ACADEMY OF EASTERN ARIZONA STAFF



Daniel Taylor : Administrative Director and Owner

Daniel TaylorDaniel has Bachelor Degrees in Sociology and Child Development with emphasis in criminology and middle age childhood from Southern Utah University. He has fourteen years in the field of working with troubled teens and teens with disabilities. Daniel has worked in Youth Corrections, County Mental Health, a Psychiatric Hospital and a Drug and Alcohol Hospital for teens and several residential treatment centers.

Daniel’s experience includes working with autistic and deaf children, teens and adults with felony convictions, male sex offenders, adults and teens in psychiatric hospitals and teens in residential treatment centers. Daniel and his wife were licensed as an Acute Therapeutic Foster Care home and worked with ungovernable teenagers in their home; implemented treatment plans, taught life skills and worked toward reunification of teens with their family and society.

Daniel is also a consultant working with other residential treatment centers, parents and various youth programs.



Hyrum Taylor : Training Officer and Owner

Hyrum has been involved with helping troubled youth for over ten years. He was a Volunteer Mentor with inner city gangs in Chicago for two years. He has a Bachelors Degree from Southern Utah University in Sociology and Psychology. Hyrum is a Certified Instructor for the American Red Cross in First Aid and CPR and a Certified Instructor in Positive Control Systems, a de-escalation and appropriate restraint process.

Hyrum has worked as a Psychiatric Technician in a teen drug and alcohol hospital. He also worked as an Assistant Director and Supervisor in a residential treatment center where he supervised staff and residents. Hyrum currently trains staff and addresses safety issues.



Phyllis Charles : Admissions Director

Phyllis has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Accounting. She has over 25 years experience in the Accounting Field, working for school districts, nonprofit organizations and manufacturing companies in positions such as Accounting Manager, Controller and Director of Budget and Finance. Phyllis has been a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and the American Society of Women Accountants.

Phyllis has served several years on the Board of Directors for the Interior Rivers State Fair and the Aniak Day Care Association both in Alaska. She has also volunteered in her community and her church for years. She recently served as the Congregation Coordinator for her church’s matching funds agency.

Phyllis has worked at Integrity House since August 2004 and is currently the Admissions Director.  Phyllis helped start the Academy of Eastern Arizona, has trained staff and is currently the CEO and Admissions Director.



Deborah Hays : Clinical Therapist

Deborah HaysDeborah Hays is a master’s level therapist who works with the residents and their families at the Academy of Eastern Arizona. Prior to this position, Deborah worked for 12 years as a crisis and family therapist in northern Arizona, Tucson and Milwaukee. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, majoring in Business, she has also been employed in mental health as a Program Director for a home-based children’s counseling agency, a Director of Quality Management for an adult acute-care psychiatric hospital and a Marketing Director for a home health care agency.

As a community public speaker, Deborah has trained mental health care providers, CPS works and law enforcement staff on "Working with Drug Affected Families." She has also spoken to retirement communities on "Surviving the Jungle of Home Health Care."

Some of Deborah's former activies include: served as an American Red Cross emergency volunteer,  former Board Member for St. Catherine’s Residence for Women and former President-Elect for the Health Care Public Relations and Marketing Society of SE Wisconsin.



 





 

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