VITA
Donna A.
Henderson
Box 7266 Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
(336) 945-6774 (336) 758-1890
EXPERIENCE - In education
Associate
Professor, Counselor
Education Program, Department of Education, Wake Forest University, August 1996
- Present
·
As a faculty member in the counselor
education program, I participate in teaching, research and service. I have been appointed to the graduate
faculty. I supervise students in
practicum and internship and work closely with the school systems in multiple
ways. I also advise students and
consult with education faculty on classroom management, interdisciplinary
teaching, and innovative school practices.
My research interests include counseling in the schools, counselor
effectiveness and counselor training emphasizing the role of creative arts in
those areas. I have taught the
following courses at Wake Forest:
·
EDU 735: Appraisal Procedures for
Counselors
·
EDU 738: Counseling Practicum
·
EDU 744: Counseling Internship I
·
EDU 745: Counseling Internship II
·
EDU 746: Counseling Children
·
EDU 747: Cultures and Counseling
·
EDU 748: Life-span Development: Implications for Counseling
·
EDU 749: School Guidance and Counseling
·
EDU 763a: Specialized Study in Counseling: School Counseling
Assistant
Professor,
Counseling Program, College of Education, East Tennessee State University,
August 1992 – July 1996
As
a faculty member of the counseling program, my duties included instruction,
supervision, research, and service. I have developed courses for undergraduate
retention, student athletes, and cross-cultural issues. I have supervised practicum and internship
students as well as graduate teaching assistants. I have served on university wide committees of curriculum and
retention and several college committees.
I was the chair of a program committee that worked on CACREP
accreditation. I served as counseling
program coordinator for a year. My
research is in the areas of counseling effectiveness, counselor training and
supervision, and program development.
The following are courses I taught at East Tennessee State:
·
HDAL 5010: Principles and Administration of Counseling
Services
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HDAL 5110: Cross Cultural Issues and Perspectives
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HDAL 5150: Career Development: Theory, Research and Practice
·
HDAL 5400: Consultation Theories and Techniques
·
HDAL 5550: Counseling Theories
·
HDAL 5561: Counseling Techniques for Children
·
HDAL 5570: Counseling Practicum
·
HDAL 5580: Counseling Internship
·
HDAL 5957-004 Coping with Crisis in the School
·
HDAL 5957-204: Counselors as Drug Abuse Prevention
Specialists
·
HDAL 2310: Developmental Life Span Psychology
Faculty,
Tennessee Collaborative Academy, July 1994, July 1995, July 1996
I
was an invited faculty member to this summer institute. My duties included leading the group of
school counselors and for two years leading interdisciplinary groups also. The themes for the academy were as follows:
·
Assessment
·
Empowerment
·
Interdisciplinary Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of
Educational and Counseling Psychology
·
ECP 315: Classroom
Management and Discipline
·
ECP 210: Human Development
·
ECP 325: Tests and Measurement
Graduate
Research Assistant - Bureau of Educational Research and Service, University of
Tennessee, June 1989 – July 1991
Duties
included monitoring budget accounts, writing research funding proposals,
reviewing grant applications, researching various topics,
planning
and implementing evaluation procedures, and others.
Consultant – Contract
with TRW/Koyo, December 1988 – July 1991
Conducted employee assessment
Duties included facilitating local
industry in the evaluation of potential employees
Taught
English usage and speech courses
Teacher - Carteret
County Board of Education, January 1981 – June 1986
Duties
were those necessary to the instruction of seventh and eighth grade language
arts classes. For two-thirds of the
school day I worked with students who were in at-risk academically. As a co-director for this project, I helped
design and implement a curriculum for the needs of these students. This was a holistic approach that included
many lessons in guidance activities designed to improve self-esteem, to develop
study and life skills, and to increase communication abilities. These were designed as developmental
guidance lessons and delivered by me in the role of counselor.
Instructor - Carteret
Community College, 1981 - 1983
Courses
taught include business letter writing, freshman composition, and others.
