How Do Well-Intentioned Implementations of Treatment Programs Succeed or Fail?
This webinar is for professionals or individuals interested in learning about implementing Motivational Interviewing and other behavioral change techniques.
Getting implementation right seems simple at first: take what works in one treatment setting and apply it in another. But success is never guaranteed: challenges lurk in every corner. Implementing best practices can become especially tricky with individuals whose actions have caused harm to others.
This webinar conversation focuses on Norbert Ralph’s experiences implementing Aggression Replacement Training and his Being a Pro curriculum in multiple settings. It also offers observations from a recent paper on implementing the Good Lives Model and other efforts with Motivational Interviewing.
Who's Presenting
Norbert Ralph, PhD, MPH
Dr. Ralph is a clinical psychologist, formerly at the Juvenile Justice Center in San Francisco, and Coordinator of the Juvenile Sexual Responsibility Program. Dr. Ralph is a psychiatric epidemiologist and neuropsychologist who has over 50 publications, including articles, book chapters, blogs, 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 is a Trainer for Aggression Replacement Training through the California Institute for Mental Health. He completed the Transformative Leadership Vanguard Program through the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute in 2025.
He is a board member of CalATSA and was formerly on the Prevention Committee of ATSA. He is on the Conference Committee of the Forensic Mental Health Association of California. He is the juvenile treatment representative on the California Sex Offender Management Board and contributed, along with other board members, to their 2022 Youth Guidelines.