Norbert Ralph, PhD, MPH
Dr. Ralph is a clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, and an epidemiologist. He is the author of over 40 articles, book chapters, and books. He was formerly Associate Clinical Professor in Family Practice, University of California School of Medicine at Davis, and lecturer and Research Biostatistician in the Program in Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, at the University of California, Berkeley. He’s been providing assessment and treatment services for over 40 years to children, adolescents, and adults. His areas of specialty include adult and child neuropsychology, health psychology including chronic pain and gastric procedures, and adolescent forensic assessments.
Dr. Ralph is a trainer for Aggression Replacement Training, through the California Institute for Mental Health. He is certified as a practitioner for Moral Reconation Therapy. He is a trainer for the Juvenile Sexual Offense Recidivism Risk Assessment Tool – II for the California Sex Offender Management Board. He is a member of the Quality Management Committee, AllCare Independent Physicians Association. He was formerly a founding board member and Treasurer of the East Bay Children’s Law Offices. He was also a member of the ATSA Prevention Committee. He provided consultation and training for the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Judicial Council of California.
Past Academic Appointments
1993- 1999: Associate Clinical Professor in Family Practice, University of California School of Medicine at Davis.
1980-1984: Lecturer, Program in Maternal and Child Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
1978-1979: Instructor in Psychology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas.
1977-1978: Instructor, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
1975-1976: Instructor, Department of Psychology, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA.
1974-1975: Lecturer, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
1965 – The Gomez Basketball Scholarship, Berkeley High School.
1965 – California State Scholar.
1965 – Kraft Prize for Freshmen, University of California, Berkeley.
1969 – Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley.
1979 – NIMH Fellowship in Psychiatric Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
LICENSES, MEMBERSHIPS, AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Psychologist, State of California
Trainer, Aggression Replacement Training, California Institute for Mental Health
National Academy of Neuropsychology
American Psychological Association- Neuropsychology (Div. 40)
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
The Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Clinical and Research Member
International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders
SARATSO Certified Trainer, JSORRAT-II
Certified Practitioner, Moral Reconation Therapy, Corrections Counseling, Memphis, TN
PRESENT
Quality Management Committee, AllCare Independent Physicians Association, Modesto, CA
Conference Committee, Forensic Mental Health Association of California
PAST
Member, ATSA Prevention Committee.
Chair, Standards and Training Committee for Competency Evaluations, Superior Court of San Francisco.
Coordinator, Alienist Panel, Superior Court of San Francisco.
Coordinator, Adolescent Sexual Responsibility Treatment Program, Department of Public Health, San Francisco.
Treasurer and Board Member, East Bay Children’s Law Offices.
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Board, Alameda County Department of Health.
Professional Advisory Committee, Children with Attention Deficit Disorders, Stanislaus County.
Member, Board of Directors, Buenas Vidas Youth Ranch, Livermore, CA.
Committee, California Association for Neurologically Handicapped Children, (CANHC), Stanislaus County Chapter.
Training Committee, Alameda County Child Abuse Council.
Consulting Psychologist and Trainer, Center for Families, Children & the Courts Judicial Council of California.
Consultant, Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil.
Chair, Research Committee, California Coalition for Sexual Offending.
Chair, Bay Area Chapter, California Coalition on Sexual Offending.
Board Member, California Coalition on Sexual Offending.
PUBLICATIONS
“Patterns of Faculty Response to Growing Student Diversity.” In Facilitating Faculty Development, M. Freedman (Ed.). New Directions in Higher Education, Jossey-Bass Inc., 1973, (with M. Bloom and M. Freedman).
“Stages of Faculty Development.” In Facilitating Faculty Development, M. Freedman (Ed.). New Directions in Higher Education. Jossey-Bass Inc., 1973.
“Innovative Colleges: Challenge to Faculty Development.” In Facilitating Faculty Development, M. Freedman (Ed.). New Directions in Higher Education. Jossey-Bass Inc., 1973.
“Additional Resources.” In Facilitating Faculty Development, M. Freedman (Ed.). New Directions in Higher Education. Jossey-Bass Inc., 1973.
“Faculty Development: A Stage Conception.” In Improving College and University Teaching, Winter, 1978.
