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Name: Ronit Shalev Date: 1.2.20

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal Details

Address: 12 Hatzav St., Ahuzat Barak, 19323, Israel

Phone: 972-4-6404359

Mobile phone: 972-54-7502737

Email: ronitsh@colman.ac.il

ronitishalev@gmail.com.il

2. Higher Education

A. Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Year of

Completion

Degree Institution and Department Year

1993 B.A. Sociology & Anthropology, Creative

Arts, University of Haifa

1989 - 1993

1995 M.A. Educational Counseling, University of

Haifa

M.A. thesis: Differences between

parents who lost children in traffic

accidents and parents who lost children

in war

1993-1995

2009 PhD Educational Counseling, University of

Haifa, Doctoral thesis: “Bereaved

parents: Orientation towards the future,

perception of self-change, adjustment,

and functioning

2009

3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

Teaching fellow University of Haifa, Department of

Education

1998-2009

Lecturer Center for Academic Studies, Or

Yehuda

2009-2012

Senior Lecturer Center for Academic Studies, Or

Yehuda

2012-2017

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Senior lecturer; Academic

Coordinator of Educational

Counseling Department (M.A.)

Center for Academic Studies, Or

Yehuda

2019-2017

Teacher part-time Max Stern Academic College of Emek

Yezreel , Department of Counseling

2015- to

present

Senior lecturer; Head of

Education and Counseling

Departments

College of Management, Rishon Lezion 1 July 2019

to present

4. Offices in Academic Administration

Research and Nominations

Committees

College of Management, Rishon Lezion 1 Oct. 2019

- present

Dates Department of School Counseling Position Senior lecturer; Head of

Education and Counseling

Departments

College of Management, Rishon Lezion 1 July 2019

to present

5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution

a. Membership in Professional Associations

Dates Association

2015-present IWG International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement

b. Review for Professional Journals

Mikbatz (Anthology Hebrew),

Hyeutz Hachinuchi (School Counseling, Hebrew)

Society and Welfare (Hebrew)

Death Studies

Omega Journal of Death and Dying

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6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences

a. Active Participation

b. Role Topic Location Conference Dat

e

Lecturer Differences between

parents who lost a child in

war and parents who lost a

child in traffic accidents

Eilat International

Conference on

Grief and

Bereavement

200

4

Invited

Lecturer and

Chairperson

Bereaved Siblings University

of Haifa

Conference of

Bereaved

Siblings

2007

Invited

Lecturer

Perception of self-change

orientation towards the

future among bereaved

parents

University

of Haifa

Conference of the

Israeli Forum for

Researching

Emotions

2008

Lecturer Does anyone see me?

Bereaved siblings

Tel Aviv

University

Conference on

Educational

Counseling

2009

Lecturer Terminal Patients in the

Mirror of the Cinema

Ma’alot Conference on

Palliative

Medicine

2009

Invited

Lecturer and

Chairperson

Sibling Bereavement University

of Haifa

Conference of

Bereaved

Siblings and

Comrades in

Arms, Center for

Grief and

Bereavement

2011

Lecturer Ambiguous Loss Hebrew

University,

Jerusalem

International

Conference on

Trauma in the

Circle of Life

2012

Lecturer Children’s Grief Cinematheque,

Tel Aviv International

Depression Day

2012

Lecturer Families Coping with

Ambiguous Loss

David

Yellin,

Jerusalem

Reality-changing

Education

2013

Chair of the

Organizing

Committee

Bereaved Parents

Ambiguous Loss

Eilat Conference on

Loss and

Bereavement

2013

Chair of the

Organizing

Committee

The Impact of Murder on

Children in Arab Society

Bereaved Girlfriends

Eilat International

Conference on

Grief and

Bereavement

2016

4

Workshop – Early

Memories

Lecturer From Both Sides of the

Door: Annual Seminar for

Casualty Notifiers,

Ministry of Welfare

Tel Aviv Seminar 2017

Lecturer Ambiguous Loss and

Adopted Children

Eilat International

Conference on

Grief and

Bereavement

2019

Lecturer Perception of self-change

following loss,

presentation of research

on bereavement among

children with special

needs

Eilat International

Conference on

Grief and

Bereavement

2019

International Conferences (Abroad)

Role Subject of Lecture/

Discussion

Location Name of

Conference

Date

Lecturer Ambiguous Loss Titu

Maiorescu

University,

Bucharest,

Romania

IAC

Conference

2010

Lecturer "It's like one day a man

appeared": The long-term

impact of a present-absent

father on the children of

POWs

Miami

U.S.A.

