Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• School Counseling
• Child and Adolescent Counseling

Degrees Received

• PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision (in progress) Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
• MA in Counseling, Geneva College, 2014
• BM in Music Education, Grove City College, 2004

Licenses and Certifications

• Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)

Courses Taught

• CNS 504: Statistics
• CNS 505: Testing and Appraisal
• CNS 512: Research Design and Program Evaluation
• CNS 514: Human Growth and Development
• CNS 534: Social and Cultural Foundations
• CNS 579: Counseling Skills for Children and Adolescents
• MSC 539: Professional Issues and Ethics in School Counseling
• MSC 568: School Counseling Internship
• PSY 252: Adolescent Development

Selected Presentations/Publications

• Trauma: What’s the Big Idea
  American Counseling Association Conference, New Orleans, LA March 2019
• Trauma: What’s the Big Idea, Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA November 2018
• Using Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents; Mediating Issues of Resistance, Ambivalence and Change, Dr. James K. Matta; Amanda C. Prugar; Bennett Minchen; Andrew Brokenshire; Regina Schrecengost
  American Counseling Association Conference, Atlanta, GA - April 2018
• Motivational Interviewing and Adolescents: Tailoring an Approach to a Resistant Crowd, Dr. James K. Matta; Amanda C. Prugar; Bennett Minchen; Andrew Brokenshire; Regina Schrecengost Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, King of Prussia, PA - November 2017
• Using Integrative Supervision Approach for Clients Identified with Comorbidity, Dr. James K. Matta; Amanda C. Prugar; Kenya Coleman; Mary Kate Matta Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, State College, PA - November 2015
• What’s in a Word: A New Frontline Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults with Comorbidity, Dr. James K. Matta; Amanda C. Prugar; Kristin Brown; Karen Walters American Counseling Association Conference, Orlando, FL - March 2015
• What’s in a Word: A New Frontline Treatment for Adolescents and Young Adults with Comorbidity, Dr. James K. Matta; Amanda C. Prugar; Kristin Brown; Karen Walters Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, State College, PA - November 2014
• Lights, Camera, Action! Using Film to Educate Students, Clients, and Counselors about Substance Use, Addiction, and Treatment Dr. James K. Matta; Amanda C. Prugar; Deanna Grubb; Jenean Maratta
  Pennsylvania Counseling Association Conference, State College, PA - November 2012

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

• American Counseling Association
• Pennsylvania Counseling Association