“Learning Disabilities in the Adolescent: Diagnosis and Treatment.” Co-authored with J. Lochman. Journal of Current Adolescent Medicine, November 1979.
Academic Culture and Faculty Development. Co-author with M. Freedman and associates, Montague Press, 1980.
“Patterns of Culture and Adolescent Health Care.” Journal of Current Adolescent Medicine, March, 1980.
“Learning Psychotherapy: A Developmental Perspective.” Psychiatry, August, 1980.
“An Evaluation of an Adolescent Family Planning Program.” (Research Abstract). American Journal of Epidemiology, Sept. 1980.
“Risk Factors for Self-destructive Behavior in Adolescents.” (Research Abstract). American Journal of Epidemiology, Sept. 1981.
“Non-surgical Aspects of Sterilization: The San Francisco General Experience.” Co-authored with D. Minkler. Transactions of the Pacific Coast Obstetrics and Gynecology Association, 1982.
“Adolescent Health in Alameda County.” Co-authored with T. Medina and H. Wallace. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, Summer, 1982.
“An Evaluation of an Adolescent Family Planning Program.” Co-authored with A. Edgington. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 1983.
“Psychological and Familial Characteristics of Pregnant and Nulliparous Adolescents.” Co-authored with J. Lochman. Adolescence, 1984.
“Contraceptive Practices among Female Heroin Addicts.” Co-authored with C. Spigner. American Journal of Public Health, 1986.
“Diagnosing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities with Chemically Dependent Adolescents.” Co-authored with M. A. Barr. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 21(2), 203-215, 1989.
“Assessing Differences in Chemically Dependent Adolescent Males and Other Populations with the Child Behavior Checklist.” Co-authored with K. A. Morgan. Adolescence, Winter 1991.
“Treatment Outcomes in an Adolescent Chemical Dependency Program.” Adolescence, Spring 1996.
“Treatment outcomes with low income children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in a community based clinic.” Children and Youth Services Review, 23, 145-167, 2001.
“Neuropsychological Factors Affecting Psychiatric Treatment Outcomes in an Multidisciplinary Outpatient Pain Program.” American Journal of Pain Management, 11, 84-89, 2001.
“Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome by a Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Program”. with C. McMenamy, E. Auen, and L. Nelson. American Journal of Pain Management, 14, 44-49, 2004.
“Prosocial Treatment Models with Juveniles who Sexually Offend.” Perspectives, Fall, 2010.
“Prosocial Interventions for Juveniles with Sexual Offending Behaviors.” The Sex Offender: Issues in assessment, treatment, and supervision. Vol 7. B. Schwartz, Editor, Civic Research Institute, 2012.
“Evidence-Based Practice with Juveniles.” ATSA Forum, 2012.
“Competency Status and Juveniles with Pending Sexual Offense Charges.” Perspectives, 2012.
“A Prosocial Collaborative Model for Juveniles who Sexually Offend.” ATSA Forum, 2012.
“Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Sexually Abusive Juveniles.” CCOSO, 2013.
“A Follow Up Study of a Prosocial Intervention for Juveniles who Sexually Offend.” Sex Offender Treatment, 2015.
“A Longitudinal Study of Factors Predicting Outcomes in a Residential Program for Treating Juveniles Who Sexually Offend.” Sex Offender Treatment, 2015.
“An Instrument for assessing prosocial reasoning in probation youth.” Sex Offender Treatment, 2016.
“Being a Pro Teen Workbook: The Prosocial Model for Problem Solving: Teen Workbook.” Safer Society Press, 2016. Safer Society Press, 2016.
“Being a Pro Research & Theory Manual.” Safer Society Press, 2016.
“Being a Pro Counselor Manual”, Safer Society Press, 2016.
“Juveniles who sexually offend: A view from 2016.” Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2016.
“A Validation Study of a Prosocial Reasoning Intervention for Juveniles Under Probation Supervision.” Sex Offender Treatment, 2016.
“Practical Prosocial Methods for Assessment and Treatment of Juveniles with Sexual Offending Behaviors.” In Sexually Abusive Behavior in Youth: A Handbook of Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. B. Schwartz, Editor, Civic Research Institute, 2017.
“Moral Reasoning in Juveniles Who Sexually Offend”. ATSA Forum, 2017.
