Bachelors of Science, Liberal Studies, University of the State of New York, New York Associate of Science, Nursing, Polk Community College, Florida Professional Associations Dr. Dale believes in active involvement with professional associations. It's a way of being connected, locally, nationally and internationally. Collegiality, support and new learning are essential to her way of being. She also encourages her students to become involved early in their professional development. Once out of school effective counselors need new infusions of information and learning.
Professional memberships assist in networking and help form alliances that are often life-long.
She has held many board and executive positions while active at the state level while in Idaho and Texas. Dr. Dale is an active researcher and has several scholarly pursuits. They all tend to be focused in the area of her work with child counseling. She is concerned with diversity related to working with children from many backgrounds. She is interested in techniques of therapeutic interventions with children and appropriate pedagogical interventions with counseling students as they learn to work with children.