Some rats fleeing the HLA ship have ended up here, i.e., Nicole Fuglsang and Christy Jones. If I remember correctly, Len also tried (unsuccessfully) to recruit CALO founder Huey to HLA at some point. In addition, Fuglsang's husband, who I believe used to work at some military school while they were in Georgia, has also now joined the CALO team.
This appears to be a relatively new place. My apologies if this is a repeat post of earlier material; I was able to find but oblique reference to its existence.
Official notice of Christy Jones recent employment there was posted just yesterday on
Lon Woodberry's site.Some more pertinent links/discussion in the HLA forum:
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=23062+ ===== + ===== + ===== +
Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks
http://www.ca-lo.com/Staff/MeetOurStaff.htmKenneth M Huey, Ph.D
CEO & FounderAfter completing his BA in English at Brigham Young University, Ken Huey received a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Florida State University. He then earned his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University. Dr. Huey has been working with troubled youth for 13 years. He started his career in the helping professions as a therapist in community mental health. He then spent time in a private practice focusing on family preservation/in-home therapy. As part of that practice he also worked on custody evaluations and provided expert witness testimony for courts in Indiana. Dr. Huey moved to Utah and began work with troubled youth in a residential treatment setting. He joined Provo Canyon School at the beginning of 2003 and was named as their Director of Business Development in June of 2004. He left Provo Canyon in July of 2005 and joined West Ridge Academy as their Director of Clinical Services. In November of 2006, Dr. Huey launched CALO (Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks). Dr. Huey has presented at conferences around the country on issues of parenting, couples communication, and residential care. He and his wife, Jo, live in remote Linn Creek, Missouri with their 6 children. Prior to the Huey family arriving in Linn Creek, the population was 280. The Huey family increased the Linn Creek population by 3% (288). Chiggers and ticks are their only neighbors.
Landon Kirk, L.C.S.W.
Clinical Director/ Chief Operations OfficerLandon Kirk graduated with his Bachelor and Master degrees from Brigham Young University's School of Social Work. While completing his MSW, Landon worked at 4 The Youth treating adolescent sex offenders in a variety of therapy settings. Landon's second internship led him to LDS Family Services, an outpatient setting, providing individual, family, and group therapy but with additional work in marriage therapy and working with single birth parents and adoptive couples. In the spring of 2003, Landon was hired as an outpatient therapist for LDS Family Services in Logan, Utah. Landon provided individual, family, and group therapy and supervised the agency's therapy and 12-step addiction groups. Landon also worked extensively with birth parents struggling with the option to marry, single-parent, or place their child for adoption and provided counseling and resources to help them make their important decision. An adoptive parent himself, Landon also spent much of his therapeutic efforts counseling, approving, and placing prospective adoptive families with children. In December of 2005, Landon joined West Ridge Academy as a full-time therapist. In July of 2006, Landon was promoted as the Campus Administrator of West Ridge Academy; supervising, coaching, and training 35 residential staff on how to mentor and engage male and female students in treatment. Landon was hired as Clinical Director of CALO (Change Academy at Lake of the Ozarks) in January of 2007. Landon and his wife Jill live in Osage Beach, Missouri with their son Tanner (2004).
Nicole Fuglsang, M.A., N.C.C., L.P.C.
Admissions DirectorNicole has worked for over 13 years with the adolescents and their families as a youth leader, therapist and admissions director. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Northern Colorado, and a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Denver Seminary. Her graduate focus was in child, adolescent, and family psychotherapy. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Georgia a Nationally Certified Counselor and is currently working through the reciprocity process in the state of Missouri for state licensure. Nicole's clinical experience includes work in community and crisis counseling centers, national youth service and ministry organizations, long-term residential treatment programs, and short-term behavioral health care facilities. In these environments she has provided a broad range of mental health and general support services including individual, group, and family psychotherapy, clinical assessments, treatment planning, case management, and referral services. Her areas of clinical expertise include facilitation of adolescent behavioral interventions, treatment of mood and motivational difficulties resulting from acute low self-esteem, eating disorder treatment and prevention, and family crisis management. Nicole is a member of the American Counseling Association as well as the American Association of Christian Counselors. As a trained and experienced clinician, she provides a depth of expertise to inquiring families and referral sources not often found in admissions departments. Nicole was employed at Hidden Lake Academy and Ridge Creek for over seven year prior to being hired by CALO (Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks) in January of 2007. Nicole and her husband Matt, CALO's Academic Director, live in Osage Beach, Missouri with their two children, Jacob & Abigail.
