Community Education Centers

Dr. Ralph Fretz

Dr. Ralph Fretz is the Director of Assessment for Community Education Centers.ï¿½ After earning his M.S.W. from Columbia University in 1982, Dr. Fretz supervised an adolescent day treatment center. He has also worked as the supervisor ofï¿½an outpatient mental health clinic.ï¿½ In 1998, Dr. Fretz earned his Ph.D. from Seton Hall School of Professional Psychology.ï¿½ His dissertation was selected for the Distinguished Dissertation Award.ï¿½ Dr. Fretz has worked with a variety of population including children, juvenile and adult offenders, psychiatric inpatients and sex offenders.ï¿½ His areas of interest include outcome research and family interactions in high conflict families.

Dr. Fretzï¿½s work has been published in corrections journals, including Corrections Today and Best Practices.ï¿½ He was the co-author of a manual for a nationally used risk assessment instrument and has given presentations on a variety of topics, including the development of Assessment Centers and family therapy techniques.

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