Education
- Graduate hours in Substance Abuse Counseling *and Psychology**(See Letter attached at the end of the resume and see Other Credentials listings)
- M.Ed. University of Georgia
- Ph.D. University of Tennessee
Previous Positions
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| Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Courses in Alchoholism and Suicidology, Undergraduate Courses in Drug Use and Abuse and Human Sexuality, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee | 1978-01-15 | 1982-06-01 |
| Assistant Professor, Graduate Courses in Alcoholism , University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee | 1982-09-01 | 1983-06-01 |
| Assistant Professor, Substance Abuse Counseling, Mater Dei College, Ogdensburg, NY | 1985-06-01 | 1986-01-15 |
| Assistant Professor, Sports Psychology and Substance Abuse in Sports, United States Sports Academy, Daphne, Alabama | 1988-01-05 | 1990-11-22 |
Courses Taught at Amarillo College
| Course ID | Course Name | Term |
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Other Credentials
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| See Resume for successful qualifying work experiences. |
| Advanced Addiction Counselor (AAC) #1768-1100 - Texas Certification Board - 2000 - present. |
| Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) #5677 - State of Texas, 1993 - present. |
| *ECP 600 |
| *ECP 699-Fall 1972 Quarter (Course required for 3 quarters) |
| * and **ECP 920 |
| *ECP 699-Winter 1973 Quarter (Course required for 3 quarters) |
| * and **ECP 701 |
| * and **ECP 702 |
| *ECP 888 |
| *ECP 699-Spring 1973 Quarter (Course required for 3 quarters) |
| * and **ECP 921 |
| * and **ECP 980 |
| * and **CFD 607 |
| *ECP 901 |
| * and **ECP 981 |
| * and **ECP 970 |
| * and **ECP 971 |
| * and ** ECP 972 |
| **ECP 888 |
Publications, Presentations, Public Works and Awards
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Adolescent Substance Abuse - Etiology, Treatment and Prevention. Contributed chapter on Substance Abuse in Athletics. Aspen Publications, 1992. Substance Abuse in Sport, Editor. Kendell-Hunt Publishers, 1989, 1992.
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Presentations "Seniors and Substance Abuse: Over the Counter Drugs, Marijuana and Alcohol", 37th Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, 2011. "Physical and Psychosocial Impact of Anabolic Steroids and Supplements", 36th Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, 2010. "Anabolic Steroids and Performance Enhancing Drugs", 2009 TAAP Annual Conference (TAAPOPOLY), San Antonio, TX, 2009 "Ethics", 2009 Amarillo Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (ACADA), Amarillo, TX, 2009 "Anabolic Steroids and Performance Enhancing Drugs", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. 35th Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO, 2009 "Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Aging", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. 34th Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO, 2008 "Substance Abuse and the Elderly" and "Ethics", 29th Annual Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction, Lubbock, TX, 2007 "The 'Baby Boomers' Are Coming!" and "NAADAC Ethics Update", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. 33rd Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO, 2007 "Ethics - Client Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Standards of Conduct", Amarillo Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (ACADA), Amarillo, TX, 2006 "Generic Ethics" and "Geriatric Substance Abuse", 28th Annual Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction, Lubbock, TX, 2006 "Binge Drinking and Substance Abuse on Campus: Intervention and Change Strategies", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. 32nd Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 2006. "Workforce Education Course Manual", WECM Maintenance Project Course Review Workshop, Midland, TX, 2005 "Binge Drinking and Substance Abuse on Campus: Intervention and Change Strategies", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. 31st Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 2005. "Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention on the College and University Campus", Psychotherapy Associates 30th Annual Winter Symposium, 2004. "Meth: It's Impact on Families, Students and the Community", Meth Madness: It 's Impact in Your Neighborhood, Amarillo, TX., 2004. "Ethics and Burnout", 29th Annual Psychotherapy Associates Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO., 2003. "Stress Reduction - How to Survive Your Agency" and "Steroids - History, Use and Abuse", 25th Annual Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction, Lubbock, TX., 2003. "Ethics in 2002" and "Internet Counseling - Panacea or Problem?", Twenty-eighth Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 2002. "Drugs, Sex and Rock n Roll", Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 2000, 2001 Ethics Workshop, Wheeler Unit, TDCJ. Plainview, TX, 2000. "Addiction Issues: Looking to the Year 2000 and Beyond", INCASE 4th Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 1999. "Binge Drinking on Campus", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. Twenty-fifth Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 1999-2000. "Intensive Outpatient Treatment Model Program", 13th Annual Idaho Conference on Alcohol and Drug Dependency, Boise, 1997. Rohypnol Update, INCASE Third Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 1998. "Rohypnol - Date Rape Drug Update", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C. Twenty-fourth Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 1998. "Intensive Outpatient Treatment Model Program", 13th Annual Idaho Conference on Alcohol and Drug Dependency, Boise, 1997. "Ethics", 19th Annual Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction, Lubbock, Texas, 1997. "Rohypnol - The Date-Rape Drug", Psychotherapy Associates, P.C., Twenty-third Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 1997. "Innovative Models in ADOA Programs", International Coalition of Addictions Studies Educators, Denver, 1996. "Problems in Texas" Psychotherapy Associates, P.C., Twenty-second Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 