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Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D.
Every successful organization needs a driver, a leader who keeps it focused,
hones its vision and nurtures it as a way of developing and maximizing its
potential. For aha! Process, Inc., that person is its founder, Dr.
Ruby K. Payne.
Ruby has been involved with education since 1972 as a teacher, principal,
consultant, and administrator. The lessons learned during those years are
the bedrock on which aha! Process, Inc. has been built. Her first
book, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, is a powerful
tool for educators to use when dealing with children from poverty.
In her book, Ruby discusses the hidden rules that govern how each of us
behaves in our social class. Those rules, because they are hidden and only
known to those within the group, prove to be a major stumbling block for
individuals trying to move to a new social class. Students from poverty
often languish in classrooms run by members of middle class because those
are the rules that govern.
Ruby has developed this message for seminars and workshops as well. Speaking
to approximately 200 groups a year, Ruby is working to spread the word
throughout North America that children of poverty need not suffer through an
educational system oblivious to their needs. More than educators are heeding
her message. Judges, social workers, ministers, community leaders and health
professionals are all learning from Ruby's work.
A gifted synthesizer, Ruby presents
her research and observations in such a way that many people experience
"eye-opening learning," enhancing their own abilities to help children of
poverty succeed.
Ruby received her B.A. from Goshen (IN) College. She earned a master's
degree from Western Michigan University and her doctorate from Loyola (IL)
University.
Ruby Payne founded aha! Process, Inc. (formerly RFT Publishing Co.)
in 1996 and serves as its President.
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