Holli Dowell

I am passionate about working with children and helping young people feel emotionally safe, supported, confident, and understood—especially those who are often overlooked, misunderstood, behaviorally challenged, or struggling to express what they are going through.

My background is rooted in youth behavioral support, emotional wellness, mentorship, family collaboration, and therapeutic group engagement within high-needs community settings. I have experience supporting children facing trauma, grief, behavioral difficulties, peer conflict, ADHD, autism, emotional dysregulation, bullying, family instability, and school-related challenges.

One of my biggest strengths is my ability to naturally build trust with children who are emotionally guarded, difficult to engage, or struggling socially and behaviorally. I believe consistency, patience, creativity, structure, and genuine connection can completely change how a child responds to support.

Throughout my experience, I have facilitated youth groups, developed behavioral motivation systems, created therapeutic activities and individualized support tools, supervised large youth programs and outings, collaborated with schools and support teams, and helped families navigate challenges while encouraging emotional and behavioral growth in their children.

I am also highly creative and enjoy creating positive environments that make children feel welcomed, encouraged, and excited to participate. Whether through mentorship, structured activities, emotional support, behavior guidance, community outreach, event coordination, or child-centered programming, my goal is always to leave a positive and lasting impact on the youth and families I work with.

I am currently seeking opportunities where I can continue making a difference in the lives of children while bringing strong communication skills, leadership, creativity, emotional intelligence, and hands-on youth support experience to a team-focused environment.

Peer Support Specialist & Youth Program Coordinator | Consortium Children’s Behavioral Health Outpatient

Provided direct emotional and behavioral support to children and families within a fast-paced community behavioral health setting, supporting youth experiencing trauma, grief, emotional dysregulation, ADHD, ODD, autism, peer conflict, behavioral challenges, and family instability.

Known for building strong, trust-based relationships with children who were often emotionally guarded, behaviorally reactive, socially withdrawn, or difficult to engage within structured environments. Consistently helped youth improve communication, confidence, coping skills, emotional expression, and positive peer interaction.

Facilitated therapeutic and skill-building groups focused on emotional wellness, self-esteem, anger management, social development, teamwork, healthy expression, coping strategies, and relationship-building through engaging and creativity-based approaches.

Designed and implemented behavioral motivation systems, reward-based interventions, and structured incentive programs that encouraged accountability, participation, emotional growth, and positive behavioral progress among youth clients.

Collaborated closely with caregivers, school staff, DHS personnel, core workers, and multidisciplinary support teams to strengthen communication, support behavioral consistency, and improve overall outcomes for children and families.

Coordinated youth-centered activities, therapeutic events, group engagement initiatives, enrollment support, community outings, and supervision of large groups of children during structured programming and special events.

Managed program operations including activity planning, supply coordination, event preparation, behavioral documentation, donation outreach, and community partnership efforts to enhance youth programming and client engagement.

Successfully secured donations, incentives, food, prizes, and community resources from local businesses and organizations to support program development and improve experiences for children and families.

High School Diploma – Bartram High School (1998)