ADEC

International

Conference

on Grief and

Bereavement

in

Contemporary

Society

2011

Lecturer The fire of your loss

remains in my heart:

Accompanying notifiers of

families of victims of the

Mount Carmel forest fire

Hong Kong 10th

International

Conference

on Grief and

Bereavement

in

Contemporary

Society

2014

Lecturer Bereavement and

Adolescence

Scotland IWG

Conference

2017

Lecturer and

Chairperson

Children who have lost a

family member to murder

in the Arab community in

Israel

Lisbon 11th

International

Conference

on Grief and

Bereavement

in

5

Contemporary

Society

Poster and

Lecture

Mount Carmel forest fire Canada IWG

Conference

2018

c. Organization of Conference

Role Subject of

Conference

Location Name of Conference Date

Director, Organizing

Committee, and

Chairperson

Grief and

Bereavement

Eilat Conference on Grief and

Bereavement

2013

Director, Organizing

Committee

Director, Steering and

Organizing Committee

Grief and

Bereavement

Grief and

Bereavement

Eilat

Or

Yehuda

International Conference on

Grief and Bereavement

2016

2016

Director, Organizing

Committee

Organizer, Member of

Steering Committee

Grief and

Bereavement

Eilat International Conference on

Grief and Bereavement

2019

7. Invited Lectures \ Colloquium Talks

Date Name of Forum Place of Lecture Presentation/Comments

Bereaved Siblings University

of Haifa

Conference of

Bereaved

Siblings

2007

Perception of self-change

orientation towards the

future among bereaved

parents

University

of Haifa

Conference of the

Israeli Forum for

Researching

Emotions

2008

6

Sibling Bereavement University

of Haifa

Conference of

Bereaved

Siblings and

Comrades in

Arms, Center for

Grief and

Bereavement

2011

8. Research Grants

a. Grants Awarded

Year Funded by/

Amount

Topic Co-Researchers Role in

Research

2009 Tel Aviv

University

5000 Nis

Research grant:

bereaved Parents

Bereavement fund

Head

researcher

2018 Center for

academic studies

4000

Grief in a school for

special education

following the death

of a student

Orit Barak and Roni

Zamir

Head

researcher

2019 College of

Management

שח 2500

Grief among Adults

with Special Needs

Head

researcher

9. Teaching

Number

of

Students

16

Degree

M.A.

Type of Course:

Lecture/Seminar/Workshop/Academic

Course/ Mandatory Introductory

course)

Workshop

Name of

Course

Internship,

Educational

Counseling

Year

2000 -

present

Center for

Academic

Studies,

College of

Management

80

Two

groups

M.A. Lesson Short-term

Counseling

and Crisis

2009 -

present

Center for

Academic

Studies,

College of

Management

7

20 M.A. Lesson Assistive

Interviews

2009 -

present

Center for

Academic

Studies,

College of

Management

15 M.A. Lesson Group

Facilitators’

2009 -

2011

Center for

Academic

Studies

13 M.A. Lesson Intervention

Programs

2014 Emek Yizrael

College

33 M.A. Lesson Stress

Situations

2014 -

2019

Emek Yizrael

College

23

M.A. Lesson Advanced

Methods of

Counseling –

Mindfulness

and

Educational

Counseling

2019 Emek Yizrael

College

25 Psychotherapy

Lesson Theoretical

Aspects of

Grief and

Bereavement:

Delivering

Tragic News

2006 -

present

Dimol School

of Social

Work

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a. Supervision of Graduate Students

Students'

