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Dr.
John Worzbyt 
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Experience and Interests Dr. John C. Worzbyt has been with the Counseling Department since 1972. He is a former chairperson of the Department,past coordinator of the school and community counseling programs, and chaired the department’s doctoral program from 1986 until its phaseout in 1995. Dr. Worzbyt has over 30 years of teaching experience in education having worked as an elementary and middle school science teacher, school counselor, and counselor educator. He is a nationally board certified counselor and holds membership in the American Counseling Association, the American School Counselor Association, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. In addition to fulfilling teaching and administrative responsibilities as coordinator for school counseling certification, Dr. Worzbyt is a consultant to school districts, social service agencies, mental health clinics, hospitals, banks, and professional associations. His areas of expertise are counseling theory, child counseling, decision making and risk management, self-esteem development, and human potential enhancement. As an author,
Dr. Worzbyt has co-authored four textbooks, two monographs, educational
teaching curriculum, and articles in professional journals pertaining to
counseling, decision making, management, and leadership. His most recent
textbook, co-authored with Dr. Kathleen O’Rourke is Support Groups for
Children published in 1996 by Accelerated Development, a division of Taylor
and Francis. Dr. Worzbyt, Dr. O’Rourke, and Dr. Dandeneau are currently
drafting a second edition of
Dr. Worzbyt
is currently working with IUP’s Highway Safety Center, the Pennsylvania
Department of Education, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
on a predriver education curriculum for upper elementary and middle school
children which addresses risk assessment and risk management issues. This
program is entitled Caring Children Make Caring Choices. Dr. Worzbyt will
leave on sabbatical for the Spring 1998 semester devoting all of his energies
to this project.
Dr. Worzbyt
is a nationally certified counselor (NCC), registrant of the National Distinguished
Service Registering in Counseling and is listed in Who’s Who in the World,
American Education, and in the East. He has received two national writing
Correspondence
regarding this site should be sent to its maintainers, Dr. Bob Witchel
bwitchel@iup.edu
and Kristin Curci fwzj@iup.edu.
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last modified on August 29, 2002.
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