Faculty Vita

Rex Stockton, Ed.D.

Academic Degrees

Certification/Licenses

Professional Experience

Selected Publications

Adapting Microcounseling Teaching Techniques to Group Leader Instruction, with P. Toth. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 1994. (pp. 1-30)

Group structure: A review, with R. Rohde. Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry. 1994 (pp. 151-158).

The self-talk of group therapists: A beginning investigation, with P.L. Hines and D.K. Morran. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 1995 (pp.242-248).

A skill-based approach to teaching group counselor interventions, with P. Toth, Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 21(2), May 1996, (pp. 101-109).

Applications of a model for group leader instruction, with F. Aldarondo and K.A. McDonnell. In S. Gladding (ed.), New Developments in Group Counseling. 1996 (pp. 129-131). ERIC Counseling and Student Services Clearinghouse. Greensboro, NC.

An Update On Human Resources in Mental Health: Counseling, with T. Clawson and K. Rohdes. In R. W. Mandercheid & M. A. Sonnenschein (Eds.), Mental Health, United States, 1996. (pp. 179-184).Washington, D.C.: Center for Mental Health Services, Department of Health and Human Service.

Teaching Group Counselors: Recommendations for Maximizing Preservice Instruction, with P. Toth. Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 21(4), November 1996, 274-282.

Applying Research Training to Group Counselor Education, with P. Toth. Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 22(4), November 1997, pp. 241-252.

Application of a Skill-Based Training Model for Group Counselors, with J. Erwin and P. Toth. Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 23(1), March 1998, pp. 33-49.

Facilitating feedback exchange in groups: Leader interventions, with K. D. Morran, R.F. Cline, and C. Teed. Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 23(3), September 1998, pp. 257-268.

An Update On Human Resources in Mental Health, with T. Clawson, and A. Gibson-Nitza. In R. W. Mandercheid & M. A. Sonnenschein (Eds.), Mental Health, United States. 1998, (168-210). Washington, D.C.: Center for Mental Health Services, Department of Health and Human Service

The Case for Group Research, with P. Toth In J. Trotzer (Ed.). The Counselor and the Group. 1999. Taylor and Francis, New York, NY.

College Student Grief and Loss, with P. Toth and F. Browne. Handbook of Trauma and Loss. 2000 (pg 237-247). Taylor and Francis, New York, NY.

Processing Group Events: A Conceptual Map for Leaders, with D. Morran and A. Gibson-Nitza. Journal for Specialists in Group Work. 2000 (pg 343-355).

Small Group Counseling in School Settings, with P. Toth. In J. Wittmer (Ph.D.). Individual, Small and Large Group Counseling, 2nd Edition. 2000 (pg 111-119). Educational Media Corporation

Letting Go of Grief: Bereavement Groups for Children in the School Setting, with L. Samide. Journal for Specialists in Group Work. June, 2002.

Funded Projects

1992- Principal Investigator. "The Development and Testing of a Model for Group Counseling Leader current Development". This is a long term project relating to a broad gage theoretical model which I have developed. The model encompasses how group leaders develop intervention strategies, a systematic training program and ways of reducing performance anxiety related to risking an intervention . A series of dissertations and studies in the area have been completed and are on-going.

1978-1992 Principal Investigator. "The Experiential Small Group: An Examination of Process and Outcome Variables." An ongoing study in experiential small group research. First phase activities consisted of the development, refinement, and validation of instruments designed to measure key variable from the literature and the concomitant formation of a data bank and analysis of date. In the second phase, newly-derived scales, multi-variate correlational and regression analyses were used to test hypotheses regarding leader behavior and member outcome. The third phase consists of a series of experimental studies pertaining to goal setting, cohesion, and various aspects of feedback such as valence, amount and timing. Funded by several internal Indiana University sources and the Spencer Foundation.