Achieve-

ments

Date of

Comple-

tion/in

Progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

2015 M.A.

Preparations for military service for

adolescents on the autistic spectrum

Ariana Zaks

2015 M.A. Internet Bullying – the difference in

perception between parents and

adolescents

Carmel Hagit

2015 M.A.

Awareness of teachers to the

characteristics of diabetes type 1

Nira Ashkenazi

2014 M.A. Bereavement and loss among children Yifat Weizmann

2014 M.A. Patterns in internet usage among Habad

teenage girls

Ofer Dishon

2014 M.A. Delivering bad news at school Meira Lotan

2016 M.A. Delivering a sex education program in for

special needs students

Yael Katz

2017 M.A Post traumatic grow after the loss of a

loved one

Shaynin Vered

2017 M.A Fear of own death following the loss of a

family member

Milena Yael

2015 M.A. The effect of mindfulness exercises

on adolescent patients in psychiatric

wards

Einat Eliyahu

2017 M.A. Emotional and behavioral perceptions

of welfare workers delivering news of

casualties

Aya Sadan and

Moran Segev

2018 M.A Perception of self-change among

students studying educational

counseling

Reut Rokah and

Ofri Cohen

To be

published as

book

chapter

2018 M.A Grief in a school for special

education following the death of a

student

Zamir Roni

2019 M.A. How preschool children cope with

their parents’ divorce

Zamir Hani and

Shiraz Shmueli

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2019 M.A. The impact of tragic news on children Doreen Cohen

and Hagit Saar

2019 M.A. The impact of teaching in mental

hospitals on teachers' compassion

fatigue

Efrat

Tennenbaum and

Adi Kleinbert

Doctoral Theses

Students' Achievements Date of

Completion/

in Progress

Degree Title of Thesis Student’s Name

2018 Ph.D. The effect of Chi Kong

therapy on parents of

murder victims

Nurit Gafni

2019 Ph.D. Examining needs of

bereaved parents

Ilan Sharif

Research Theses

Students'

Achievements

Date of

Completion/

in Progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

2017 M.A. Coping by families of

bereaved girlfriends

Rotem

Wildenberg

10. Professional Experience

2018 - present – Therapist for integrated mind-body psychotherapy at the clinic for children

and adolescents, HaEmek Hospital, Afula. Facilitating a therapeutic children' s group in

mindfulness

Positions and Professional Activity

2011 – present – Researcher at the International Center for Research on Loss and

Bereavement, University of Haifa. Research and participant in conferences and seminars

2016 – present: Co-Director, National inter- office forum on grief and bereavement (the

Israeli government, IDF, the National Insurance Institute, and the International Center for

Research on Loss and Bereavement)

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Professional Certification

2014-2018 – Studies towards a certificate in Mind-Body Integrative Psychotherapy,

Mercaz Shiluv (Integration Center), University of Haifa, External Studies

2014-June, 2018 – Internship at the Mental Health Clinic, HaEmek Hospital, Afula

Awards

2008 – Award for outstanding civilian worker in the IDF casualty division, sponsored by the

Minister of Finance, Manpower Division for Casualties

2012 – President’s Award for outstanding lecturer, Or Yehuda Academic College

PUBLICATIONS

a. Ph.D. Dissertation

Bereaved parents: Orientation towards the future, perception of self-change,

adjustment, and functioning. Educational Counseling, University of Haifa

b. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published *

Published Books

Shalev, R., Ablin, E., and Segev, M. (2015). One World. A Therapeutic Educational Model

for Youth in Frameworks Outside the Home. Ach Publishers. (Hebrew)

Published Articles

Weisman, H., Harmati, A., & Shalev, R. (1999). Short-term counseling for children and

adolescents in the school. Readings in Education 4, 59-87. (Hebrew).

Klingman, A., Shalev, R., & Pearlman, A. (2000). Graffiti: A creative means of youth coping

with collective trauma. The Art in Psychotherapy,27, 299-307. [Q2, IF: 1.29, cited by. 37]

Klingman, A., & Shalev, R. (2001). Voices of Israeli youth following the assassination of the

prime minister. Youth and Society,32, 403-421. [Q1, IF: 2.13, cited by.28]

Ablin, J.N., Cohen, H., Shalev, R., Ablin, E., Neumann, L., & Buskila, D. (2010). A tale of

two towns: The effect of long-term low-intensity conflict on the prevalence and

characteristics of musculoskeletal pain associated with chronic stress. Clinical and

Experimental Rheumatology, 28,15-21[Q1, IF, 3.328, cited by 28]

