James is a qualified mediator and currently works with the Coconino County Legal Defenders Office. He is contracted by Coconino county's Superior Court in their Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program.
Previous Work Experience:
Arizona Department of Child Safety
On-going specialist focusing on reunifying children with their parents.
On-call specialist investigating child abuse and child neglect.
Flagstaff Unified School District
Program assistant and outdoor educator for serval seasons at Camp Colton.
De Miguel Elementary School teacher for the the Behavior Support Program.
Substitute teacher with Flagstaff Unified School District.
Experience teaching the following courses: Sociology of Marriage and Family, Courts and Justice, Criminology, Population and Demography, Sociology and Sexuality, Environmental Sociology, Medical Sociology, and Introduction to Sociology.
Group home staff for Journey and Voyager programming, teaching life skills, participating in group therapy, and helping youth transition back to their families.
Journey Residential Treatment Center, a program providing support and skills to juveniles with sexually maladaptive behaviors.
The Journey program operates therapeutic group homes on the YDI campus that do not require high level security.
Voyager Residential Treatment Center, a program providing support and skills to juveniles with chemical dependencies, and youth with abnormal behaviors.
Youth in the Voyager program can begin their placement in group homes, some boys with emotional handicaps and behavior disorders who do not require the security of a locked residential facility
Education
Northern Arizona University
Master in Arts of Applied Sociology thesis author of Organizations in Economies.
Bachelor in Science of Applied Sociology.
Chandler Gilbert Community College
Associate in Arts and Academic Certification in Sustainability and Ecological Literacy.
Native Americans for Community Action (NACA) Youth Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation (2015).
Coconino County Point-in-Time Homeless Count Survey (2015, 2014).
Coconino County Community & Family Vitality Survey (2014).
James is a member of Arizona Local First, and the Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce.
Kirkham Servicesdoes not provide legal or financial advice and makes no diagnosis' related to medical or mental-health conditions. We provide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Parenting Planning services, and Notary.
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