Dr. Joan Strutton has worked in the education field for several years teaching and counseling. She is a certified English teacher and a certified special education teacher with an endorsement in mental retardation. Her master’s degree is in counseling, and she is a certified vocational counselor, special education counselor, and all-level school counselor. Her doctorate is in counselor education and supervision with a doctoral minor in secondary and higher education. She has taught special education, and fourth grade, as well as working as a school counselor on the primary, elementary, middle school, and high school levels. She has taught at the university level for the last several years and has been a program director of two school counselor programs in addition to being a counseling clinic director. She is a Texas-licensed professional counselor and supervisor and is active in several counseling organizations. She currently teaches in the Behavioral Sciences Department at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Joan has agreed to join our BFRG Researchers. She will be excising her skills as a councilor and educator by writing on the effects of grandparents sharing family information with grand children.