Shalev, R., & Ben-Asher, S. (2011) Ambiguous Loss: The long-term effects of a present-

absent father on the children of POWs. Journal of Loss & Trauma,16, 511-528. [Q2, IF:0.51,

cited by 16]

Shalev, R., & Ben Asher, S. (2012). The absent parent: Families and children coping with the

ambiguous loss of a parent. Educational Counseling 37, 52-65. (Hebrew)

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Ben Asher, S., & Shalev, R. (2012). Ambiguous loss: Long-term influence of an absent father

among children of POWs. Society and Welfare 32, 357-399. (Hebrew)

Shalev, R. (2014). look at me, loss and grieving processes among children and adolescents:

theoretical and applicable aspects, in Raviv., A & Boles. H. (Eds), Educational counseling

today: Matters for thought and practice. A collection of articles in memory of Prof. Avner Ziv,

146-159, Tel Aviv, Center for Academic Learning, Sifriat Poalim. (Hebrew)

Shalev, R., Dargan, C., & Abdallah, F. (2015). Issues in treating children who have lost

family members as a result of murder in the arab sector in Israel. Efshar. 25-26, 51-54.

(Hebrew).

Ben-Asher, S., & Shalev, R. (2015). Perceptions of the absence and reintegration of a

prisoner of war father from the perspective of his children as adults. Journal of Child &

Adolescent Trauma,8,1-12. [Q2, IF: 1.08, cited by 3]

Shalev, R. (2017). I’m already not what you are – perception of self-change and growth

among bereaved parents. Et Hasadeh, journal on children and adolescents in risk situations.

from broken worlds: Growth from crisis of loss and trauma, 18,19-30. (Hebrew)

Shalev, R., Dargan, C., & Abdallah, F. (2019). Issues in the treatment of children who lost a

family member to murder in the arab community in Israel. Omega Journal of Death and

Dying, 30, 1-14. [ Q2, IF: 1.127]

1. Articles In Press

Shalev, R. (In Press). No one will visit me anymore: Grief among adults with special

needs. Neuman, R., & Reiter, S. (Eds.) A book about people with disabilities.

Shalev, R., Zamir, R., & Barak, A. (In Press). Unrecognized grief: The death of a

disabled student and coping of the school's educational staff. Educational Counseling: From

Theory to Practice. Boles, H., Kaniel, S., and Shalev, R. (Eds.).

Publications as Editor (In Press)

Co-editor of the book: Educational Counseling: From Theory to Practice, edited by

Boles, H., Kaniel, S., and Shalev, R. The book is currently in the final editing stage.

Resling Publishers.

d. Submitted Publications

Book in progress (being written and researched)

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Book being co-edited: Shalev,R., Raviv, A., & Ablin. A: Conveying a Bad Message.

includes a study of casualty notifiers in the police and welfare departments.

e. Non-Scientific Publications

Shalev, R., (2010) It’s not so bad! on the Israeli film “Broken Wings”– An encounter

with loss and bereavement. Psychology website (Hebrew):

http://www.hebpsy.net/articles.asp?t=0&id=2528

Shalev, R(2011). No entry for external substances. eating disorders, psychology website

in (Hebrew): http://www.hebpsy.net/articles.asp?t=0&id=2558

D. Other Works Connected with my Scholarly Field

Non-Academic Professional Experience

1994-2005 – Educational counselor at the following schools: Nesher (3 years), Ein Harod (6

years), and at the “Perach” program at the University of Haifa

2003-2009 – Facilitator for groups of counselors in the framework of the Rural Education

Authority of the Ministry of Education

2005-2009 – Civilian IDF worker: Group facilitator in the department of casualties.

2014-2018 – External studies towards a diploma in integrated psychotherapy in the

Integration Center, University of Haifa

2014 - June, 2018 – Internship in the mental health clinic, HaEmek Hospital, Afula

July, 2018 - present – Therapist for integrated mind-body psychotherapy at the clinic for

children and adolescents, HaEmek Hospital, Afula. Facilitating a therapeutic children' s group

in mindfulness

2016 - present – Co-chair of the inter-organizational forum for the various government offices

and associations for grief, loss and bereavement

2014 -present – Facilitator for groups of bereaved girlfriends for the Association for

Treatment of Bereaved Girlfriends,

I also see patients at a private clinic in my home.