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Amy Board, MSW, LCSW

Director, Community Mental Health Services

Amy Board began working at Little City in 2013 as a therapist in the Foster Care & Adoption Program, moving into the role of Clinical Supervisor in 2015, and Director of Community Mental Health Services in 2020.

  Previously Amy worked for the Fraser Autism Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota as the lead clinician in a Day Treatment program for toddlers and preschool-age children on the autism spectrum.

Amy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Amy has worked in a diversity of environments across Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, including elementary schools, community centers, and public housing.  Amy has specialized training in a variety of trauma-focused treatment modalities, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and the Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) framework. Amy has also been trained in Stanley Greenspan’s DIR/Floortime™ model for children with autism, as well as the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM).

As Director of Community Mental Health, Amy’s goal is to broaden community understanding and acceptance of mental health challenges and to make services accessible to all of those in need. Amy is additionally dedicated to social justice and ensuring that Little City’s mental health services embody the values of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Careers

Working at Little City will provide you with daily opportunities to improve the quality of life for hundreds of individuals. Each and every person on our Little City Team makes a fundamental impact in the lives of the children and adults we serve.