About Duane Colyar

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Last Seen : 7/16/2008 9:24:59 PM
Member Since : 2/16/2005

Expertise Include:

Skilled in developing and presenting staff training and college level classes, designing and implementing social service delivery systems, counseling techniques, preparing organizations to pass national certification, dealing with a wide array of constituents and stakeholders, delegating for efficient use of resources, high level problem and conflict resolution, managing multiple priorities, creating and working with teams, project management, expository writing and oral communication.

Knowledge of the principles and practices of leadership and management, budgetary oversight, design and implementation of quality improvement programs, assessing staff skill levels, internal controls, audit methodology, program and contract monitoring techniques.

Classes I'm Teaching

Child & Youth Care: Ten Laws of Residential Treatment
http://class.universalclass.com/Tenlaws

My Education

Bachelor of Arts
Master of Public Administration

Certifications

Crisis Intervention Specialist
Participatory Strategic Planning
Group Facilitation Methods
Human Resource Education and Liability Prevention
Professional Assault Response Trainer
Fundamentals of Consulting
Minority Initiatives
Bi/Polar: Understanding People
Effective Behavior Management

My Experience

Twenty-three years experience at a psychiatric facility for children and adolescents, including over seven years providing direct client service and 16 years of progressively increasing responsibility managing inservice education, clinical staff, and residential treatment program design and implementation.

Eight years experience conducting internal audits and consultations, including four years as a Senior Auditor, Acting Chief and Internal Audit Manager at state social service agency with a ten billion dollar biennial budget.

Nearly two years as the Executive Director of the Crisis Clinic Resource Network, a non-profit agency providing crisis intervention services.

Adjunct college instructor in public administration and criminal justice programs to both in-class students and live interactive internet students.

My Awards

Listed in "International Who's Who of Professional Management," 1998

My Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Colyar, Duane E., "10 Laws of Residential Treatment: What Can Go Wrong When You're Not Looking." Child Care Quarterly 12(2), Summer, 1983.

Colyar, Duane E., "Residential Care and Treatment of Youths with Conduct Disorders: Conclusions of a Conference of Child Care Workers." Child and Youth Care Forum 20(3), June 1991.

Colyar, Duane E., "A Model for Conceptualizing Variation in Staff-Resident Behavior." Child and Youth Care Forum 21(3), June 1992.

MANUSCRIPTS

Colyar, Duane E. and Duane Dahlum, "A Community-Based Weekend Residential Treatment Program for Pre-Adolescent Boys." Unpublished manuscript (1974) describing a unit program designed and implemented by the authors.

Colyar, Duane E., "Managing Aggressive Behavior: An Exercise." Training manual copyrighted by author, 1982.

Colyar, Duane E., "Using Target Behaviors in Psychiatric Child Care." Training manual, 1987.

Colyar, Duane E., "Encouraging Prosocial and Managing Problem Behavior of Children and Adolescents." Training manual, 1989.

Colyar, Duane E., "Self-Esteem: A Group Psycho-Educational Program (Leader�s Guide.)" Training Manual, 1990.

Colyar, Duane E., "Self-Esteem: A Group Program (Teen Guide)." Training manual, 1990.

Colyar, Duane E., "Organizational Structure: Models for Analysis." Training Manual. Revised 1994.