R O N K O K I S H

PO Box 476
Trinidad California 95570
(707) 897-5087 ron@delko.net

FOREIGN LANGUAGE:

• German (fluent)

CREDENTIALS:

Academy of Certified Social Workers

NASW Diplomate Clinical Social Worker (#022746)

Licensed Family Therapist, California (#MFT9097)

Community College Lifetime Credential (#102191)

Adv. Diplomate in Clinical Social Work - American Board of Examiners (#9341)

Clinical Member - Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers

EDUCATION:

BA, City University of New York

Attended Brooklyn Law School 1963-1964

MSW, Rutgers University (Dean's List)

Approximately 1400 hours of courses and workshops in Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Sexual Abuse and general counseling and psychotherapy

Team, Management and Leadership Program 1990 -91, Approx. 250 Hrs. (Landmark Education Corporation)

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Working with Teenagers in a Community Center Setting - Conference Papers, National Association of Jewish Center Workers - 1969

Using Computers in Play Therapy with Abused Children - in “Electronic Tools for Social Work Practice and Education,” Hy Resnick, Ed., Hayward Press, 1994. Also in “Computers in Human Services,” Vol. 11, Nos. 1/2/3/4 (1993)

Consulting Editor - Human Sexuality Information and Advisory Service -CompuServe Inc. -1992 – 2000:

Moral Development of Sex Offenders - Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers Annual Research and Treatment Conference, Boston, 1993 (with Niki Delson)

Assessing Disputed Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse - Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers Annual Research and Treatment Conference, San Francisco, 1994 (with Niki Delson)

Cognitive Restructuring in Sex Offender Treatment –Annual California Statewide Sex Offender Treatment Conference, (Plenary Session) Oakland, June 1997

Evaluating Sex Offenders – Annual California Statewide Sex Offender Treatment Conferences, Long Beach and Berkeley, California, May 1999,

Using Attachment Theory to Motivate Change with Coerced Patients, Annual California Statewide Sex Offender Treatment Conference, May 2000

Inquiring into the Conscience of Sex Offenders, Annual California Statewide Sex Offender Treatment Conference, May 2000

Sex Offender Evaluations and Treatment Today -Pre-conference workshop, Annual California Statewide Sex Offender Treatment Conference, May 2001, 2002

Interpersonal and Sexual Violence Newsletter - self published as a community service 3/times yearly 10/89 - 12/95

"The current role of Post Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing in Sex Offender Treatment." Journal of Child Sexual Abuse 12(3/4): 175-194. (Also found in: The current role of Post Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing in Sex Offender Treatment. Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders: Current Approaches, Research and Techniques. R. Geffner. Binghamton, Haworth Press, 2004.)

Advantages and Dilemmas of Post Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing, Annual California Statewide Sex Offender Treatment Conference, Sacramento, May 2002, and Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers Annual Research and Treatment Conference, Montreal, 2002

"Post Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Examination: Client Self-report and Perceptions." Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment 17(2): 211-221 (2005).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

2000 – 2005 consultation, training and writing about sex offender management and treatment

2/94 -2005: Instructor - University of California at Davis, University Extension, Center for Human Services Training and Development, teaching courses in Child Sexual Abuse and Sex Offender Evaluation and Treatment

1996 -2001 Instructor and program developer, Northern California Family and Children’s Services Academy (UC Davis Extension, Center for Human Services Training and Development) (includes development of 9 day advanced training in child sexual abuse)

•1986 -2000 private practice - individual, group & family therapy specializing in interpersonal violence and sexual abuse and:

Recognition as expert witness in criminal and civil cases for courts in four counties. Appointed to prepare approximately 2 dozen expert evaluations per year for criminal, juvenile and family courts.

Contractual after-care provider for sex offenders discharged from State funded experimental Sex Offender Treatment Program and for Conditional Release Program for the criminally insane.

Sub-contractual after-care provider for criminally insane patients - CA Conditional Release Program

1998 -2000 Instructor, Central California and SF Bay Area Child Welfare Training Academies providing specialized child sexual abuse training

5/96 – 9/99: Adjunct (Field) Instructor - California State University, Long Beach Department of Social Work. (Off Campus MSW Program)

1970 - 1986: Employed by Public Child Welfare Services Agencies as a social worker, sexual abuse coordinator & unit supervisor. Duties included casework, group therapy, program design and development, preparation of court evaluations, services coordination, supervision, consultation and crisis intervention. Part time private practice. Taught workshops and courses at Humboldt State University, College of the Redwoods, and independently.

1969 - 1970: Project Coordinator, Edward R. Johnstone Training and Research Center, Bordentown, NJ. Program development, staff supervision, training, and services coordination for 60 retarded adolescents in a residential setting

1967 - 1969: Supervisor of Group Services - Jewish Community Center Trenton, NJ. Supervision of recreational, educational and social enrichment programs for directed program development, including working with Board of Directors and Board Committees.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

National Association of Social Workers www.nasw.org

Association For The Treatment of Sexual Abusers (Member, Professional Issues Committee) www.atsa.com

California Coalition on Sexual Offending (Education Chair, Internet Coordinator)

www.ccoso.org

New York Academy of Sciences

American Correctional Association

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children