About Us

 

Training Grounds is Committed to Providing Materials

That Increase an Individual's Future Success

Our Goal is to Reach all Ages

 

 

Meet the CEO and Owner

Shawna Martinez, CEO of Training Grounds and author of several upcoming children's books holds a Masters in Educational Psychology.  She has worked with children for over twenty years.  Lemur's Legacy is her first novel.  She began her writing in 2001.

 

We have opened our doors with several new products, exclusive to Training Grounds.

The Subject Dollar System is a behavioral management program. It can be used in a classroom setting or home environment.

 

Lemur's Legacy is our first series of novels. We introduced this series for the first time at our exhibit in Washington D.C. The response was overwhelming as the children, youth, and parents viewed our banners and trading cards.  Novels are Coming Soon!

 

 

 

Resume for Shawna Joy Martinez Mental Health Professional Work Experience Educator/Children?s Advocate/Behavioral Specialist 2000-2002 Fort Bend Independent School District, Sugar Land, TX, USA Therapeutic Foster Care Provider/Program to Reduce Juvenile Criminal Behavior 1999 Arizona Department of Economic Security, Tucson, AZ, USA Educator/Behavioral Specialist/Behavior Intervention Program 1996-1997 Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX, USA Educator/Children?s Advocate/Pre-School Program for Children with Disabilities 1995 Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX, USA Community/World Outreach Experience Foster Mother/Adoptive Parent in Process 10/2006-Present Guatemala Foster Care, Antigua, Guatemala United States of America and International Adoption Process Writer 2006-Present Adoption Media, Gilbert, AZ, USA Business Owner/Writer of Children?s Educational Books 2002-Present Training Grounds, San Antonio, TX, USA Children/Youth Weekend Teacher 2000-2002 Braeswood Church, Houston, TX, USA Outreach Leader/Counselor 1998-1999 Inner City Harvesters Church, Tucson, AZ, USA Children?s Weekend Teacher 1995-1997 Braeswood Church, Houston, TX, USA Children?s Weekend Teacher 1985-1995 Victory Church, Tucson, AZ, USA Mental Health Graduate Level Education/Masters Program CLINICAL PSYCOLOGY, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY AND FAMILY THERAPY ADDITIONAL GRADUATE COURSES Psychopathology of Childhood/Research Design & Statistics II/School Psychology Practicum 2002 Spring Courses University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA Professional Practice, Law & Ethics/Intellectual Assessment/Personality Assessment of the Child/Research Design and Statistics I 2001 Fall Courses University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA Learning Principles/Biological Basis of Behavior/Basic Psychotherapy Skills 2001 Summer Courses University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX, USA Evaluation of Programs for Gifted and Talented Students/Teaching Science in Grades 4-8 2001 Summer Courses University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA MASTER OF EDUCATION RECEIVED 1998 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY/SPECIAL EDUCATION GRADUATE COURSES, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, Houston, TX, USA Computers & Technology in the Classroom/Cultural Foundations of American Education/Diagnostic Teaching in Special Education 1997 Fall Courses University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA Introduction to Educational and Psychological Measurements/Human Growth and Development/Consultation Theory and Practice/Individualizing Special Education Curriculum/Practicum 1997 Summer Courses University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA Supervised Experience in Special Education/Applied Behavioral Analysis/The Education of Exceptional Learners/Behavior Management Strategies in Special Education 1997 Spring Courses University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA Undergraduate Level Education/Bachelor of Arts Program BACHELOR OF ARTS RECEIVED 1995 MAJOR: HUMANITIES SPLIT MINOR: PSYCHOLOGY & WOMEN STUDIES University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Skills Skills Name Skill Level Last Used Experience Child Advocacy Expert Currently Used 12 Years Children?s Writer Expert Currently Used 6 Years Business Administrator Expert Currently Used 5 Years Community/World Outreach Expert Currently Used 22 Years Child Needs Assessment & Expert Currently Used 12 Years Response Educating Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder/ Expert 2002 6 Years Conduct Disorder Educating Children with Anxiety Disorders (Obsessive Compulsive, Panic, Post Expert 2002 5 Years Traumatic Stress, Social Phobia) Educating Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Expert 2002 6 Years Disorder Educating Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Expert 2000 3 Years (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) Educating Children with Bipolar Disorder (Manic- Intermediate 2000 1 Year Depressive Illness) Educating Children with Borderline Personality Intermediate 1997 1 Year Disorder Educating Children with Eating Disorder Intermediate 1997 1 Year