Kelly Dardis
Dr. Dardis' field experience includes her time as a school counselor in a title one, inner city school in Fort Worth, Texas for seven years, after having spent the three years prior as a high school science teacher. While working toward her clinical license, she worked at a family clinic in Fort Worth, Texas. She has five years of experience in the clinical setting, with a specialty in children and adolescents, especially play therapy, as well as specialized training in sand-tray therapy. Her passions in the profession include school counseling and group counseling.
Licensed as a school counselor and professional counselor in both Ohio and Texas, Dr. Dardis is fully committed to leadership in the counseling profession. She has served as the Treasurer for North Central Association for Counselor Education & Supervision; the President of Northwest Ohio Counseling Association; President of the Ohio Association of Group Workers; Co-Chair of the Ohio Counseling Association's Professional Identity and Ethics Committee; and on the editorial board for the Journal of Counseling Practice. Further, Dr. Dardis has received a number of awards, including the following: both a Presidential Fellow and Emerging Leader Fellow for the Association of Counselor Education & Supervision; Counselor Educator of the Year from the Ohio School Counselor Association; Counselor Educator Fellow for the American School Counselor Association; and Emerging Scholar from the Association of Specialists in Group Work, Texas School Counselor of the Year, ACA's Ross Trust recipient, CSI fellow; North West Ohio Supervisor of the Year; Bayard Friedman Community Hero Award in recognition of her research in online group counseling and others.
Her research areas are both qualitative and quantitative studies in the area of online groups, the use of technology in counseling practices & teaching, and school counselor development.
Courses Taught
COUN 6401S - Practicum
COUN 6500S - Internship 1
COUN 6320S - Group Counseling in Schools
COUN 6311S - Leadership, Advocacy, and Consultation in the Schools
COUN 6322s - Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster Responses
COUN 6311S - Introduction to School Counseling
COUN 6501S - Internship 2
GRPL 6100 - Group Lab
Education
PhD, Texas A&M - Commerce
MS, Texas Womans University
BS, Montana State University
Awards / Honors
ACES Emerging Leader, , 2013
ACES Presidential Fellow, , 2014
Bayard Friedman Community Hero Award for Service, , 2009
Distinguished Service Award, Texas Counselors Association, 2011
Emerging Leader, National Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, 2012
Family Homes and Schools Value Driven Leadership Award, , 2008
Fellow, Chi Sigma Iota - International counseling association, 2005
George E. Hill School Counselor Educator of the Year, Ohio School Counseling Association, 2013
Middle School Counselor of the Year, Texas School Counselor Association, 2007
National Association of Specialist in Group Work , , 2012
National School Counselor Educator Coalition MetLife, , 2012
Outstanding Doctoral Student, Texas A&M, 2009
Outstanding Service to the Chapter Award, Chi Sigma Iota - International coun. society, 2005
Outstanding Supervisor, North West Ohio Counselor Association, 2015
Presidential Fellow, National Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, 2014
Ross Trust Award, American Counseling Association, , 2005
Ruth Ann White, Counseling Award and Scholarship, , 2009
School Counselor Commendation, Fort Worth, , 2005
Texas Counselors Association Distinguished Service, , 2011
Texas Middle School Counselor of the Year, , 2007
Truax Graduate Student Scholarship, , 2007
Value Driven Leadership Award, Family Homes and Schools, 2008
Publications
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). "Tech Support": Implementing professional development to assist higher education faculty to teach with technology. Journal of Continuing Education and Development
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). A Comparison of Online and Face-to-Face Process Groups. Journal of Technology In Human Service
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). A Comparison of Online and Face-to-Face Process Groups. Journal of Technology In Human Service
kozlowski, k. a. (2017). A National Survey of the Integration of Technology into Counseling Practice. NBCC
kozlowski, k. a. (2016). A Pilot Study of Online Group Leadership Skills: Perceived Usage and Difficulty Level.. The Journal of Counseling Practice
Dardis, K. A. (2018). A Pilot Survey of the Integration of Technology into Counseling Practice. . Journal of Counseling Research and Practice. Fall 2018
Dardis, K. A. (2019). An exploration of supervision training opportunities for school counselors. Journal of School Counseling
Kozlowski, K. A. (2014). Experiences in online process groups: A qualitative study. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work
Holmes, C., Dardis, K. A. (2014). Faculty experiences in a research learning community. The Journal of Faculty Development
kozlowski, k. a. (2016). Group Counseling Collaboration Model: Support for Virtual High School Students. VISTAS
Kozlowski, K. A. (2012). Healing through mythology. Journal of Poetry Therapy
Kozlowski, K. A. (2013). Implementing adventure based counseling in schools: An integrated approach. ACA Vistas
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). Incorporating technology into a school counseling groups. ACA VISTAS
Kozlowski, K. A. (2013). Integrating school counseling core curriculum into academic curriculum. Journal of School Counseling
Kozlowski, k. A. (2014). Integrating Web 2.0 technology in education and clinical settings: An isomorphic perspective. Journal of Technology in Human Services
Holden, J., Oden, K., Kozlowski, K. (2011). Teaching about near death experiences: The effectiveness of using The Day I Died. " Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
Kozlowski, K. A. (2017). Teaching online group counseling skills in a group counseling courseThe Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision . The Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Dardis, K. A., Holmes, C., Hampton, D. (2014). The effectiveness of college-wide research learning communities in increasing research self efficacy of new faculty. Learning Communities Journal
Kozlowski, K. A. (2013). Training School Counselors. ACA Vistas
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). "Tech Support": Implementing professional development to assist higher education faculty to teach with technology. Journal of Continuing Education and Development
Presentations
Dardis, K. A. (2019). Creating Active Learning Online.
Dardis, K. A. (2019). Distance Learning, Garekeeping, and Group Projects.
Dardis, K. A. (2019). DL Group Work and How to Address Problematic Student Behaviors .
Kozlowski, K. A. (2017). How's and Why's of Online Group Work and Online Group Course Development. ASGW
Kozlowski, K. A. (2016). Online group counseling in schools. ACA
Kozlowski, K. A. (2016). Practitioner's use of online counseling. ACA
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). Tech in Teaching: F2F or online. OACES
Kozlowski, K. A. (2017). Upgrading Pedagogy with Technology. ACA
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). Upgrading portfolios to websites: Incorporating website creation into school counselor training. ACES
Kozlowski, K. A. (2015). Using Technology in Counseling Groups. ASGW
Kozlowski, K. A. (2018). Web Tools Place in a Flipped Classroom. OLC