Teacher & Counselor - Page County
Public Schools, October 1973 – June 1979
My
teaching assignments were ninth, tenth, and twelfth grade English classes. I worked half time in the guidance office
and taught half time. Also I was
faculty advisor for the yearbook and the newspaper and worked on a curriculum
development committee. I also worked
closely with the career development specialist during the school year and
worked as a counselor in a summer program for disadvantaged youth.
EMPLOYMENT - In other areas
Owner and Manager - Donna's Hallmark Shop, February 1986
– July 1989
Duties
include all involved in owning and operating a small business, such as
bookkeeping, planning, purchasing, marketing, and staffing.
EDUCATION
Doctor
of Philosophy, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, December 1992
Specialty:
counselor education. Practicum and
internship experiences include work at a community agency for convicted felons,
an elementary school, and a college-counseling center. Also I have led structured and unstructured
small groups, worked with practicum classes, and was involved in several
research projects. I was directly
involved in the writing and reply to the CACREP accreditation process which was
successfully completed while I was at UTK.
The faculty and College of Education honored me by naming me Outstanding
Graduate Student in Counselor Education.
Masters of Arts in Teaching - James Madison University, June 1978
Concentration:
21 hours in English and 12 hours in education.
I
also began the certification process to become a school counselor.
Bachelor of Arts - Meredith College, June 1970
English
major and business minor. Editor of the
campus literary magazine
Associate of Arts - Peace College, June 1968
Concentration:
English and business. The faculty
recognized me with an award of Outstanding English Student.
PUBLICATIONS
Gladding,
S.T. & Henderson, D.A. (in press).
Henderson,
D. A. & Gladding, S.T. (1998). The creative arts in counseling: A
multicultural perspective. The Arts
in Psychotherapy, 25 (3) 183-187.
Henderson,
D .A. & Poppen, W. A. (1995). Students perceptions of "Group work:
Leading in the here and now." Journal for Specialists in Group Work,
20, (4), 207-214.
Henderson,
D. A. (1993). The rules of the
game. Elementary School Guidance and
Counseling, 28, (2), 150-151.
Henderson,
D. A. & Pettibone, T.J.
(1989). Book review: Cultivating
foundation support for education. Grants Magazine, 12, (4), 191-192.
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Chapters and Monographs
Henderson,
D. A. (2000). Play therapy. In C. L.
Thompson & L. Rudolph Counseling
Children (Chapter 14). Pacific
Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Henderson,
D. A., (2000). Instructor's
Manual for Thompson & Rudolph’s Counseling
Children. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole Publishing.
Leach,
E., Cooke, K. & Henderson, D.A. (2000)
Student Manual for Thompson &
Rudolph’s Counseling Children. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole Publishing.
Henderson, D.
A. (1998). Manageable evaluation.
Denver, CO: Love Publishing
Company.
Henderson,
D. A. & Fall, M. (1998). School
Counseling. In Cottone, R., &
Tarvydas, V.M. (Eds.) Ethical and Professional Issues in
Counseling (pp. 263-291). Columbus, OH: Prentice Hall.
Henderson,
D. A., (1996). Instructor's
Manual for Thompson & Rudolph’s Counseling
Children. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks-Cole Publishing.
Henderson,
D. A. (1994). Piaget. In Banks, S.,
& Thompson, C. L. Educational
Psychology for Teachers. (72-77, 263-266)
Minneapolis/St. Paul: West Publishing,
Other
Henderson,
D. A. (1996). A Call to Care. Global
Visions for Counseling Professionals, III.
Henderson,
D. A. (1995). Graduate Handbook:
ETSU College of Education.
Johnson City, TN: East Tennessee State University.
Henderson,
D. A. (1995) Undergraduate Handbook: ETSU College of Education. Johnson City, TN: East Tennessee State
University.
Whitmore,
H., Henderson, D. A., & Whipple, L.
(1994). Creative arts in
counseling. Global Visions for Counseling
Professionals, II, 31-35.
