Counselor/Social Work/Communications/Writing/Customer Service

PERSONAL DATA RESUME

Deborah J. Lyons 817-***-**** admcn2@r.postjobfree.com

Academic Qualifications

Universities: Taylor University, Upland, Indiana

Akron University, Akron, Ohio

California Coast University, Santa Ana, California

Degrees: B.A., English Literature

B.S., Psychology, General

M.S., Psychology, Applied/Counseling

Employment

2012 –‘18 The Gatehouse, Executive Director/ Co-Founder, Author & Copyright Holder of

Independent Life Program

2001 -’11: Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange, Grapevine, Texas

Position: Program Development, Program Manager, Transitional Housing Program

1991-1999 U.S. State Department, Office of Overseas Schools/Africa, Mediterranean,

Central/South American, Mid-East, Caribbean

Position: Contract Diagnostics and Treatment Planning/Optimal Match Program Design &

Implementation/ Follow-Up Consulting

1990-1999: American International School of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

Position: Designer/Developer Optimal Match Special Needs Program for American

International Schools/Special Needs Consultant Costa Rica Ministry of Education

1990-1999: U.S. Embassy, San Jose, Costa Rica

Position: E.A.P. Counselor to Embassy Personnel

1990–1999: San Jose, Costa Rica

Position: Private Practice Counselor, Children & Adults

/ EAP counselor for U.S. Embassy

1993-1998: Erie 1, Board of Cooperative Educational Services

Position: International Learning Styles Consultant

1994-1998 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Position: Accreditation Team member /Dr. Vincent L. Ferrandino, Director

1982 – ’89: Full-time mother/part-time Psychology student

In-service presenter to local schools (public and private), Nashville,

Tennessee. Topics of in-service: Attention Deficit Disorder/Learning Differences

1978 – ’82: Boeing Computer Services Company, Seattle, Washington

Position: Technical Writer/Communications

(1979 – ’81), subcontracted Marketing Director for Arabian Data

Systems, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Memberships

Association for the Advancement of International Education

Association of American International Schools of Africa

Advocates for Learning-Different Children and Adults (Founder)

Congresso de Psiquiatria de Centroamerica y Panama (APCAP)

Learning Disabilities Association USA

Association of Christian Counselors

Association of American Psychologists

Committee on American International Schools Abroad --- US State Dept., OAS

C.H.A.D.D. (Co-founded, with Costa Rican educator, the first international C.H.A.D.D. chapter)

Meadows Mental Health Foundation

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools --- Evaluation Team Member

Grant Recipient

ADD and Multimodal Technological Time-Advanced Curriculum

Awarded from Buffalo State University, Center for Learning and Technology/1994

References Available Upon Request

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