My "calling" in life has been social work, teaching, parenting, and helping people to help themselves. I have extensive experience working with substance abusing criminal offenders and court-involved and mandated clients. My professional accomplishments include:

Conducted Individual and Group Psychotherapy sessions
Served as an Emergency Room Psychiatric Evaluator
developed, standardized, implemented, and institutionalized adult and juvenile drug court programs in New Jersey.
Coordinated a statewide substance abuse evaluation and referral program (TASC) by organizing and monitoring the activities of substance abuse evaluators situated in 21 Superior Courts in New Jersey.
Designed, planned, and coordinated the statewide implementation of the New Jersey Judiciary’s Veterans Assistance Project.
Monitored statewide the Sexually Violent Predator (SVPs) program.
Provided advisement and coordination of New Jersey Supreme Court’s Minority Concerns subcommittee tasked with monitoring fair and equal accessibility to court services by minority criminal defendants.

Planned and conducted group and individual counseling sessions to prevent relapse among drug court participants.
Designed and supervised treatment and goal oriented case plans for identified offenders.
Assisted individuals in identifying their substance abuse issues and monitored their recovery process.
Effectively employed the DSM, the Addictions Severity Index (ASI), and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) placement criteria to identify and articulate specific problems and needs for at‑risk individuals.
Identified early warning cues indicative of recidivism and provided immediate re‑evaluation and referral.
Conducted group and individual counseling sessions.
Mentored new faculty members and coached faculty members who were placed on probationary-status.
Developed interview outlines and participated in the hiring and supervision of judiciary staff.
Provided personnel and human resource guidance information to judiciary employees and drafted classification guidelines and title descriptions.
Served as Rutgers University Part Time Lecturer – College of Social Work and the Addiction Counselors Training Program (ACT).
Served as University of Phoenix Campus Faculty Assessment Liaison (CFAL) – 2014 to present - College of Social Sciences – Behavior Health and Human Services, Psychology, and Criminal Justice and Security Program Assessment Project.
Served as University of Phoenix Lead Faculty – Faculty Development and Coaching.
Served as the University of Phoenix Lead Faculty Area Chair for the College of Social Sciences - Human Services and Psychology.
Served as a University of Phoenix Peer Evaluator, Ethics Committee member, and Faculty Mentor.
Designed curriculum and instructed college courses in social work, counseling, human services, psychology, and criminal justice.
Created and implemented statewide standardized policies and procedures for the Veterans Assistance Project.
Designed, coordinated, and instructed in‑service training for substance abuse evaluators, criminal and family division staff, probation and police officers.
Developed and facilitated training curriculum on various criminal justice-related topics, which included diagnostic testing, assessment techniques and evaluation procedures (ASI, ASAM), professional ethics, and the criminal justice process

My "calling" in life has been social work, teaching, parenting, and helping people to help themselves. I have extensive experience working with substance abusing criminal offenders and court-involved and mandated clients. My professional accomplishments include:

Conducted Individual and Group Psychotherapy sessions

Served as an Emergency Room Psychiatric Evaluator

developed, standardized, implemented, and institutionalized adult and juvenile drug court programs in New Jersey.

Coordinated a statewide substance abuse evaluation and referral program (TASC) by organizing and monitoring the activities of substance abuse evaluators situated in 21 Superior Courts in New Jersey.

Designed, planned, and coordinated the statewide implementation of the New Jersey Judiciary’s Veterans Assistance Project.

Monitored statewide the Sexually Violent Predator (SVPs) program.

Provided advisement and coordination of New Jersey Supreme Court’s Minority Concerns subcommittee tasked with monitoring fair and equal accessibility to court services by minority criminal defendants.

Planned and conducted group and individual counseling sessions to prevent relapse among drug court participants.

Designed and supervised treatment and goal oriented case plans for identified offenders.

Assisted individuals in identifying their substance abuse issues and monitored their recovery process.

Effectively employed the DSM, the Addictions Severity Index (ASI), and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) placement criteria to identify and articulate specific problems and needs for at‑risk individuals.

Identified early warning cues indicative of recidivism and provided immediate re‑evaluation and referral.

Conducted group and individual counseling sessions.

Mentored new faculty members and coached faculty members who were placed on probationary-status.

Developed interview outlines and participated in the hiring and supervision of judiciary staff.

Provided personnel and human resource guidance information to judiciary employees and drafted classification guidelines and title descriptions.

Served as Rutgers University Part Time Lecturer – College of Social Work and the Addiction Counselors Training Program (ACT).

Served as University of Phoenix Campus Faculty Assessment Liaison (CFAL) – 2014 to present - College of Social Sciences – Behavior Health and Human Services, Psychology, and Criminal Justice and Security Program Assessment Project.

Served as University of Phoenix Lead Faculty – Faculty Development and Coaching.

Served as the University of Phoenix Lead Faculty Area Chair for the College of Social Sciences - Human Services and Psychology.

Served as a University of Phoenix Peer Evaluator, Ethics Committee member, and Faculty Mentor.

Designed curriculum and instructed college courses in social work, counseling, human services, psychology, and criminal justice.

Created and implemented statewide standardized policies and procedures for the Veterans Assistance Project.

Designed, coordinated, and instructed in‑service training for substance abuse evaluators, criminal and family division staff, probation and police officers.

Developed and facilitated training curriculum on various criminal justice-related topics, which included diagnostic testing, assessment techniques and evaluation procedures (ASI, ASAM), professional ethics, and the criminal justice process