Eleanor Bessner

Program and research coordinator with over five years of experience in supporting multidisciplinary healthcare, research, and educational teams. Experienced in project coordination, staff training, participant recruitment, scheduling, stakeholder communication, compliance, and documentation in both academic and clinical settings. Vocational interests include improving delivery of health care services through evidence based practice, community engagement and organizational excellence.

Registered Behavioral Technician - Illinois Autism Center

(2026-02)

• Collaborate with BCBAs and interdisciplinary providers to implement individualized treatment plans
• Maintain timely clinical documentation and monitor client progress
• Support school readiness, communication, and social development through evidence based interventions
• Partner with families and clinical staff to ensure continuity of care

Registered Behavioral Technician/ Class Schedule Coordinator - American Montessori Academy Pediatric Therapy

(2024-09 - 2026-02)

• Coordinated daily classroom supports for a caseload of 12 children while collaborating with clinicians, educators, and families to promote individualized educational and developmental outcomes
• Trained and mentored newly hired staff on clinical documentation, intervention procedures, and organizational workflows to ensure consistent delivery of services
• Coordinated client onboarding through gathering intake information, documenting support needs, and facilitating communication across clinical and educational teams
• Advocated for clients by communicating their needs and support strategies with classroom and administrative staff to promote increased participation and engagement
• Coordinated individual classroom schedules to support independence and routine tolerance, facilitated group activities, and maintained required documentation to support classroom operations and individual programming

Behavioral Technician - Quantum Leep Academy

(2023-08 - 2024-09)

• Delivered individualized behavioral interventions for children and adolescents ages 5–16
• Maintained clinical documentation and data collection within CentralReach electronic data systems
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary service providers to support individualized care planning
• Supported participants across classroom and community-based environments
• Supported the development of daily living, academic, and social functioning skill

Lab Coordinator | Movement and Learning Lab - Loyola University Chicago

(2022-07 - 2023-05)

• Coordinated daily operations for four undergraduate research projects and honors theses involving 12 research assistants and hundreds of participants, ensuring progress toward project timelines and conference presentation deadlines
• Recruited, interviewed, onboarded, trained, and supervised 12 undergraduate research assistants
• Developed and refined scheduling and documentation workflows that improved coordination across multiple concurrent studies
• Maintained accurate study documentation ensuring IRB compliance requirements were met
• Facilitated communication between faculty investigators, student researchers, and study participants
• Managed participant recruitment, outreach, scheduling, informed consent procedures, and compensation distribution
• Assisted with budget development and adherence including factors like participant compensation, research materials, software purchases, and conference expenses
• Managed data coding storage to ensure participant confidentiality and data integrity
• Organized team meetings, recruitment events, and professional development activities to strengthen collaboration and engagement

Head Research Assistant | Developmental, Experience, and Neurocognition Lab - University of Iowa

(2020-05 - 2022-05)

• Coordinated participant recruitment and outreach through study advertisements, recruitment materials, online communications and phone outreach
• Managed participant communications, scheduling, informed consent procedures, compensation distribution, project timelines and coordination with faculty investigators to ensure study completion under strict conference deadlines

Master's in Social Work - Social Administration and Policy - University of Illinois Chicago Jane Addams School of Social Work (2028-05)

Bachelor's of Science - Psychology - University of Iowa (2021-05)