Staff and Advisory Board

Danielle Black, MS

the teen Center started in 2019, when the community stated they needed more safe options for their youth.

Danielle Has her BA in Psychology with a minor in sociology, her MS in Clinical Psychology, Certificate in Applied Behavioral Analysis, and completed training and internships for licensure for LMLP and BCBA.

Danielle Has worked in home therapy, residential and outpatient Therapy, numerous Schools, specialized Centers for Autism, Mental Health Centers, and churches.

Clinically worked as an Autism Specialist, Behavioral therapist, Clinical Internist, Substitute, After school teacher and Resource ROOM, SPED PAra, and Mental Health Care Worker.

She is Trained in diagnosis, psychological testing, parent training, EBD/behavior plans, comorbid diagnoses, data collection, social skills training, Coping Skills, training staff in behavioral accommodations, developing adaptive visual aids, writing programming, ABA, PECS, TEACCH, working with differently abled, and completed the autism Training Program through KU. Many of these require licensing to practice but has used applicable training to benefit youth in our community and provide a safe space to go where mental health is talked about as well as normalized.

Danielle has worked with kids in many differently abled circumstances. She has worked with students whom were, diagnosed with autism, SPD, Mood/Behavioral Disorders, Aggression and self harming, suicidal, ODD, EBD, Physical Disabilities, and learning disabilities. Through each client danielle found it important to individualize learning through new and out of the box thinking that met the child where they were.

Advisory Board

President- Denise O’Connor Munsey
Vice President- Ameilia Alexander
Secretary/Treasurer- Cindy Goldsmith

Carmen Zeisler
Christle Estabrook
Chuck Laughlin and Tammey Lackey
Meaghan Reamey
Jackie Gilby
Andrea Amann

Danielle worked in the mental health/education field for 12 years. The center grew out of meeting with 2 to 3 teens once a week and a pool table and now have seen over 120 youth in the last year. Through donations, volunteers, swap deals, the youth molding the center, and hundreds of hours creating, the teen center has been started. It will surely continue to change but we aim to keep our core principles at the foundation. Danielle loves working with her teens and often does not turn down when the teens beg for more teen center time. She loves people and loves finding ways to help each individual thrive and grow into who they were created to be. Danielle believes every individual was created with the ability to be good and a path toward doing good. It is up to each individual to choose it, but mentors, and positive influences can help guide youth into their best lives.

Danielle enjoys spending time with her family outside of her time at the center. They have three dogs, two geckos, and a tree frog. They enjoy things like going to the zoo and going on adventures. She loves monkeys, animals in general, creating, and helping others.

Teen Advisory Board

The teen advisory board offers teens a chance to speak up on issues that concern them and their peers. It will consist of a mixture of 6th-12th graders. The purpose is to express the ideas of youth and fill the gap between youth and adults. The President of the Board will attend Board Meetings and have a voting presence.

• Work as a team to address issues with youth in our community
• Assist in planning, promoting, and implementing programs and services
• Plan and participate in community service activities
• Act as an advocate for other youth and teens
• Meet once a month