Matthew Fuglsang, B.A.
Academic DirectorMatt Fuglsang graduated with his Bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa, in Liberal Arts (Education) with a minor in coaching. In 1996, He began working with youth at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia as a TAC (Teacher, Advisor, Counselor) officer. As a TAC officer, Matt oversaw the daily workings of a company of fifty young cadets and acted as a mentor, role-model and resource for these young men. In 1998, he was promoted to Senior TAC Officer, the lead officer for the company, and in 2001 he was promoted to Chief TAC. In the position of Chief TAC Officer, Matt supervised all the TAC officers in all seven companies on his shift. During this time, Matt also volunteered his time to coach the Riverside Wrestling team. In the Fall of 2000, Matt transitioned from the residential division to the academic/athletic division of Riverside Military Academy, where he became a full-time teacher and assistant coach for the wrestling and football teams. During his tenure as an assistant coach, Matt took home a State Championship in Varsity Football and three State Championships in Wrestling. In the Spring of 2005, Matt was promoted to the Head Wrestling and Head Tennis Coach position. As a Head Wrestling coach, Matt took home two State Championships as well as the Region Coach of the year award two years in a row (2006 & 2007), and State coach of the year two years in a row. As the Head Tennis Coach, Matt took home the Region Coach of the year award in 2006. At the beginning of 2007 Matt joined CALO (Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks) as their Academic Director. Matt has passion for working with adolescents and feels that staff/student mentoring relationships are key in growing strong and healthy future leaders. Matt and his wife Nicole, CALO's Admissions Director, live in Osage Beach, Missouri with their two children, Jacob & Abigail.
Rob Gent, M.A., P.L.P.C.
TherapistOriginally from San Clemente, California Rob headed south to San Diego where he graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication. He then headed to the Midwest where he graduated with honors from Webster University with a Master of Arts in Counseling. Rob has had a passion for working with youth since he was in college. He feels extremely privileged to be able to participate in the emotional and behavioral growth of adolescents and their families. This passion led Rob to complete all of his practicum units at a child advocacy center where he became intimately experienced with the therapeutic healing and growth of children and their families faced with varies types of trauma and abuse. This invaluable experience motivated Rob to work in private practice where he specialized in testing, assessment, group therapy with adolescents in a school setting, and individual therapy. Being a part of CALO has allowed Rob to utilize his education, experience, and passion in a therapeutic environment focused on providing the highest quality of treatment. Rob lives in Osage Beach with his wife Katy and their son Bailey.
Christy Jones, Psy.D
TherapistDr. Christy Jones is originally from Virginia however she came to CALO (Change Academy Lake of the Ozarks) by way of Georgia, where she has lived for the past 2½ years. Dr. Jones worked as an Associate Director of Counseling at a well respected therapeutic boarding school prior to joining CALO's Clinical team. As an Associate Director of Counseling, Dr. Jones supervised eight masters level therapists, facilitated parent workshops, was the lead therapist for all post-graduate students and provided group, individual and family therapy for students in the program. She reviewed student's psychological reports and assisted in the development of treatment plans. Dr. Jones also facilitated treatment team meetings to discuss struggling students, regularly evaluated counseling staff skills and training needs, traveled to job related conferences and met with referral sources. During her last few months at Hidden Lake Academy she transitioned to the Director of Admissions position where she supervised and facilitated the acceptance and enrollment process for students and their families.
Dr. Jones received her undergraduate degree from Christopher Newport University in Early Childhood Psychology. After completing her Bachelor degree she continued her education, receiving her Masters and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Regent University. For three years during her doctoral training she worked with children, adolescents and adults in individual and family sessions. Dr. Jones moved to Bakersfield, California for a year where she completed her doctoral internship. Her clinical internship focused on the forensic population and she worked with adjudicated adolescents at Kern County Crossroads Facility. She also performed Competency to Stand Trial evaluations and worked with probationed adult sexual offenders for Kern County Mental Health. At both facilities she performed intake and full psychological assessments, developed and implemented treatment plans, and facilitated individual and group therapy sessions. Dr. Jones currently lives in Osage Beach with her 3 pets, Lulu, Rascal and Lola.
