Jennifer Hooper, MA

Jennifer Hooper is a social worker in private practice with children and youth and their parents. Her interests involve attachment and parent-child relationships; at-risk children/families; children with special needs and inclusion; and parent-teacher/school communication and collaboration. Throughout her career, along with her private practice, she has held positions in at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, Department of Psychiatry; The Montreal Oral School For the Deaf (MOSD); and more recently with The Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB), Family and School Support Treatment Team (FSSTT). She has also been a part-time instructor in Concordia’s Education Department since 2009.

Educaton

MA Education (Child Studies), Concordia University, 1996
BSW (Social Work), McGill University, 1992

Professional experience

Part-time Instructor, Concordia Univ., 2009-2013
Family Consultant, LBPSB (FSSTT), 2006-2013
Social Work Consultant, MOSD, 1992-93; 2008-13
Montreal Children’s Hospital, 1996-2002

Professional memberships

Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux du Québec (OPTSQ)

Courses taught

EDUC 450: The Inclusive Classroom - Education Exceptional Children
EDUC 311:Child Development II (Child and The Family)
EDUC 264:Communication: Child, Parent and Teacher

Special interests

Humanitarian Orphanage Work: Ghana, West Africa, 2012
Humanitarian Orphanage Work: Matanzas, Cuba, 2010-present