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by
Ronald Mah
Corwin
Press, 2006
by
Ronald Mah
Corwin
Press, 2008
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for "Learning" in
Handouts
(Mini-Posters)
DVDs
by Ronald Mah
on Children's Behavior,
Discipline, and Child
Development at 
Articles
for Parents, Teachers, Educators, and Human Services Professionals
Consulting,
Parent
Education,
&
Staff Development
Workshops
&
Trainings
Professional
Development
Workshops, Articles, & Consultation,
for
Therapists
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RONALD
MAH, M.A., M.F.T.,
Biographic
Information
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Ronald
Mah
has been in education, human services, or therapy work since earning his
Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology & Social Science from the University
of California, Berkeley in 1975; completed the teachers credential graduate
program at the University of California, Berkeley in 1976; holds a Masters of
Arts degree in Psychology from the Western Institute for Social Research in
Berkeley. He sees individuals, children, couples, and
families as a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist in private practice in San
Leandro.
Ronald
Mah's other
mental health experiences include:
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mental
health clinician with Severely Emotionally Disturbed high school students in
San Francisco;
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supervised
Richmond Area Multi-Services (RAMS) clinicians working with four high schools'
Severely Emotionally Disturbed classrooms;
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clinical
supervisor for clinicians at the RAMS teen mental health clinic at Washington
High in San Francisco
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clinical
supervisor for school-based RAMS counselors and providing child, adolescent,
and family consultation for counselors of the same community mental health
agency;
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presenter/trainer
for the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists- CAMFT on
working and therapy with difficult children, teenagers, couples,
cross-cultural therapy, child abuse prevention, and elder therapy;
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was
the mental health consultant for a private elementary and middle school in
Oakland;
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has
provided ongoing mental health consultation and training for various Head
Start programs including Child Development Resources of Ventura County, Wu Yee
Children’s Services of San Francisco, Child Family Community Services,
Fremont and San Joaquin County Head Start;
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Ronald
Mah is the author of
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Difficult
Behavior in Early Childhood, Positive Discipline for PreK-3 Classrooms and
Beyond, Corwin Press, 2006.
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The
One-Minute Temper Tantrum Solution, Strategies for Responding to Children's
Challenging Behaviors, Corwin Press, 2008.
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Beyond
Difficult Behavior in the Inclusive Classroom, Empowering Challenged Children
Against Bullying, Corwin Press, scheduled publication, 2009.
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Child
Abuse Prevention: Physical Abuse from Excessive Corporal Punishment
Assessment Criteria and Indicators for Intervention, Parent Education, and
Prevention.
Online course for the National Association of Social Workers-California
Chapter, 2007.
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Presentations and Professional Vulnerabilities that Lead to Legal and Ethical
Violations, Online course for the National Association of Social
Workers-California Chapter, 2007.
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Difficult Children are Difficult- Six Questions for Assessment.
Online
course for the National Association of Social Workers-California Chapter,
2007.
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How
Dangerous is My Client, The Therapist, California Association of Marriage
& Family Therapists, 2007.
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Therapy
and Life with the Elder from Hell, The Therapist, California Association of
Marriage & Family Therapists, 2004.
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www.RonaldMah.com,
Articles on Parenting, Child Development, Discipline, & Intervention.
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Asian
& American Cross Cultural Parent Education Manual, Asian Pacific Islander
Parent Education Support (APIPES), Department of Social Services, City &
County of San Francisco, 1996.
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Animal
Masks and Puppets, Symbiosis Press, Mill Valley, CA, 1987.
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Dinosaur
Masks and Puppets, Price, Sloan, and Stern, Publishers, Los Angeles, CA, 1986.
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Predator
Prey Puppets and Masks, Symbiosis Press, Mill Valley, CA, 1985.
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4th-6th
Grade Social Science Reader, Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley, CA,
1977.
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Careguide,
Inc.- Elder and Child Care Resource & Referral, Monthly Articles on
Parenting, Child Development & Discipline, January 1999 to 2000.
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Ronald
Mah is the presenter/trainer for Fixed Earth Films’, (Pittsburg, CA) DVD
series on childhood issues and development.
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Building
Self-Esteem in the Adult Child System w/ the 90 Second-A-Day Self-Esteem
Prescription Plan, Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2005. |
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Victims,
Abusers/Bullies, & Survivors, The Dynamics of Self-Esteem in Aggression
and/or Violence, Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2005.
