Dr. Eric Mash
Eric Mash has been a full professor since 1979 within the department of psychology at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He has also been a visiting professor at the CDRC in 1992, 1988, 1983 and 1976. He has demonstrated a long-term commitment to our program, to developmental disabilities and to the field of psychology. During the past few months he has taught in our intern seminar series, has invited a psychology staff member to write a chapter in a book he is editing and is meeting with the psychology staff as part of our "futures planning."
His productivity was apparent from the first and he was a superb resident who excelled both clinically and academically. He was a catalyst for a considerable amount of staff productivity. He was instrumental in the development and publishing of the Response Class Matrix for evaluation parent-child interactions from his year here, which became nationally recognized.
Over the yeasr, Dr. Mash has published significant articles with various CDRC faculty members including Leif Terdal, Gloria Krahn and Ann Garner. To date he has over 100 publications. His articles are published in highly respected refereed journals and he has written and edited many reference and textbooks.
Dr. Mash is internationally known and his books have been translated into Russian and Korean. His books and writing have become the "gold standard" in the area of behavioral assessment. He has also made substantial contributions in the areas of ADHD, Child Abuse and Autism. He also has developed several additional assessment scales including the Parent Competency Scale and a child Development Scale. He is now exploring the possibilities of Web based assessment.
He is a member of many professional societies and has been honored to become a "Fellow" in Divisions 12, 37 and 53 of the American Psychological Association, The Canadian Psychological Association, the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology and a Charter Fellow of the American Psychological Society.
Dr. Mash has been very active and productive in an editorial capacity and his ideas and feedback have impacted thousands of professionals. He has served as Associate Editor of Behavioral Assessment, guest editor for the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science and Behavioral Assessment. He has served on the editorial boards of over 10 leading journals and as an ad hoc reviewer for over 24 different professional journals. All of his input is done in a very thoughtful, professional and supportive manner. He has networked and collaborated with the top professionals from many fields throughout the country.
Dr Mash's committed to the development of a broad empirical base for the practice of clinical psychology. In his service to the community, he has been on many advisory boards. He is currently on the National Advisory Board of CHADD in Canada. He has also been on the advisory board of the Janus Academy for Children with Autism and the Laidlaw Child Research Centre. He was a major contributor and catalyst for the "Better Futures Project" which is essentially the Canadian version of our Early Intervention Program. Dr. Mash has been productive throughout his career, generous with his time, supportive of others and has become a national leader because of his long-term commitment to the field of psychology, children and developmental disabilities.
