ANDREA CENNINGTON, MSW, LCSW, CYT

Andrea Cennington, MSW, LCSW, CYT, is a licensed clinical social worker and past certified special education teacher with over 15 years of experience working with children and adolescents diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Down Syndrome and Neuro-Developmental Disorders.  As a licensed independent social worker, she provides in-depth inpatient and outpatient clinical services as well as school-based services to children, adolescents and adults.  Ms. Cennington is committed to helping children of all ages learn how to self-regulate and manage their behaviors and emotions, effectively.  She uses psycho-education to assist families with understanding presented target behavior and the development of strategies to decrease or eliminate the occurrence of targeted behaviors.

Ms. Cennington has extensive experience providing behavioral health services and crisis intervention to Army and Air Force service members and their families.  She provides trainings for teachers, mental health and rehab clinicians, school administrators and parents to teach self-regulation strategies that are effective for children and adolescents.  Ms. Cennington is a registered yoga teacher, which she incorporates as a mindfulness resource to address behavior.