Faculty

Steve Foley, PhD, LMSW, currently serves as a school psychologist for the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools and maintains a private practice in Ann Arbor. He has worked in private outpatient clinics, the University of Michigan child and adolescent inpatient hospital, and also served for 21 years as a school social worker before becoming a school psychologist.

Patricia Metz, LMSW-CM and holder of the national school social work credential, is a retired school social worker from the Detroit Public Schools. Since retirement she has taught the required school social work courses at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. In addition, she has been an active member of the Michigan Association of School Social Workers.

Gary Stauffer, LMSW, has worked in direct practice with children and youth in clinical and school settings for over 30 years. He is currently employed as a school social worker by the Monroe County Intermediate School District, where he runs an adventure-based counseling program and works with students who have emotional and developmental disabilities. Mr. Stauffer also consults and offers training in the area of adventure-based counseling through a private business, Adventure in Training, Inc.