As Chief Psychologist for the Ministry of Education, Reuven Asch helped direct the establishment of psychoeducational clinics in every city and moetza in the country – including secular, religious, Haredi and Arab school systems. Reuven assisted nearly 1,000 Oleh psychologists in their integration into the educational psychology workforce within Israel and continues to do so today.

Together with AMIT, Reuven helped establish Beit HaYeled in Gilo and acted as its first director. Beit HaYeled was a new model home for at-risk children. It consisted of 10-12 foster-like families living together in one central building. In each apartment there was a couple and a sherut leumi volunteer, taking care of 12 at-risk children, which allowed these children to experience a functional family model.

This model is now popular throughout Israel and other countries around the world. A few years later, Reuven was approached by the Ministry of Social Welfare and the Jerusalem Municipality to establish a hostel for homeless youth in Jerusalem. The home took these youths off the street and acted as an emergency social unit to help them reintegrate into society. It was called Etnahta (a short normal pause for these adolescents). The youths there acquired tools to help them reunite with their families, find employment, receive an education, and develop a sense of hope for the future.

In addition, in 2003, Reuven helped bring a new treatment method to Israel called the Peto method which helped children with cerebral palsy become more independent in all aspects of their lives. Today, the Peto method is widely accepted in Israel.

Reuven made Aliyah in 1970 from New York, NY.