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Dr. Bridget Asempapa
Associate Professor
College of Education and Social Work - Counselor Education
Bio
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Expertise
- Integrated Care
- Counseling Children and Adolescent
- School Counseling
- Developing and Organizing School Counseling Programs
- ASCA (American School Counselor Association) Models Programs
- Multi-Tiered System of Support
- Group Counseling
- Wellness
- Theories in Counseling
- Developing Assessment Tools
- Counselor Trainee Development
- Ethics and Legal issues
Education
- B.Sc.Ed., Youngstown State University
- M.S. Ed., Youngstown State University
- Ph.D., Ohio University