“Prosocial Treatment Methods for Juveniles Who Sexually Offended”. ATSA Forum, 2017.
“Evidence-Based Practice for Juveniles in 2017”. Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2017.
“The Other Recidivism.” Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2019.
“Treatment Options and Outcomes for the Other Recidivism” Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2019.
“The Utility of the JSORRAT-II.” NAPN (Blog), 2019.
“A Replication of a Prosocial Reasoning Intervention for Juveniles.” Sex Offender Treatment, 2019.
“Neuropsychological and Developmental Factors in Juvenile Transfer Hearings: Prosocial Perspectives.” Journal of Juvenile Law & Policy, 2020.
“Developmental perspectives on “lying and manipulation” in juveniles who sexually offended.” Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2020.
“Guidelines for treating and supervising youth who have committed a sexual offense”. California Sex Offender Management Board, 2022. (Contributor).
“Problematic sexual behaviors as a juvenile outcome measure.” Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2023.
“Responsivity and Reading.” Sexual Abuse (Blog), 2024.
ONLINE COURSES
PUBLIC POLICY GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
An Outcome Evaluation Model for Drug Abuse Services, State of Alaska, 1974.
Outcome Models for Alameda County Children and Families First, 1999.
Policies for Competency Evaluations, Superior Court, San Francisco, CA, 2010.
10/29/07 – Bay Area California Coalition on Sexual Offending: A training regarding treatment of juvenile sexual offenders given for probation officers and mental health professionals at Juvenile Hall, Alameda County.
5/18/08 – National Adolescent Perpetrator Network. A training regarding prosocial models of treating adolescent juvenile sexual offenders.
10/7/08 – Department of Public Health, C&C San Francisco. Presentation regarding the epidemiology, treatment, and outcomes for juvenile sexual offenders.
10/23/08 – A Prosocial Model of JSO Treatment, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
5/14/09 – Prosocial models of treating adolescent juvenile sexual offenders. California Coalition on Sexual Offending Conference, Torrance, CA.
5/19/09 – Prosocial models of adolescent offender treatment. National Adolescent Perpetrator Network Conference. Tampa, FL.
6/16/09 – Presentation regarding Aggression Replacement Training, to the Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil.
10/22/09 – Aggression Control for JSO Youth. South San Francisco Youth Service Bureau, South San Francisco, CA.
11/18/09 – Qualities of Effective Psychological Assessments for “300” Youth. East Bay Children’s Law Offices. Oakland, CA.
5/14/10 – A Prosocial Treatment Model for Sexually Abusive Youth: Theory, Practice, and Research, California Coalition on Sexual Offending Conference, San Diego, CA.
8/30/10 – Prosocial Treatment for Sexually Abusive Youth: Theory, Practice, and Research, California Coalition on Sexual Offending Conference, Bay Area Chapter, San Leandro, CA.
10/22/10 – A Prosocial Treatment Model for Sexually Abusive Youth, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, National Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
11/15/10 and 11/17/10 – Assessment and Treatment of Youth who Sexually Offend, Juvenile Probation Department, San Francisco, CA.
4/4/11 – A Prosocial Treatment Model for Sexually Abusive Youth: Theory, Practice and Research, NAPN Conference, San Antonio, TX.
5/3/11 – JSO Assessment and Treatment Should Not (Just) Be about Sexual Offending: Presentation: CCOSO Conference, 2011, San Mateo, CA.
5/4/11 – Prosocial Treatment with Juveniles who Sexually Offend. Presentation: CCOSO Conference, 2011, San Mateo, CA.
5/1/12 – An Evidence-Based Collaborative JSO Program, NAPN Conference, Atlantic City, NJ.
5/10/12 – A Collaborative Model for Outpatient JSO Treatment, CCOSO Conference, 2012, San Diego, CA,
9/22/12 – Juvenile Sexual Offending, Pacific Juvenile Defender Center, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
10/31/12 – A Prosocial Collaborative Model, CCOSO Central Valley Regional Chapter, Sacramento, CA.
11/26/12 – Evidence-Based Outpatient Collaborative Treatment for Juveniles with Sexual Behavior Problems, CCOSO Bay Area Regional Chapter, San Leandro, CA.
5/8/13 – A comprehensive JSO assessment model: A rationale for a new paradigm, CCOSO Conference, 2013, San Ramon, CA.