Pettibone,
T.J. and Henderson, D. A. (1991). Evaluation of LRE for LIFE Program. University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Manuscripts
Henderson, D.
A. & Cobia, D. (in progress) Handbook
of School Counseling. Prentice-Hall.
Grant Proposals Accepted
Training
Counselors to be Catalysts in Drug Abuse Prevention
(Funded by U.S. Dept. of
Education - $113,000)
The
Supervision Experience as Perceived by Supervisees
(Funded by East Tennessee State University
- $5,500)
Grant Proposals Submitted
Transforming School Counseling: A Matrix of Training Possibilities (May
1997)
(Education Trust - $65,000)
Grant Proposals Submitted
Childhood
Survivors of Cancer: Career Opportunities and Rehabilitation Exploration
Program (October 1993) (Student-Initiated Research Project - $75,000)
Mid-Career Training Opportunities
(June 1991)
(Department of Education - $100,000)
Effect of Relational Training Model
on Teacher Attitude and Effectiveness (October 1989)
(Fund for Improvement of
Postsecondary Education - $173,210)
Editorial Work
Editorial
Board Member. Journal of Counseling
and Development
Former
Editorial Board Member: The Journal of Humanistic Counseling and Development
Invited
reviewer for Brooks/Cole Publishing and Prentice-Hall
Henderson, D.
A. (with Richard Hayes, Pam Paisley
& Fred Bemak). Grouping to transform schools.
Deerfield Beach, FL: Association
for Specialists in Group Work Conference.
Henderson, D.
A. (with Sam Gladding & Debbie
Newsome). Transitions in group: Getting
from here to there. Deerfield
Beach, FL: Association for Specialists
in Group Work Conference.
Henderson,
D.A. (with Sam Gladding). (October
2000). SCAMPER. New Orleans,
LA: Association for Counselor Education
and Supervision
Henderson, D.
A. (with Sylvia Nassar-McMillan) (April
1999). A growing body of volunteers: Implications for counselors. San Diego, CA: American
Counseling Association World Conference.
Henderson, D.
A. (with Laura Veach). (November 1998).
Manageable evaluation. Lake Chiemsee, Germany: American
Counseling Association – European Branch.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Sylvia Nassar-McMillan). (April 1998) The use of focus groups in survey development. Indianapolis, IN: American Counselors Association World Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Sam Gladding). (June
1997). Draw a crowd: Creative arts and school counselors. Nashville, TN: American School
Counselors Association Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (April 1997). File
folder activities for counselors: Guidance activities for the counseling
office. Orlando, FL: American
Counseling Association World Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Hal Knight and Marie Hill).
(February 1996). Preparing school leaders to deal with
diversity issues in a majority intensive setting. Chicago, IL: American Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education.
Henderson, D. A. (with Graham Disque). (April 1996). Art, music, literature:
Means of experiencing the essence of counseling. Pittsburgh, PA: American Counseling Association World Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (April 1995). The experience of supervision. Denver, CO: American Counseling
Association World Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (April 1994). Building
children's self-esteem: A matrix for adults. Minneapolis, MN: American Counseling Association World
Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (June 1993). Bag a
career: A guidance activity for career decision making. Washington, DC: American School Counselor
Association Convention.
Henderson,
D. A. (March 1993). Chair. Idea
Exchange for Counselors. Atlanta:
American Counseling Association World Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (April 1991). The
rules of the game: A guidance activity for classroom discipline. Reno, NV: American Association of Counseling
and Development National Convention.
Regional
Henderson, D.
A. (with Sam Gladding). (October
1998). Counseling and Development. Montgomery,
AL: Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Graham Disque). (November
1995). Using multimedia in counselor training. Knoxville, TN: Southern Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Ginny Dansby). (November
1995). Counselor image in the schools: Research findings and training
issues. Knoxville, TN: Southern Association for Counselor Education
and Supervision Conference.
Henderson,
D.A (with Charles Thompson). (October
1993). The experience of supervision.