1990-1991 Evaluation of a Monroe County Community School Corporation program (Kindergarten Early Years Success - KEYS) designed to enhance the learning skills of pre-school children. The study proposed to continue over a several year period. The study utilized a pretest versus post-test design whereby program participants and two control groups were assessed on eight standardized measures both prior to and subsequent to participation in the summer program. Funded by the Indiana State Department of Education.

1985-1986 Principal Investigator. "To Promote Worker Involvement through Vocational Training and Education." Identification of the skills, knowledge and abilities of worker considered essential to their participation in work innovative labor-management programs. Project involved survey of 30 Indiana companies which have labor-management cooperative programs and 22 vocational secondary schools and colleges. Corporate practices and needs were assessed, as were educational efforts to fulfill these needs. Emphasis was placed on defining specific new programs and modifications to existing programs which could promote a trainee's understanding of and effective involvement in, work innovation and participatory programs. Funded by the Indiana Labor and Management Council. $56,000.

1978-1980 Principal Investigator. "Identification, Description, and Evaluation of Linkage Systems in Vocational Education." Designed to be a state-of-the art project, this study was a national evaluation of existing vocational linkage methods. The study specifically identified existing methods of linking vocational education with CETA programs, business, industry, labor, and adult education. These programs were described and analyzed in terms of a number of demographic and operational variables and a sample of these were evaluated in depth. Funded by the Division of Research and Demonstration, U.S. Office of Education, Grant No. G-77-2138. $80,000.

1978-1979 Principal Investigator. "The Development of Leadership Stimulus Modules." A project to develop stimulus material on both videotape and printed format to provide simulation units in group counseling and leadership. Utilizing critical incidents from both actual counseling sessions (with permission) and role plays, the material provides a means to view appropriate interventions and to practice alterative group leader behavior. Funded by the Office of the Dean for Learning Resources, Indiana University. $3,000.

1977-1979 Research Associate. "Library Information for Vocational Education System." A project to provide pilot library program, in which low-income or unemployed adults could find non-biased, non-stereotyped vocational information in the areas of job training, job opportunities, required skills, job descriptions, employment outlooks, and related concerns. Funded by the Occupational and Adult Education Branch, U.S. Office of Education, Grant No. G-00770331. $57,145.

1977-1978 Senior Associate. Training Resource Analysis for Counselor Education and Supervision. A national project to identify and describe existing exemplary counseling practices and models. Included were inventories of training modules and methods, credentialing methods and strategies, commercial training materials, and dissemination methods for these products. Funded by the Division of Research and Demonstration, U.S. Office of Education, Grant No. 77-3002. $65,000.

1976-1977 Associate Director. "The Identification of Exemplary Programs that Reduce the Dropout Rate from Vocational Education at the Post-Secondary Level." A national study which investigated reasons for the high dropout rate by students enrolled in post-secondary vocational education programs and attempted to identify exemplary programs that reduced the terms of curricular offerings, supporting counseling services, and the vocational placement of the students. Funded by U.S. Office of Education, Grant No. G-763725. $74,822.00

1973-1974 Principal Investigator. Indiana University Center/Satellite (Group Counseling) Project (a U.S.O.E.-funded project) to develop a competency-based instructional method for teaching group counseling. $5,000.00.

1970-1971 Senior Researcher, METRO Project, a large-scale (51-city) study funded by the Manpower Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. The primary objective was to study the effects on clients of characteristics of the employability team (Labor Department Personnel) and interaction dynamics (DL51-18-71-01). $280,000.

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Educational Research Association

American Counseling Association (ACA)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Evaluation Research Society

Indiana Association for Counseling Foundation

Indiana Counseling Association (ICA)

Indiana Association of Human Service Professionals

Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB)

Conference Presentations

Incorporating technology into counselor education programs. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. October 4, 1996. Portland, Oregon.

Exploring Group Work Research, with J. Dubin and Z. Shechtman. Association for Specialists in Group Work. February 1, 1997. Athens, Georgia.

Research and Assessment Goals: RACC's Focus for the Future, with S. Barker, T. Clawson, T. Fitzgibbon, and L. Spencer. Assessment 1998 Conference. 1/17/98, St. Petersburg, Florida

The Training of Group Counselors Across Settings. International Round Table for the Advancement of Counseling. April 7, 1997. Cambridge, England.