5/9/13 – The CCOSO Adolescent Guidelines for Assessment and Treatment, CCOSO Conference, 2013, San Ramon, CA.
5/8/14 – A Prosocial Assessment and Treatment Model for Juveniles Who Sexually Offend, CCOSO Conference, San Diego, CA.
3/16/15 – DPH Youth Training Seminar: Outpatient Treatment for Juveniles who Sexually Offend: A Prosocial Model: San Francisco, CA.
3/19/15 – Practical Assessment and Treatment Methods for Prosocial Reasoning for Probation Youth, FMHAC, Monterey, CA.
4/20/15 – CCOSO Central Valley Chapter: Practical Prosocial Assessment and Treatment Methods for Juveniles for Sexually Offend, Sacramento, CA.
5/15/15 – CCOSO Training Conference: Prosocial Assessment and Methods for Juveniles who Sexually Offend. Monterey, CA.
05/18/15 – Hope Counseling: Aggression Replacement Training and other Prosocial Treatment Methods for Adults: Hayward, CA.
7/30/15 – JSORRAT-II training, Fresno County Probation Department, Fresno, CA.
9/24/15 – JSORRAT-II training, Sacramento County Probation Department, Rancho Cordova, CA.
12/3/15 – JSORRAT-II training, Riverside County Probation Department, Perris, CA.
1/14/16 – JSORRAT-II training, San Diego County Probation Department, San Diego, CA.
2/23/16 – DPH Youth Training Seminar: Outpatient Treatment for Juveniles who Sexually Offend: A Prosocial Model: San Francisco, CA.
5/11/16 – CCOSO Conference: Juveniles who Sexually Offend: Characteristics, Assessment, Management & Treatment, San Diego, CA.
11/4/16 – ATSA Conference: Practical Prosocial Assessment and Treatment Methods, Orlando, FL.
11/7/16 – JSORRAT-II Training, Oakland, CA.
1/23/17 – BA CCOSO/FMHAC: Juveniles who Sexually Offend: Characteristics, Assessments, Management, and Treatment. Berkeley, CA.
2/13/17 – NAPN Conference: Practical Methods for Assessing and Treating Prosocial Skills of Juveniles Who Sexually Offend, San Antonio, TX.
2/21/17 – Juveniles who Sexually Offended: DPH Trainee Seminar, San Francisco, CA.
4/21/17 – Juveniles Who Sexually Offended, Public Defenders Office, San Francisco, CA.
5/12/17 – Practical Prosocial Assessment and Treatment Methods for Adolescents. CCOSO Conference, San Ramon, CA.
5/22/17 – Being a Pro Workbook, Juvenile Justice, State of Kentucky, Teleconference Presentation.
7/27/17 – Juveniles who sexually offended, Marin County Juvenile Courts, Attorneys, and Probation, San Rafael, CA.
9/27/17 – Being a Pro Workbook, Global Institute of Forensic Research, Safer Society Webinar.
10/9/17 – The neurodevelopment foundation of moral & prosocial development during adolescence, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Berkeley, CA.
10/27/17 – Evidence-Based Practice for Juveniles, ATSA, Kansas City, MO. – 10/30/17 – The neurodevelopmental foundation of moral & prosocial development during adolescence, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Long Beach, CA.
11/3/17 – Juveniles who Sexually Offend, Characteristics, Assessments, Management, and Treatment, Kern County, Bakersfield, CA.
11/4/17 – JSORRAT II, Kern County, Bakersfield, CA.
3/22/18 – Practical Methods for Assessing and Treating Prosocial Skills in Probation Youth, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Monterey, CA.
4/5/18 – A Conversation with Dr. Norbert Ralph about Promoting Social Skills in Adolescents, Safer Society Press, Podcast.
5/2/18 – Juveniles who Sexually Offend, SF DPH Seminar, San Francisco, CA.
5/7/18 – Practical Methods for Assessing and Treating Prosocial Skills in Probation Youth, NAPN, Washington, DC.
8/1/18 – Juveniles who Sexually Offended (JwSO): Characteristics, Assessments, Management, and Treatment, Idaho ATSA, Meridian, ID.
