LaShawn Green
Ms. LaShawn D. Green has over ten years of experience working with children and adolescents through various agencies in Prince George’s County Maryland. For two years Ms. Green was a Kindergarten Teacher Assistant at Washington McLaughlin Christian School in Hyattsville, MD. Most of Ms. Green’s professional experience has been working with and coordinating programs for Teen Parents; facilitating parenting classes and support groups. She has been a Coordinator for the Suitland High School Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Program, located in Suitland MD.
The Suitland High School Program focused on developing Life Skills, such as Time and Financial management, Self-esteem Building for child and self, and Employment Techniques. Prior to the Suitland High School Program, Ms. Green was the Coordinator of Family Education Services, Prince George’s County division, for The Family Tree, Inc. which is a Statewide non-profit Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Agency. Ms. Green also has numerous hours of volunteer, mentoring, and advocates services and has received recognition for commitment to her community. She has received an award from Outstanding Community Service, from the Pedology Program at Bowie State University; Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from the Alvin Adler Adlerian Institution, in New York; an award for Outstanding Americanism from Disabled American Veterans, Memorial Chapter.
Ms. Green graduated from Suitland High School located in Suitland Maryland in 1990. She has a Master of Art degree in Counseling and Psychotherapy, with a specialization in Adlerian Therapy and a Bachelor of Science in Pedology (the scientific study of the growth, development, and socialization of children and adolescents, from conception to age 18) from Bowie State University, in Bowie Maryland. Ms. Green has an Associate of Applied Science in Early Childhood Program Management from Prince George’s County Community College, in Largo Maryland. Her other organizational affiliations include being a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and a Charter member of the Pedology Club at Bowie State University. Her Graduate Thesis focused on the Mother-daughter Relationship in the African American community during childhood and it’s affect’s on the daughter’s adulthood outcomes: education level, income level, martial status, sexual behaviors, number of pregnancies and births, criminal behaviors, and self-esteem.
