Outline of Dr. Arthur Van Slyke Jr.’s training and professional experiences:
Ordination(s): One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, New York, New York (2016), Loving God Interspiritual Center, Richmond, Texas (2020) and Emerson Theological Institute, Oakhurst, California (2023).
Degree(s): Associate in Arts Degree: Speech Communication, American and European Histories, Political Science and Psychology (Wharton County Junior College, 1970); Bachelor of Science in Education Degree and Master of Arts Degree: Speech {Rhetoric} and History in Mexican, Caribbean, Cuban and South American Histories (Southwest Texas State University, 1972 & 1974); Doctor of Spiritual Studies Degree: “Spiritual But Not Religious Populations within the United States, Canada and Western Europe” and Doctor of Divinity Degree (Emerson Theological Institute, 2019).
Educational Licenses: High School: Speech and History; Elementary: History and General Studies; Multi-Level Special Education: (Intellectual Disabilities); Mid-Management Administrator; Chemical Dependency Counselor (Retired, 1994); and Certified Trauma Resolution Therapist (Retired, 1994).
Teaching experience: Rural, urban (barrio) and suburban Texas Public Schools; Juvenile Correctional Education at Texas Youth Counsel’s Brownwood State Home and School: Social Studies, Music Education, Adjunct Social Worker Counselor-Caseworker; Adult Correctional Education Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Minimum Security and Maximum Security Prison Facilities; Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Multi-Leveled Special Education Teacher; Wharton County Junior College: Adjunct Faculty of both Speech and American History, evening classes, Fort Bend County Campuses (1977-1991).
Other: Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor: Substance Abuse Treatment Program as Counselor-Educator; Creator-Designer-Facilitator: Rehabilitative Substance Abuse Treatment Mass Media Program implementing and broadcasting Prescribed Social-Psychological Treatment Curriculum Modalities; Orchard Creek Psychiatric Hospital: Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor: Chemical Dependency and General Admissions Adult Psychiatric Patients.