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Temper
Tantrums!! “The One Minute Temper Tantrum Solution!”,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2005.
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Understanding
Children… Understanding Behavior… for More Effective Discipline, Fixed
Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2005.
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Childhood
Stress, How to Build a Powerful Child, Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA.,
2006.
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Just
Playing is Just Great, “Articulating Play’s Importance”, Fixed Earth
Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2006.
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Temperament
and Personality Affecting Behavior and Relationships, “What’s With This
Kid?” , Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2006.
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Basic
Rules of Developmental Theories, How Growth Happens, Fixed Earth Films,
Pittsburg, CA., 2006.
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Developmental
Theories II, “Practical Applications for You… and Yours”, Fixed Earth
Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2006.
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Developmentally
Appropriate Practice and Growth, “Learning the Rules of Life”, Fixed Earth
Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2006.
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Conflict
Resolution,
with the Working it Out Plan, Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Using
Time Out,
3 Problematic Theories & 1 That Works, Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA.,
2008.
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Setting
Boundaries and Following Through,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Punishment
and Praise w/sample Incentive Plan and
Behavior Plan, Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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The
10 Most Important Skills for
a Child’s Achievement, Relationships, and Community, Fixed Earth Films,
Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Determining
Violence Potential, Assessment for Acting Out, Bullying, Aggression and
Violence,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Assessment
to Results, How to figure out the “Why” of Behavior to get to the “What
to do” of Discipline,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Learning
Diversity, Social & Emotional Issues and Disabilities in Children,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Missing
Social Cues, 13 Reasons Why Children Don‘t Get it,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Transitions
and Change, Compensation Techniques for Transition Difficulty,
Fixed Earth Films, Pittsburg, CA., 2008.
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Ronald
Mah also presents keynotes, seminars, and workshops to professional early
childhood education organizations and schools, foster parent education, and
other human services organizations including
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the
National Association for the Education of Young Children- NAEYC,
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the
California Association for the Education of Young Children- CAEYC,
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the
California Kindergarten Conference,
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the
California Head Start Conference,
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Region
IX Head Start Conference,
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various
California Head Start organizations,
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the
Professional Association of Childhood Educators- PACE;
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California
Elementary Education Association,
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Staff
Development Resources,
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conducted
monthly clinical consultations with staff at Juma Ventures, San Francisco (a
vocational program for at risk youth and welfare to work clients;
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conducted
monthly trainings and consultations with staff working with adolescents at the
Jewish Vocational Services, San Francisco;
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has
done training for the City & County of San Francisco Dept. of Mental
Health Services- Child, Youth, and Family Division,
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Horizons
Family Counseling, Livermore,
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the
School Age Mothers Program, Pleasanton
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and
other mental health and educational organizations;
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Other
experiences include:
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providing
multi-cultural and diversity trainings servicing educational programs
including independent school staffs and board of directors, parent
co-operative nursery schools, and the Multi-Cultural Alliance for teacher
interns;
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organizational
consulting and training applying psychodynamic principles and family systems
theories to workplace situations and relationships for both private businesses
and community human services organizations;
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faculty
member of the Western Institute for Social Research in Berkeley in the
Marriage Family Therapy Masters of Psychology program;
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taught
five years as a community college instructor and lecturer in Early Childhood
Development;
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has
written (and taught) multi-cultural curriculum for the Berkeley Unified School
District;
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has
written a cross-cultural parent education trainers manual and curriculum, and
trained a multi-cultural group of (approximately 30 individuals) Asian parent
educators to implement the curriculum to four specific ethnic groups;
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credentialed
elementary and high school teacher; directed preschool and daycare programs
fifteen years;
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was
a successful small business owner for eleven years;
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on
the Board of Directors of the California Kindergarten Association;
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on
the Board of Directors of the California Association of Marriage & Family
Therapists;
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was
on the Ethics Board of the California Association of Marriage & Family
Therapists
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published
children's arts & crafts author;
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researched
and written on diversity and multicultural issues, and the processes of change
and growth in individuals, families;
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writes
about discipline, child development, and parent education for a internet
resource and referral agency for elder and child care;
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And
is happily married and a father with two wonderful daughters.
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