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Curriculum
Vitae of EDUCATION: 1981 PhD Leadership and Human
Behavior 1972 Life Credential, School
Psychology 1968 Master of Science, Education 1964 Bachelor of Science,
Education PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1980-2003 - Assessment and Placement for troubled youth - Developed and operated the Western Youth Network, a service that helped parents and professionals to find the right help for their children and clients. This service was provided in both outpatient and inpatient settings. The Network served 1000's of youth and parents and is still active as the National Youth Network.
Direct Youth Services - Worked for 14 years as a teacher, counselor, coach, and school psychologist in public and private schools. Began career at Boys Town, Nebraska as a school counselor and coach. Provided individual and group counseling for personal, educational, and vocational issues. Developed peer counseling, staff training, and administered education programs including gifted and special needs students. Provided case management services for special education students. Conducted psychological and educational evaluations for students and served as an expert witness in non-public school funded residential treatment program placements. 2002-2003 - Program Leadership - School Director of Boulder Creek Academy located in Idaho. Responsible for the administration of a 70 bed facility for youth who had emotional, social, and learning disabilities. The school specialized in working with socially and emotionally delayed boys and girls aged 14 through 18. Responsible for all aspects of the program including a 5 million dollar budget, enrollments, program delivery and plant operations. Managed a staff of over 60 and was a member of CEDU Education senior management.
1999-2002 - Administrator for Alternative Youth Adventures located in Montana. Responsible for the administration of multiple services for boys and girls aged 13 through 18. The program worked with neglected and abused adolescents, delinquent youth, and emotionally disturbed youth. The program included assessment, wilderness treatment, residential treatment, outpatient therapy, case management, aftercare programs and substance abuse treatment. The program served over 100 youth daily. Responsible for design and implementation of all services and responsible for a 4.5 million dollar budget, enrollments, and plant operations. Managed a staff of over 100. 1979-1992 - Served as Clinical Director for Capistrano by the Sea hospital, a 100 bed psychiatric treatment center located in Dana Point, California. Over this 13 year period of time, managed a day treatment program for emotionally disturbed adolescents, a 22 bed adolescent treatment program, a 20 bed adolescent substance abuse program, a 12 bed psychiatric assessment center, an adult psychiatric program and an adult substance abuse program. Accountable for a 12 million dollar budget, served on the Board of Directors and responsible for the design and development of all programs. 1969-1979 - Provided Administrative and Direct Services to students at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Boys Town, Nebraska and Santa Ana, California. Provided school psychology and counseling services to students. Provided consultation to parents and professional staff. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: Have completed or participated in the design and start-up development for the following youth programs: California 1. Non-public school funded
day treatment program.. Montana 6. 90 day assessment center
for delinquent youth. South Carolina 9. Wilderness and residential
program for girls. Nevada 11. Day treatment and after school program for adolescents in both Reno and Las Vegas. PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT & HONORS: Organized seven major conferences in Orange County, CA dealing with a variety of issues related to adolescent diagnosis and treatment. Chairman, South Orange County California Youth Network. Board Member, Orange County California Youth At risk. Program Chairman of OC Association of Educational Psychologists. Advisory Faculty and Moderator of “Adolescent School Failure”, a regional symposium for clinicians and educators. Author, “The Effects of a systematic Skills Training Model on Communication skills of Adolescent Psychiatric Patients”. Co-authored manual entitled “Diagnostic and Remediation of Learning Disabilities”. Founder and President of Santa Ana, California Personnel and Guidance Association. Included in “Outstanding Young Men of America”. Co-author of “Role and Function of the Counselor in the State of Nebraska”. Organized and chaired regional conference on “thinking errors” with Dr. Samenow. Organized and chaired regional conference on the diagnosis and treatment of sex offenders in the State of Montana. Organized and chaired regional conference on adventure therapy/experiential education in the State of Montana. Managed and acquired grants for the assessment and treatment of sex offenders in the State of Montana. Member of the steering committee for mental health services in the State of Montana. Presenter of “innovative treatment of youth” to the State of South Carolina Juvenile Justice conference. Presenter of “innovative treatment of adjudicated youth” at the Mental Health in Corrections conference in Missouri. Presenter of “experiential education/adventure therapy”, theory and practice to the conference of “Emotionally Disturbed Youth” and at the School Psychologist conference in the State of Montana.
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