Charleston, SC: Southern Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision Conference.
Henderson,
D.A.
Henderson, D.
A. (with Laura Veach) (February
1999). Manageable evaluation. Greensboro,
NC: North Carolina Counseling
Association Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (January 1998). Evaluating
school counseling programs. Winston-Salem,
NC: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Schools.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Sam Gladding). (February 1998) To
lead a group. Chapel Hill, NC:
North Carolina Counseling Association Conference.
Henderson,
D. A. (January 1998) Working with
children. Winston-Salem, NC: Kids
Help-line Volunteers
Henderson, D.
A. (January 1998) Legal and ethical
issues in school counseling.
Lewisville, NC: Counselors in
Independent Schools.
Henderson,
D. A. (November 1997). Let’s
talk about growing roses: Public relations for school counselors.
Winston-Salem, NC: North Carolina School Counselor Association Conference. Invited program.
Henderson,
D. A. (February 1997) The
art of counseling. Johnson City, TN: Induction Ceremony of Eta
Tau Sigma chapter of Chi Sigma Iota.
Henderson,
D. A. (April 1996). Playing with
children: Possibilities for insight. Kingsport, TN: Family Services Agency.
Henderson, D.
A. (with Jane Morgan). (March 1996) Public relations and school counseling.
Tusculum, TN: Talent Search Workshop
for School Counselors.
Henderson,
D. A. (March 1996) Counseling skills. Johnson
City, TN: Contact Ministries.
Henderson,
D. A. (with Graham Disque). (November 1995).
Rewriting reputations: Narrative
therapy for the school counselor.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Counseling Association Convention.
Henderson,
D. A. (with school counselors who were
grant participants). (November
1995). School counselors as drug abuse prevention specialists. Nashville, TN: Tennessee Counseling Association Convention.
Henderson, D.
A.. (with Marie Hill and Bill Symons).
(September 1995). Middle school children.
Johnson
City, TN: Liberty Bell Middle School.
Henderson, D.
A.. (with Mary Simmons). (March 1995) Developing
a school crisis plan.
Tusculum,
TN: Talent Search Workshop for School Counselors.
Henderson,
D. A. (March 1995) Counseling skills. Johnson
City, TN: Contact Ministries.
Henderson,
D. A. (November 1994). Recognizing
and building resilience.
Chattanooga, TN: Tennessee Counseling Association Convention.
Henderson, D. A. (August 1994). Managing classroom
discipline: Four goals of misbehavior. Greeneville, TN: Comprehensive Community
Services.
Henderson,
D. A. (March 1994). Counselor wellness. Tusculum,
TN: Talent Search Workshop for School Counselors.
Henderson, D.
A. (March 1994). Counseling skills. Johnson
City, TN: Contact Ministries.
Henderson,
D. A. (November 1993). Using
Creative Arts in Career Guidance. Memphis,
TN: Tennessee Counseling Association Convention.
Henderson,
D. A. (March 1993) Counseling skills. Johnson
City, TN: Contact Ministries.
Henderson, D.
A. & Whitmore, H. (March 1993) Ethics
and counseling.
Blountville,
TN: Watauga Counseling Association.
Henderson,
D. A. (April 1993). Children and grief. Tusculum, TN: Upward
Bound Workshop for Counselors.
Henderson, D.
A. (April 1993). .Self-esteem. Johnson
City, TN: Munsey Methodist Church.
Henderson, D.
