reinforced problem-solving skills and analytical thinking through learning and applying new concepts combined with prior knowledge to solve problems
Affiliations
- Reading, Dance (self-taught), Badminton, Travelling
Timeline
Child Workforce Instructor (Volunteer)
Blooming Tree ABA Primary School
10.2024 - 10.2025
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
University of Greenwich
09.2023 -
Volunteer Support Worker
Forward Care London Ltd
10.2022 - 01.2023
A-Levels -
St. Augustine's Priory
09.2021 - 06.2023
GCSEs - Psychology
St. Augustine's Priory
05.2019 - 05.2021