Meet the experts

Ronald Mah is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.  He is the author of Difficult Behavior in Early Childhood (2006), The One-Minute Temper Tantrum Solution (2008), and Getting Beyond Bullying and Exclusion, PreK-5, Empowering Children in Inclusive Classrooms (2009), Corwin Press and twenty e-books on therapy and couple therapy available at www.Smashwords.com. He has also authored DVDs on child development and behavior. Ronald has worked in community mental health programs, severe emotional disturbance school programs, vocational and welfare-to-work programs, Head Start programs, supervised a high school mental health clinic, supervised therapists, and worked in private practice psychotherapy. Additional experiences include 16 years in ECE, owner of a childcare center, elementary & secondary teaching credentials, college instructor, and a member of the Board of Directors of the California Kindergarten Association.  Ronald also previously served on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists.

Dr. Massey-Stokes is Associate Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Academic Programs in the School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology at Texas Woman's University. She has approximately 30 years of experience teaching health at the university level and has actively engaged in scholarship related to health education and health promotion, including child and adolescent health. Dr. Massey-Stokes is also a Certified Health Education Specialist and Certified Health and Wellness Coach. Her passion is promoting health and wellness across the lifespan, and she particularly enjoys working with adult learners.

Dr. Wardle has degrees from Penn State University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Kansas. He currently teaches for the University of Phoenix and Red Rocks Community College. Dr. Wardle has published 9 books on educational topics and over 500 articles in a variety of journals, magazines, and newspapers. His newest book, published in 2019, focuses on the struggles of boys in early childhood programs.