James Scollione, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Scollione brings diverse experience to the Department of Behavioral Sciences from the criminal justice, social services, and behavioral health fields. He served as a case manager and a therapist, where he performed a variety of duties as screening, intake, and client orientation; assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis; treatment, goal, and discharge planning; individual, group, and family counseling; case management and referral services; crisis intervention and de-escalation; and client education and consultation. He also has diverse experience in levels of care, from withdrawal management to early intervention. Additionally, he has diverse experience with various behavioral health approaches, including trauma-informed care, cognitive behavioral therapy, 12-step facilitation, and holistic care. Furthermore, he worked with clients who had a mental illness, a substance use disorder, and co-occurring disorders involved with the criminal justice system. Finally, he served as a team member on a variety of problem-solving courts.

 

Dr. Scollione earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Criminal Justice at Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, and his doctorate in Instructional Management and Leadership at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His research interests include behavioral health, theories of behavioral health disorders, addiction, criminology, penology, zemiology, criminal justice system, criminology and criminal justice pedagogy, rehabilitation, reintegration, systems thinking, and general systems theory. His published work appeared in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, and the Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences. Finally, he has a forthcoming chapter in the Handbook of Concepts in Health, Health Behavior, and Environmental Health.