RESUME
NAME:
Craig A. Porterfield, Ph.D.
ADDRESS:
219 Old Camden Road
Camden, DE 19934
PHONE NUMBERS:
302-697-6848 (private practice & ADD/ADHD coaching)
302-697-6849 (organizational consulting)
FAX NUMBER:
302-697-6849
E-MAIL ADDRESSES: cporterfield@toast.net (private practice and Craig Porterfield Consulting)
cporterfield@tgcpinc.com (The Global Consulting Partnership)
craig@addcollegebound.com (ADD/ADHD coaching)
LICENSURE/
CERTIFICATION:
Licensed Psychologist (Delaware and New York)
Certified School Psychologist (New York)
Certified Psychological Associate (Texas)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., APA-Approved School Psychology Program, Ed. Psych. Dept.
University of Texas at Austin December 1985
M.A., Educational Psychology (specialization in School Psychology)
University of Texas at Austin; August, 1982
35 Hours toward M.A. in School Psychology
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York; May 1979
B.A., Psychology and French; (summa cum laude)
St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York; January 1977
(included 3 semesters at Sorbonne University in Paris , France)
MentorCoach Program; June 1999-December 1999
PROFESSIONAL
HONORS:
Presenter of the Year, Delaware Council on Exceptional Children, March
1996
Marquis’ Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare (1st thru the 6th editions)
Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World (12th thru the 24th editions)
Marquis’ Who’s Who in America (51st thru the 61st & Millenium editions)
Marquis’ Who’s Who in the East (23rd thru the 28th editions)
Marquis’ Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (2nd thru 9th editions)
Men of Achievement (1994, 1996, 1998, & 2000)
5000 Personalities of the World (1996 & 1998)
Dictionary of International Biography (1994, 1996, 1998 & 2000)
Invited participant, Child Welfare League of America’s leadership
institute in child welfare research and program evaluation, Washington,
DC, February 1990.
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COMMUNITY
AND PUBLIC
SERVICE:
Cofounder and Professional Advisor, C.H.A.D.D. (Children with Attention
Deficit Disorders) of Kent County, Delaware, December 1991.
Member, State A.D.D. Council of Delaware, January 1993 to 1997.
Frequently present to parent and professional audiences on ADHD and
other child and adolescent issues.
PRIVATE
CLINICAL
PRACTICE
Private practice of psychology, Camden, DE, March 1995 to present.
Provide specialized services for children, adolescents with ADHD and
maintain a general outpatient practice working mostly with children and
adolescents.
Delaware Psychiatry Services, Dover, Delaware. Large multidisciplinary
private practice group. October 1990 to March 1995. Promoted in July
1994 to Senior Psychologist. Hospital services: conducted 11 groups
per week on the Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit (APU); consulted
with clinical staff. Outpatient services: maintained a general outpatient
practice working mostly with children and adolescents; provided
specialized services for children, adolescents and adults with ADHD.
Albany Psychological Associates, Albany, New York. Private practice
group. August, 1987 to September, 1990. Part-time practice working
mostly with children and adolescents.
Psychotherapy Institute, Austin, Texas. February 1984 to July 1985.
Large multidisciplinary private practice group. Part-time private practice
working mostly with children and adolescents.
ADHD COACHING
Owner, ADDCollegeBound, an ADHD coaching program to help people
succeed in school and in life.
BUSINESS
CONSULTING
Owner, Craig Porterfield Consulting, a business consulting firm devoted
to helping individuals and organizations improve performance while
maximizing job satisfaction. Provide an array of consulting services,
including executive coaching and pre-employment evaluations. August
2000 to present.
Principal, The Global Consulting Partnership (TGCP), an international
business consulting firm, devoted to improving individual and
organizational performance while maximizing employee job satisfaction.
Market consulting services to multi-location organizations and provide an
array of consulting services. August 2000 to present.
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth (BFCSFY). Large agency
providing residential and other treatment services for troubled youth.
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Director of Research and Evaluation, December 1987 to September
1990: responsible for creating and directing an agency-wide
research and evaluation capacity.
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Staff Psychologist in the BFCSFY 250-bed residential treatment
center, July, 1985 to December, 1987: conducted psychotherapy,
assessment and crisis intervention with residential youth; school
consultation; substance abuse group program development and
supervision; doctoral intern supervision; staff training and
consultation.
Austin Independent School District, 1983-1984 school year. Part-time
psychological and psychoeducational (projective, behavioral, intellectual,
educational, psychomotor) assessment of students.
Austin Independent School District, 1982-1983 school year. Full-time
school-clinical internship emphasizing psychological assessment and
school consultation with weekly workshops on projective testing and
training experiences in group counseling, social skills training, and
administration of school psychological services.
Conducted program evaluations in a Head Start Program (Child Inc.,
Austin, Texas, 8/81-7/82); a multi-agency sexual abuse intervention
program (Austin Child Guidance Center, Summers of 1981 and 1982);
and a Community Center Program and a Summer Enrichment Program
(Austin Independent School District, 1/80-7/80).
ADJUNCT
FACULTY
APPOINTMENTS:
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, State University of
New York at Albany, January 1990 to August 1991.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Welfare, State University of New
York at Albany, January 1990 to May 1990, and September 1986 to May
1987.
HOSPITAL
PRIVILEGES:
Psychologist privileges at the following hospitals:
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CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS:
Kent General Hospital, October 1990 to Spring 1995, and Fall 1997
to Spring 2000. Led adolescent inpatient groups and consulted with
the treatment team for approximately six years.
Milford Memorial Hospital, Spring 1995 to Spring 2000.
Evaluation Strategies for Rapidly Changing Programs in a Residential
Treatment Center for Adjudicated Youth, Children’s Mental Health
Services and Policy Research Conference, Tampa, FL, February 1990.
Drugs, Youth and Program Evaluation: Creating an Internal Feedback
Loop in a New Program, Trieschman Conference on Group Care,
Boston, MA, July 1989.
Selling Evaluation on the Homefront: Some Techniques Used in
Residential Treatment Center Settings, American Evaluation Association,
New Orleans, LA, October 1988.
The Structure of Preschool Competence: Ethnic and Age Group
Analyses, Southwest Psychological Association, Dallas, TX, April 1982.
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TRAINING
PRESENTATIONS:
More than 100 presentations given on topics ranging from aspects of
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to mental health consultation,
systems approaches interdepartmental and school-parent teamwork,
stress management, chemical dependency, behavior modification, and
learning disabilities.
GRANTS:
Wrote the evaluation and clinical parts of a grant, funded for $250,000 by
a New York State Interagency Task Force to support a drug treatment
program at Berkshire Farm Center, May, 1988.
Graduate Student Research Grant, The University of Texas at Austin,
September 1982.
ASSOCIATIONS:
American Psychological Association