 Dr. Ronald Hughes has a Doctorate in psychology from The Ohio State University, a Masters in Applied Social Sciences from Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from the College of Wooster. He is co-founder of the Institute for Human Services (IHS), and founder of the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (NARCCW). As Director of these organizations, he has primary management responsibility for all NARCCW programs and activities.
Dr. Hughes has written extensively on topics related to child welfare values and "best practice" standards; bioethics; culture and diversity; and developmental disabilities. His publications include the four-volume Field Guide to Child Welfare; Target Competent Staff: Competency-Based Inservice Training for Child Welfare; and Child Welfare and Developmental Disabilities, all three published by the Child Welfare League of America. His publications also include numerous position papers, journal articles, training curricula, and other training resources.
Dr. Hughes is the primary architect of the IHS Comprehensive, Competency-Based Inservice Training System (CCBIT) Model of child welfare training, which has been adopted by a majority of states and provinces as the foundation of their child welfare inservice training systems. Dr. Hughes provides consultation and technical assistance to state, provincial, and local agencies in the development and management of large-scale competency-based inservice training systems. He has been a principal developer of the Universe of Child Welfare Competencies, CCBIT training curricula, needs assessment technologies, training delivery systems, and technologies for program monitoring and evaluation.
Dr. Hughes provides agency program evaluations and consultation to child welfare organizations. He brings considerable knowledge of other community service systems through his work experience in the fields of mental health, drug and alcohol treatment, youth services, and residential care for adolescents.
Dr. Hughes is recognized for his development of a bioethical decision-making model for catastrophically ill children. His publication has helped establish standards for ethical decision-making for critically ill, developmentally disabled neonates, and delineated implications for child welfare practice.
Dr. Hughes is currently president-elect of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and will assume the presidency of the APSAC Board in January, 2010, for a two-year term.
North American Resource Center for Child Welfare (NARCCW)
As founder and Director of NARCCW, Dr. Hughes manages and oversees all NARCCW programs, and coordinates the activities of the four organizations subsumed under the NARCCW umbrella.
Center for Child Welfare Policy (CCWP)
Dr. Hughes directs the operations of the Center for Child Welfare Policy. This includes developing and managing the Pro Humanitate Literary and Distinguished Service Awards program; convening and facilitating CCWP colloquies on critical child welfare policy and practice dilemmas; and producing policy documents, white papers, and journal articles on child welfare practice issues.
Institute for Human Services (IHS)
Dr. Hughes has been Director of IHS since the organization's inception in 1977. He has had primary management responsibility for the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program since 1985, and oversees activities for statewide coordination, development, and implementation of this program. Dr. Hughes also provides consultation and technical assistance to states, provinces, and local agencies in developing large-scale inservice training systems; conducts program evaluations; and supervises IHS staff.
Family Trust Clinic
Dr. Hughes serves as a member of the Family Trust Clinic's case assessment and consultation team, and provides expert testimony in child welfare litigation cases)
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