Dr. Delaney received training in crisis negotiations from the Los Angeles Police Department in the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, attended the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations School at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va., and was an active negotiator on the SRT Team in Cattaraugus County.

For several years, Dr. Delaney made presentations for the FBI, Buffalo Office, to local law enforcement personnel, and was a presenter for the FBI at the Great Lakes Leadership Seminar II in Niagara Falls in 1998. He also was a presenter at the 1999 National Tactical Officers Association meeting in Virginia Beach.

In February 2000, Dr. Delaney was a principal presenter at the annual FBI and Baltimore County Police Department's Hostage Negotiation Seminar in Baltimore, Maryland. In June 2000, Dr. Delaney presented a block of instruction for the FBI during the Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations School at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va., and in August of 2003, Dr. Delaney was a presenter at the New York State Police Juvenile Officer’s Association Training Conference.

In October 2003, Dr. Delaney was the keynote speaker at the State of Indiana Association of Crisis and Hostage Negotiators and in 2002 and 2004, Dr. Delaney presented on Safe Schools and School Violence to the Gastonia, N.C., School System.

My goal is to impart to my students the fundamental knowledge necessary for them to perform the duties of a counselor to its highest level using science and evidenced based interventions while respecting the dignity of all the individuals they may serve.

Using lecture, essay and objective exams, role-playing, recording feedback and observation, students are evaluated in regard to the above stated goals in the academic setting. To measure the effectiveness of these methods and goals, students are evaluated during their internship experiences where they perform in the role of counselor in actual public mental health programs and are evaluated by senior counselors also in regard to the goals indicated above.

This rigorous process is primarily an attempt to make a significant difference in the quality and methodology of counselors that I train in the hope and belief that we are teaching a qualified and able group of students to assist those who are struggling with mental health challenges.