About Ed Ford

Edward E. Ford served in the U.S. Navy, was a newspaper reporter, and later worked in the industrial relations department of a large steel factory. He taught high school for six years, then earned a master's degree in social work and went into private counseling. Not long afterward, he joined the faculty of the Institute for Reality Therapy and began teaching Reality Therapy and consulting in schools and other institutions in Ohio.

For the past 30 years, he has taught and consulted in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, in mental heath centers for residential and outpatients, in approximately 70 school districts, and on the faculty of Arizona State University's School of Social Work.

Mr. Ford, a founding member and past president of the Control Systems Group that researches and promotes perceptual control theory, has authored 13 books, including Freedom From Stress (1989, 1992), Discipline for Home and School, Book One (3rd edition, 2003) and Book Two (revised edition, 1999).

He recommends that if your interest is focused on discipline problems, his most recently published book be read first: Discipline for Home and School, Fundamentals (2004).

Ed Ford consults and trains extensively with school districts that want to use the Responsible Thinking Process. See www.responsiblethinking.com