10/19/18 – Prosocial Assessment and Treatment Methods for Juveniles, ATSA, Vancouver, BC.
10/18/19 – Measuring Prosocial Reasoning in Juveniles who Sexually Offended, Poster Presentation, ATSA, Vancouver, BC.
3/14/19 – Juveniles who Sexually Offend: Characteristics, Assessments & Treatment, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Monterey, CA.
4/5/19 – Prosocial Assessment and Treatment Methods for Juveniles, Massachusetts Society for a World Free of Sexual Harm by Youth, Marlborough, MA.
4/23/19 – Juveniles who Sexually Offended, SF DPH Seminar, San Francisco, CA.
5/2/19 – Practical Methods for Assessing and Treating Prosocial Skills in Probation Youth, NAPN, Washington, DC.
3/11/20 – A Model for Psychological Assessments for the Juvenile and Dependency Courts, Poster with B. Loomis, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Monterey, CA.
3/12/20 – Practical Evidence-Based Interventions for Juveniles on Probation: Dialectical Behavior Therapy & Prosocial Interventions, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Monterey, CA. (Session cancelled due to Pandemic but posted online).
4/1/20 – Being a Pro Training”, State of Kentucky Zoom Presentation, Mayfield, KY.
4/29/20 – DPH Youth Training Seminar: Treatment and Neurodevelopment Factors for Juveniles who Sexually Offend, San Francisco, CA.
9/9/2020 – Juveniles Who Sexually Offended, Juvenile Probation Department, San Francisco, CA, Virtual Presentation.
10/23/20 – ATSA Conference, Poster Session, A Replication of a Prosocial Reasoning Intervention for Juveniles, Virtual Presentation.
11/10/20 – JSORRAT-II Training, Riverside County Probation Department, Riverside County, CA, Virtual Presentation.
12/1/20 – Adolescents Who Sexually Offended: Neurodevelopmental Perspectives on Assessment and Treatment, UCSF Psychiatry Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA.
2/23/21 – Juveniles Who Sexually Offend, Forensic Mental Health Association of California, Virtual Presentation.
3/23/21 – JSORRAT-II Training, Psychological Assessment Services/DPH, San Francisco, CA, Virtual Presentation.
4/1/21 – Practical Methods for Assessing and Treating Prosocial Skills in Probation Youth, Forensic Mental Health Association of CA, Virtual Presentation.
6/10/21 – Neurodevelopment Perspectives in Juveniles Who Sexually Offended, Safer Society Press, Virtual Presentation.
9/30/21 – Neurodevelopmentally-Based Practical Assessment and Treatment Methods for Juveniles
Who Sexually Offended, ATSA Conference, Virtual Presentation.
12/13/21 – Neurodevelopmentally-Based Practical Assessment and Treatment Methods for Juveniles. Sacramento,
CA.
2/8/22 – How Do Well-Intentioned Implementations of Treatment Programes Succeed or Fail? Safer Society Press,
Virtual Presentation.
2/7/22 – Juveniles who Sexually Offended (JwSO): FMHAC, Virtual Presentation.
3/22/22 – JSORRAT-II Training, ML Eslinger Training, Virtual Training.
4/12/22 – Neurodevelopmental Factors for Probation Youth: Practical Approaches for Assessment and Treatment,
FMHAC San Diego, CA
12/15/22 – Developmental Perspectives for Juveniles who Sexually Offended, , Safer Society Press, Virtual
Presentation.
1/26/23 – Being a Pro: Promoting Prosocial Development in Youths.Safer Society Press, Virtual Presentation.
2/23/22 – Neurodevelopment Perspectives in Juveniles Who Sexually O ended, Safer Society Press, Virtual
Presentation.
4/4/23 – CASOMB’s Guidelines for Treating and Supervising Youth Who Have Committed a Sexual Offense, FMHAC, San Diego, CA.
4/11/23 – JSORRAT-II Training, ML Eslinger Training, Virtual Training.
5/11/23 – CASOMB’s Guidelines for Treating and Supervising Youth Who Have Committed a Sexual Offense,
CCOSO, San Diego, CA.
Presentations available to view online.
Being-A-Pro: A Prosocial Treatment Approach for At-Risk Youths, Global Forensic Institute, https://vimeo.com/236602869/0ba78eabf1