Research Strategies for Examining Group Leader Cognitions, with Aldarondo F., Bartley-Smith, C., Beck, A., Berglund, K., Hines, P., McDonnell, K.A., Morran, D.K., and Sexton-Villalta, C. Annual APA Convention. August 19, 1997. Chicago, Illinois.

Leadership Characteristics Inventory: Development and Tryout, with L. Makuch and F. Robison. Association for Specialists in Group Work. January 29, 1998. Tucson, Arizona.

A Summative Statement of Group Leadership, with F. Browne and B. Ruport. American Psychological Association. August 17, 1998. San Francisco, California.

Research Training for Group Work.. American Psychological Association Annual Conference. August 24, 1999. Boston, Massachusetts.

Comparing Three Modes for Training Group Leaders in Here and Now Interventions, with K. McDonnell and F. Aldarondo. American Psychological Association. August 24, 1999. Boston, Massachusetts.

The Training of Therapeutic Group Leaders: An Odyssey (Presidential Address). American Psychological Association Annual Conference. August 8, 2000. Washington, D.C.

Impact on Counseling Practice (as a part of Evidence-based Practice and the Future of ACA). American Counseling Association. March 24, 2000. Washington, D.C.

Intergenerational Career Choices: A Father-Daughter Pair (as part of a Symposium: Parent-Child Psychologists and Practitioners: Our Profession's Vital Subgroup). American Psychological Association Annual Conference. August 4, 2000. Washington, D.C.

Meeting the Challenges Ahead: The Development and History of International Counseling. International Association for Counseling, with J. Garbleman and J. Kaladow. May 30-6,2001. Mumbai-Lonavla, India.

Effects of a cognitive-behavioral group intervention on participation and outcome in an exercise, nutrition and weight reduction program, with Felito Aldarondo and Janet Wallace. American Psychological Association. August 25, 2001. San Francisco, California.

A discussion of the history and development of professional standards in education with reference in relationship to the development of standards for school counselors in Indiana. Indiana School Counselor Association. November 2, 2001. Indianapolis, Indiana.

Research Areas

Group dynamics and leadership, Practicum, and Internship.

Service/Outreach Projects

Consultant to a number of social and governmental agencies, educational institutions, and corporations.

Member of Review Panels for National Science Foundation, Administration on Aging and Departments of Education and Labor.

Editorial board member, occasional reviewer, and/or review editor for several professional society journals: Educational Research Manager, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Journal of Industry-Education Cooperation, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Journal for Specialists in Group Work, Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry, and Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Research Columnist for Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW) newsletter, Together.

Book Reviewer for Allyn and Bacon, Brooks/Cole, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Longman, and Prentice Hall (textbooks and in service teaching materials).

Member, Evaluation Teams for North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges, National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education Supervision, Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. Member of evaluation teams for various university governing board or graduate school reviews.

Presenter at various international conferences and institutionally invited program reviewer and/or lecturer at universities in North and South America and Western Europe.

Conductor of numerous professional association workshops - American Psychological Association, Association for Specialists in Group Work, International Group Psychotherapy Association, and state or regional Chapters of the above.

Dates, services rendered, and references available upon request.

Honors/Awards

Distinguished Mentor Award, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, 15 April 1999

Indiana University School of Education Burton W. Gorman Teaching Award. 1997.

1996 Journal for Specialists in Group Work. Outstanding Article Award. 1996.

Distinguished Contributor in Counseling Psychology. American Psychological Association, Division 17, 1995.

Counselor of the Year in Group Work. Indiana Counseling Association. 1994.

Elected to Fellow. American Psychological Association, Division 49, 1993, Division 17, 1994

Extended Research Award. American Counseling Association. 1993

Elected to Fellow. Association for Specialists in Group Work. 1989

Distinguished Counselor Supervisor Award. Indiana Counseling Association. 1987