Authors

Marty McMorrow obtained his MS degree in Behavior Analysis and Therapy from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and is currently Director of National Business Development for the MENTOR Network. He has over 30 years experience in program design and delivery of human services with many different clinical groups and in many different capacities from researcher to administrator to friend. In that time, he has tried to share what he has learned in more than 60 professional papers, several books and training programs, and in presentations to family, professional, and advocacy groups.

Marty co-developed the social skills training program Stacking the Deck, the language training program Looking for the Words, and numerous other behavioral clinical interventions with his colleagues at the Department of Treatment Development, which was supported by the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. He also designed, implemented, and evaluated the Personal Intervention Neurobehavioral Program at the Center for Comprehensive Services in Carbondale, Illinois, which is now a part of the MENTOR Network. Marty’s primary interest is in translating behavioral technology into proactive and applicable programs and interventions that will make a difference in the lives of persons being helped, as well as the persons doing the helping. This is the subject matter of his books, Getting Ready to Help: A Primer on Interacting in Human Service, and The Helping Exchange.