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Dept
of Counselor Education & School Psychology
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Nick J. Piazza, PhD
Provide full-time instruction in community counseling, clinical mental health counseling, chemical dependency counseling and psychopharmacology, counselor education and supervision, and counseling psychology at both the masters and doctoral level. Other responsibilities include practicum and internship supervision, research, thesis and dissertation direction, curriculum development, committee assignments, and academic advisement. Serve as Director of the Community Counseling Program and the counseling clinic. Directed the Department’s effort to obtain CACREP accreditation for its masters and doctoral programs. Private practice in individual, marriage, family, and chemical dependency counseling.
Flower
Family Practice Residency Program
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| Director of Behavioral Sciences | Jul, 1997, to present |
Provide lectures and training in interpersonal skills, psychopathology, diagnosis, and counseling skills to physicians during their family practice residency. Consultation with medical faculty.
| Faculty | Jan, 1996, to 2000 |
Developed and present a workshop entitled Psychopharmacology: Better Living Through Chemistry? several times per year at various sites throughout the northeast and north central United States.
| Assistant Professor | Aug, 1985 to Aug, 1986 |
Provide full-time graduate and undergraduate instruction in counseling, counseling psychology, and chemical dependency within the APA approved Counseling Psychology program of the Department of Educational Psychology. Other responsibilities included practicum supervision, research, thesis direction, curriculum development, committee assignments, and academic advisement. Acting Director of the department’s outpatient clinic.
| Assistant Professor of Psychology | Aug, 1984 to Aug, 1985 |
Directed the Chemical Dependency Counselor Training Program. Provided full-time undergraduate instruction and advisement in psychology and chemical dependency counseling. Supervised and placed students in practica. Private practice in individual, marriage, and family counseling.
| Graduate Assistant | Aug, 1981 to Aug, 1984 |
Teaching and research assistant while completing doctoral studies.
| Administrator | Feb, 1979 to Aug, 1981 |
Chief executive officer for JACOA with responsibility for the operation of all agency programming and facilities. Responsibilities included treatment services development and implementation for all JACOA programs; fiscal and personnel management; annual budget development; negotiations with grant and funding sources; development and enforcement of standards of patient care and agency management that were in compliance with government regulations and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards; and community relations. As CEO, was directly accountable to the Council’s Board of Directors. JACOA was a nonprofit community organization with a staff of 25, and a service area of six counties. JACOA operated outpatient, day treatment, halfway house, employee assistance, residential rehabilitation, social-setting detoxification, and prevention programs. While Administrator, JACOA was awarded the Francis J. Gerty Award for programming excellence by the Division of Alcoholism, Illinois Department of Mental Health.
| Program Director | Jul, 1977 to Feb, 1979 |
Development, implementation, and supervision of all activities and staff of the alcoholism program. Responsibilities included client services; writing and enforcement of program policies and procedures; maintain state licensure; conduct personnel and program evaluations; grant and budget preparation; supervision of employee assistance programming with local industry.
| Clinical Supervisor | Mar, 1977 to Jul, 1977 |
Developed and implemented treatment programming for a 14 bed residential and social detoxication program. Coordinated and assigned staff activities. Maintained state licensure of programs.
| Substance Abuse Counselor | Aug, 1976 to Mar, 1977 |
| Staff Psychologist | Jun, 1975 to Aug, 1976 |
Individual, family, and group counseling in inpatient, day treatment, and outpatient environments. Clientele consisted of children, adolescents, and adults experiencing mental, emotional, or substance use disorders. Other responsibilities included psychological assessment, grant writing, and community organization.
| Counselor | Jun, 1974 to May, 1975 |
Part-time outpatient staff counselor providing individual, family, and group counseling.
Member (June, 1996 to present) of the editorial board of Essential Psychopharmacology.
Member (May, 1993 to 1997) of the editorial board of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling.
Chair (April, 1994 to present) and Co-Chair (Feb, 1990 to March, 1993) of the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES) New Technology Special Interest Network.
On-site visitation team chair and team member (Oct, 1988 to present) for the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP).
Member (Aug, 1990 to May, 1993) of the editorial board for the journal Counseling and Values.
Co-Chair of the Ohio Psychological Association’s Continuing Education (Aug, 1990 to 1993) and Personnel Committees (Jun, 1991 to Aug, 1992).
Member (Oct, 1989 to Mar, 1990) of the Software Festival Committee for the 1990 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Counseling and Development, Retta Trautman, Chair.
Member (May, 1989 to May, 1994) of the Board of Directors and Chairperson of the Personnel Committee of Chemical Abuse Reduced through Education and Services (CARES). This nonprofit organization was dedicated to the prevention of problems associated with alcohol and drug dependency among youth.
Chairman (Jan, 1989 to Jan, 1991), Alcohol and Substance Abuse Commission, The University of Toledo.
Member (May, 1980 to Jun, 1981) of the Illinois Department of Public Health Alcoholism Licensure Advisory Council, appointed by the Office of the Governor of Illinois.
Member (Sep, 1978 to Sep, 1980) of the Joint Committee of Community Mental Health Service Providers, representing the Illinois Alcohol and Drug Dependence Association.
Member (Oct, 1977 to Feb, 1978) of the Task Force on Certification of Alcoholism Counselors’ Committee on the Board of Governors and the Certification Board.
Piazza, N. J., Laux, J., & Salyers, K. $45,000 grant to serve as evaluators for the Lucas County Family Drug Court Grant.
Community Re-entry Partnership Project. Three-year, $100,000 grant to provide evaluation services to Department of Youth Services substance abuse prevention programs provided through the Toledo-based program Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime. Grant was accepted, but not funded.
De Arce Memorial Endowment Fund Grant (June, 2000) for $6,000. Grant was awarded to provide training and needs assessment services to Washington Local Schools to train school personnel to better service students with severe or persistent mental health issues.
Kohler Faculty Travel Grant (February, 1996) for $1,000 from the Center for International Studies and Programs, The University of Toledo. Grant was awarded to support research oriented travel to Finland and The Netherlands.
Instructional Software Grant (January, 1996) for $2,084.25 from The University of Toledo to purchase psychological test scoring and evaluation software.
Co-principal investigator (Mar, 1992 to Mar, 1993) for a $30,000 grant from the Lucas County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ADAS) Board and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), Toledo, Ohio. Purpose of the grant was to conduct an analysis of and needs assessment for substance abuse services available to the adult criminal justice population of Lucas County and Toledo, Ohio.
Co-investigator (Jun, 1991-Aug, 1992) for a $45,000 grant from the Lucas County Mental Health Board. This one year grant was awarded to study the effectiveness of the case management system of aftercare services offered by Board funded programs to patients discharged from the Toledo Mental Health Center. The study was designed to identify those variables that could be used to predict recidivism among severely mentally disabled patients.
Operation Storm Shelter: Helping Children Cope with the Gulf War. Received a $200 grant from the Northwest Ohio Association for Counseling and Development to organize and conduct a training workshop for school counselors and school psychologists to help young people cope with and understand the war in the Persian Gulf and Iraq (Jan, 1991).
Principal Investigator (Sep, 1990 to Sep, 1992) for a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE). This two-year grant was awarded to develop centralized drug and alcohol abuse prevention programming on the five campuses of The University of Toledo.