Meet Dr. Franco

Bilingual Licensed School Psychologist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience in Private Practice and providing services in the Miami Dade County Public School System (M-DCPS).  In the school system, as a School Psychologist for 25 years, I was involved in program coordination, literacy and early grade reading, education policy and planning, curriculum development, behavior intervention, crisis management, counseling, teacher training, assessment and measurement, data analysis and interpretation. As of last year, in M-DCPS, my new position is a Mental Health Coordinator. I am responsible for providing direct mental health services and coordinating access to different services within the school system and outside in the community as needed for our students. 

 

In Private Practice, I provide therapy for individual, children and adolescent, couple, and family counseling; I conduct psychological testing. As a Behavioral Analyst (ABA), I work with children and adolescents with different psychiatric diagnosis and their families in creating and putting in place a treatment plan to improve emotional and behavioral aspects of their lives.

 

Educational Background:

 

2010 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.), Specialty: Individual, Marital and Family Counseling - Barry University -Miami, Florida  

 

1996 Educational Specialist (Ed. S.), School Psychology –Florida International University, Miami, Florida 

 

1991 Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 

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Licenses in the Florida Department of Health: 

 

• Licensed School Psychologist SS757 

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor MH9126 

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Languages

• English

• Spanish