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Based on his book, "Reaching the Wounded Student," and his extensive experience with troubled youth in school systems, Hendershott will explore alternative discipline techniques that are geared toward changing behavior and keeping kids in school. As president of his own consulting firm, Hendershott's presentations are designed to educate and empower anyone working with children that are wounded and how to get them to achieve through various programs that include esteem building and emotional development. His vision states that "all children are valuable and can achieve their full potential when they are esteemed and empowered by grace, love and hope."

Hendershott and his wife, Dardi, are co-founders of Hope 4 The Wounded Seminars. His career spans more than twenty years, which includes experience as a high school assistant and head principal, alternative school principal, and principal at Boys' Village School (a residential treatment facility). A graduate of The Ohio State University, Hendershott holds a Master's Degree in school administration from Ashland University. He now resides in Ashland, Ohio, with his wife and six children and is currently the Director of Field Experience at Ashland University.

Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students and working adults. U.S. News & World Report ranks MVNU in the top 50 Regional Colleges (Midwest) for the eighth year in a row. With a 400-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and several additional Graduate and Professional Studies locations throughout the state, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education to more than 2,600 students from 26 states and seven countries/U.S. territories.