Deborah has been developing and leading trainings for educators for over twenty years. After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Rehabilitative Education, Ms. McCoy began work at a halfway house for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. She created a day-treatment program for adolescents at the facility, as well as designing and implementing the local school districts’ Student Assistance Program.

During her years at the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Ms. McCoy worked in the Student Services Division as a Regional Coordinator with Student Assistance Programs and Safe & Drug-Free Schools Programs. In that role, she conducted monitoring visits to school districts to ensure their compliance with state and federal regulations in providing a safe environment for all students to learn. Deborah developed a wide range of training programs for educators, specializing in violence and drug & alcohol prevention, creating safe schools, cultural issues, and school policy development.

As an education consultant and trainer, Ms. McCoy leads in-depth bullying prevention, cyber-bullying, threat assessment and violence prevention trainings for educators. Her seminars provide practical strategies and solutions to the problems of bullying and violence among students, so schools can develop effective programs to address these issues. She has also developed an early childhood bullying prevention & conflict resolution training for teachers and caregivers that work with children two through six years of age. Deborah is President of Educational Development Services, LLC, a company that provides training and consultation to educators addressing a wide range of issues. Ms. McCoy also conducts trainings for students and parents, and creates and implements on-site bullying prevention programs for schools K – 12.