A. (October 1992). Problem-solving. Johnson City, TN: Contact Ministries.
1995
- Professional Recognition Award of Outstanding Service in Post-Secondary
Guidance by Tennessee School Counselors Association
1992
- Recognized at Outstanding Student in Counselor Education at University of
Tennessee
Nationally
Certified Counselor
School
Counselor, State of North Carolina
Licensed
Professional Counselor - North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American
Counseling Association
Association
for Counselor Education and Supervision
Nominated for President, October
1998
Executive Council member 1998-1999
Member
of national committee since 1990
Delegate
for state of Tennessee at ACA, 1993, 1994
Association
for Specialists in Group Work
American
School Counselor Association
Association
for Humanistic Education and Development
Association
for Multicultural Counseling and Development
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Alpha
chapter of Chi Sigma Iota
Southern
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
President 1998-1999
President-elect, 1997-1998
Awards
Committee Chair, 1994-1996
Delegate for state of Tennessee Southern Association of
Counselor Education and Supervision, 1993
North Carolina Counseling Association
North Carolina
School Counselors Association
Post-secondary Vice-President
North Carolina
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
North Carolina
Association for Humanistic Education and Development
North Carolina
Association for Specialists in Group Work
Secretary 1998-1999
Treasurer 1999-2000
Tennessee
Association of Counselor Education and Supervision
Secretary
1992-1994
Professional Service (State &
National level)
President
Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Editorial
Board – Journal of Counseling and Development
Former
Editorial Board – Journal of Humanistic Education Counseling and Development
Association
for Counselor Education and Supervision Liaison to Chi Sigma Iota
Secretary of
North Carolina Association for Specialists in Group Work
Council for
the Accreditation of Counseling Related Educational Programs – Trained as Team
Member
Awards Chair
for Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision
Secretary of
Tennessee Association of Counselor Education and Supervision
Membership
Chair for Tennessee Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
Membership
Chair for Tennessee Career Development Association
Committee
member for national committee of Counselor Educators
Committee
member for Tennessee School Counseling Framework curriculum
University Service
East
Tennessee State University
Secretary of
University Curriculum Committee
Member of
university-wide committee on freshman retention
Member of
committee to develop course for student athletes
Served on
several search committees
Guest speaker
at PREVIEW session Professors are People Too
Guest speaker
at Job Futuring series on Choosing a Major
Member of
University School Action Committee
Member of
College of Education Advisory Committee
Group leader
for single parents during orientation sessions
Liaison for
graduate students to graduate council
Theses
Committees:
Amber
Gum (July 1997) Mood dependent memory and level of memory performance
Margaret Black (July 1997) An examination of the comic strip as a form of literature in the
secondary classroom.
Elide Vargas (August 1997). Frequency analysis of multi-cultural counseling articles in journals
published by the American Counseling Association from July 1980 to June 1996.
Amy Guldi (May 1998).
Mood awareness and mood repair:
Repairing negative moods with positive memories.
College Service
East
Tennessee State University
Member of
Dean's Advisory Committee
Liaison with
guidance program at University School
Supervise
graduate students who teach career planning course
Member of
computer and technology committee
Serve on
several search committees
Represent
College in state collaborative institute
Guest for two
years in principals' cohort academy
Honor and
Recognition committee
Counseling Program
Wake Forest University
Director of
the school counseling program
Faculty
Advisor for the Pi Alpha chapter of Chi Sigma Iota
East Tennessee State University
Advisor for
school counseling concentration
CACREP program
chair
Liaison with
student services
Program
Coordinator 1995-1996
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Attended
annual conference of American Counseling Association, 1992-1999
Attended annual conference of North
Carolina Counseling Association, 1998-1999
Attended annual conference of North
Carolina School Counselors, 1997-1998
Attended
drive-in workshops of North Carolina Association for Counselor Education and
Supervision
1998 – Multicultural Counseling
Competencies
1997 – Supervising Counselors
1996-
Counselor Education in North Carolina
Attended
Ethics and Leadership in Counseling Series – Wake Forest University
·
Multicultural Counseling
·
Supervision Training
·
Working with At-Risk Youth
·
Parents and children
Attended
annual conference of Tennessee Counseling Association, 1992-1996
Attended
annual conference of School Counselors Association, 1993, 1997
Attended
4-day workshop on Multicultural Education, 1995
Attended
2-day workshop on Career Counseling, 1992
Attended
2-day workshop on "A New Approach to Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood
Sexual Abuse: The Internal Family Systems Model" conducted by Dr. Richard
Schwartz, 1993.