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Jay Trenhaile

Jay Trenhaile

Title

Professor

Office Building

Thompson Center

Office

116

Mailing Address

Thompson Center 116
School of Educ, Counseling & Human Dev-Box 2214
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Jay D. Trenhaile, EdD, NCSP, LP is a professor and certified rehabilitation counselor at South Dakota State University. Research activities for Dr. Trenhaile focus on his interest in the areas of solution focused brief therapy, student-athlete mental health and individuals with developmental disabilities. He also has a small private practice which includes evaluating and counseling children and adolescents in area schools.

Education

  • B.S. in education | Dakota State University
  • M.S. in adult and continuing education | Kansas State University
  • M.S. in counseling and human resource development | South Dakota State University
  • Ed.D in educational psychology and counseling | University of South Dakota

Academic Interests

  • Certified rehabilitation counselor
  • Certified school counseling in South Dakota/ Licensed in Minnesota 
  • Certified school psychologist in South Dakota/ Licensed in Minnesota
  • Licensed psychologist- South Dakota
  • Solution focused brief therapy
  • Student-athlete mental health
  • Developmental disabilities

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • American Counseling Association
  • National Association of School Psychologists 

Awards and Honors

  • 2009, Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, Dakota State University Alumni Association, Madison, SD
  • 2006, School Psychologist of the Year, South Dakota Association of School Psychologists
  • 2006, E. Gordon Poling Administrator Award, South Dakota Counseling Association
  • 2006, Mavis Booze Mentoring Award, South Dakota Counseling Association
  • 2001, Distinguished Service Award, College of Education and Counseling, South Dakota State University

Grants

  • Utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Treatment to Decrease the Negative Impact of Injuries and Concussions. Sanford Sport Science Institute/SDSU grant, 2019, $12,970.
  • The Impact of Ongoing Motivational Interviewing: Training on Profile® Coaches in the Area of Weight Loss. Sanford Health/SDSU Seed grant, 2014, $89,328.
  • Interventions for persons assisted with sexual offender traits. South Dakota Council on Developmental Disability Mini-Grant, 2008, $4,860.
  • Solution Focused Training for Staff. South Dakota Council on Developmental Disability Mini-Grant, 2005, $5,000.
  • Agency-wide Responses to the Death of a Person Supported and Other Crises. South Dakota Council on Developmental Disability Mini-Grant,  2004, $5,000.
  • Interventions for Therapists who work with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. South Dakota Council on Developmental Disability Mini-Grant, 2003, $5,000.

Work Experience

  • Created and sold "Creating Solutions" a strength-based counseling game for children. 

Publications

  1. Trenhaile, J. and Taylor, E. R. (2013). Solution focused supervision in college student affairs setting. In F. Thomas (Ed), Solution Focused Supervision. New York, NY: Springer.
  2. Trenhaile, J. (2010). Strength-based school meetings. In T.S. Nelson (Ed), Doing Something Different: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. New York: Routledge.
  3. Trenhaile, J. (2010). Insoo. In T.S. Nelson (Ed), Doing Something Different: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. New York: Routledge.
  4. Trenhaile, J. (September, 2008). Resource Review: Strengths-Based school counseling: Promoting student development and achievement. Counseling Today.
  5. Trenhaile, J. (2007). Foreword for Assisting students with disabilities: Handbook for school counselors (2nd Ed.).
  6. Trenhaile, J. (September, 2007). Resource Review: Talking with college students about alcohol: Motivational strategies for reducing abuse. Counseling Today.
  7. Trenhaile, J. (February, 2007). Resource Review: SOS! A Practical guide for leading solution-focused groups with kids K-12. Counseling Today.
  8. Trenhaile, J. (2005). Solution focused supervision: Returning the focus to client goals. In T. S. Nelson (Ed.), Education and training in solution focused brief therapy. Binghamton, NY: Haworth.
  9. Trenhaile, J. (2005). Solution focused supervision: Returning the focus to client goals. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 16(1/2).
  10. Hemmestad, M. and Trenhaile, J. (2002). Counseling self-harming adolescents. Dakota Counselor.

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