Dominique has recently relocated to East Falmouth from the San Francisco Bay Area, where she led social skills groups in Laurel Village, a vibrant neighborhood, for twenty years. Her unique approach to social group work put her work in high demand. Before the pandemic, Dominique led fifteen, five-person groups each week and had a two-year waiting list for new members.

Dominique has received extensive training from Michelle Winner's Center for Social Thinking, where she spent several weeks working as a clinician during the summer of 2004. In 2012, Michelle published Dominique’s game, “Should I or Shouldn’t I? What Would Others Think?”

She received her Master's in Special Education from Bank Street College in NYC in 1991. She spent 18 years as a classroom teacher in both special needs and mainstreamed classrooms before founding her private practice in 2003.

Dominique has also consulted with many private and public schools in the Bay Area. She offers workshops for parents and teachers and she also provides intensive training, which includes observation of groups followed by feedback sessions, for professionals who are interested in exploring this field. 

Recent presentations include:

Qualities of the Socially Successful child

The Friends School, San Francisco, CA

Educating the Child with ASD in the mainstream classroom 

Jefferson Elementary School District, Daly City, CA

Promoting Social Thinkers 

The Town School, San Francisco, CA

Learning Differences and the Social Mind   

ED REV: Parents Education Network, San Francisco, CA

Reading Social Q's: It's more complicated than you think!   

Presidio Hill School, San Francisco, CA

Nurturing and Developing Socially Successful Kids

 Marin Country Day School, Larkspur, CA

Where's The Manual For Recess? Helping Children and Teens Navigate Unstructured Time

Winter  Parent's Education Network Speaker Series

Spring  Parent's Education Network ED REV

Helping Integrate Children Who Struggle at Recess and Lunch    spring 2010

The Hamlin School , San Francisco, CA

Games And Activities to Use in Social Thinking Groups Michelle Winner's Social Thinking Provider's Conference, South SF, CA

Where is the Manual For Recess?   fall 2010

It Takes a Village, Mill Valley

The Art of Friendship. Teaching kids the rules they need to know in order to make and maintain friendships.  April

ED REV ( Parents Education Network) 

Developing Social Awareness and Cooperation in School Aged Children April 2013

The Town School, SF

Helping Kids Navigate the Social Demands at School

Support For Families Conference Day, SFA

The Nuts and Bolts of running Social Groups for Kids and Teens

Mount Sinai Hospital Dept of Psychiatry, New York City