Beverly O. Ford, Ph.D.

Dr. Beverly O. Ford is President of ASM Associates, a training and consulting firm that specializes in staff training for human service professionals. Since 1989 she has conducted training in case management, employment preparation, welfare reform, and client empowerment for over 100,000 people in 42 states.

Beverly has trained staff in a variety of agencies to include: Departments of Social Services, Employment Services, WIA, Head Start, Community Action, Adult Education, Housing Authorities, Job Corps, Homeless Programs, and Public Health.

She has extensive hands on experience in employment and training. For nine years she operated programs for adults and youth. Beverly has also taught undergraduate and graduate students at the university level.

She has a B.A. from Talladega College, a Master's from the University of North Carolina and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Union Graduate School.

Beverly is the author of two staff training handbooks - Making Case Management Work: Empowering People for Change and the newly released, Group Power: Expanding the Circle of Hope.

Her workshops are informal, interactive sessions that focus on practical strategies staff can easily transfer into their everyday work with clients.