1996. International Coalition of Addiction Studies Educators, "Prisoners Counseling Prisoners", Boston, Massachusetts, 1995 "Prisoners Counseling Prisoners" Psychotherapy Associates, P.C., Twenty-first Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, 1995. "Prisoners Counseling Prisoners" at the Second Annual Southwestern Conference on Violence and Substance Abuse, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994."Nicotine Addiction and Treatment for Substance Abuse Counselors- What Works and Doesn't Work." "16th Annual Regional Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction: Healing the Addictive Mind, Body and Spirit" Lubbock, 1994. "Tobacco - Issues, Education and Treatment", "Steroids - When Will We Ever Learn?," 15th Annual Regional Institute on Substance Abuse and Addiction. Lubbock, Texas, 1993. "Training Chemical Dependency Counselors - A Model Program." Psychotherapy Associates, P.C., Nineteenth and Twentieth Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1993-94. "Steroids: Facts, Problems, and Programs," "Training Chemical Dependency Counselors of the Future: Who Are They?," Psychotherapy Associates, P.C., Eighteenth Annual International Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1992. "Anabolic Steroids and the Athlete," United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1991, 1990. "Anabolic Steroids and Athletes," at the Sixteenth Annual Advanced International Winter Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1990. Rash, G., Coffman, S., Spechalske, F., and Banks, R. "Comparison of EMG Activity in the Semimembranosus and Erector Spinae Muscles Utilizing the DAVID and Nautilus Knee Flexion Machines." Oral presentation accepted for Southeast American College of Sports Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, 1990. Four-day workshop for the Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley. Subject matter included "Intervention," "Ergogenic Aids in Sport," "Violence and Alcohol," "Nutrition" and "Administrative Problems and Substance Abuse." Canton, New York, 1989. "Substance Abuse and the Athlete," for the University of Delaware College of Physical Education, Athletics and Recreation, Newark, Delaware, 1989. Drug Abuse Education for the Taylor County School System, Perry, Florida, 1989. "The Gateway Drugs," for the Milwaukee Public School System, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1989 "Outpatient Drug Treatment," AAHPERD Regional Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1988. Winter Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, February, 1986, 1985, 1982, 1978. Topics included: "Violence and Alcohol," "Supervision and Training Staff," "Clinician to Administrator and vice versa," "Suicide and Alcohol," "Attitudes and Alcohol," and "The Community Mental Health Center and the Alcoholic." "Violence and Alcohol," Knoxville, Tennessee, 1984. "Advanced Individual Treatment," Georgia Addictions Counselors Association, Warner Robins, Georgia, 1984. "Rational Emotive Therapy and the Twelve Steps of AA - How They Relate," Knoxville, Tennessee, 1983. "An Overview of the Effects of Drugs on the Central Nervous System," and "First Interview Strategies." Presented for East Tennessee Substance Abuse Council as part of the Tennessee System of Drug Education. Knoxville, Tennessee, 1983. Faculty - Tennessee Alcohol and Drug Abuse School. Topic: "Attitudes and Alcohol," Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1983. "The Alcoholic and Treatment Via Crisis Intervention," Savannah, Georgia, 1977. "Community Mental Health and the Alcoholic," and "Dealing with the Alcoholic Via a Crisis Intervention Center," Kearney State College, Kearney, Nebraska, 1975. Assisted Dr. Gary Forrest in Preparation, "Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation in the Military - For Better or Worse?," Annual Symposium, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1973.
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AWARDS RECEIVED Texans Caring for Texans Community Award, 2011. John F. Meade Award for Outstanding Faculty Member, 2011. Badger Award for assisting in the retention of first- year students, 2009. Outstanding Contributions to the field of Chemical Dependency Counselor Education and Training presented at the Psychotherapy Associates Annual Winter Symposium, 2008. Apple Award for contributions to the success of Amarillo College's best and brightest. Presented by Phi Theta Kappa, 2006. Outstanding Contributions to the field of Chemical Dependency Counselor Education and Training presented at the Psychotherapy Associates Annual Winter Symposium, 2001 |
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PUBLIC WORKS: Board of Directors, Amarillo Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ACADA), 2002 - present Vice President, Amarillo Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (ACADA), 2008 - present Board of Directors, The Haven (Womens Recovery Center), 2001 - 2007. Amarillo Association of Addiction Professionals, Vice President, 1999-2000. Faculty advisor for PEERS at Amarillo College, 1991-93, 1996 - 2005. Board of Directors, International Coalition of Addiction Studies Educators, 1997. Advisory Board Member for the Stay-'N-Out-Lonestar Therapeutic Community located in the Clements Unit, 1994-96. Project Advisory Committee for the Grayson County College grant "Assessment of Compentency-Based Instruction in Mental Health Technologies", 1994-95. Amarillo Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, Vice President, 1994. Board of Advisors, Chairman, The Haven (Women's Recovery Center), 1993. Board of Governors, Cedar Creek Hospital, Amarillo, 1992-93. Advisory Board Member for the Diplomate in Chemical Dependency Counseling of the International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling, and Psychotherapy, Inc. (IABMCP). 1992-95. Panhandle Substance Abuse Consortium - Member, Steering, Education and Finance Committee, 1991-97. Finance Officer, 1992-97. Advisory Committee - Peachbelt Mental Health Center, Warner Robins, Georgia, 1984. Examination Board for the Tennessee Substance Abuse Certification Committee, 1982-83. Region II Alcohol and Drug Planning Committee, 1982.
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