Arnold Herman

Arnold D. Herman directs Experience Counts Inc. Mr. Herman and his wife have raised a total of 32 teenagers. Five were their own children. Twenty-two were children placed in their home by the New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services (DYFS). He was given custody of two more by the New Jersey Family Court System. Two others were relatives, and one was a neighborhood girl who came to spend a weekend and stayed for two and one-half years. Most of them were hard to handle abused youngsters who had been in multiple homes or residential placements before coming to him.Herman a certified trainer of prospective foster parents for NJ's DYFS Agency, specializing in methods of handling adolescent behavior.Served as a member of the Monmouth CountyNJ Court System's Child Placement Review Board more then a decade.He has written magazine articles on methods of communicating with teenagers, and a book titled, In Crisis With DYFS.