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Dr. RonaldLeaf is a licensed psychologist who has over thirty years
of experience in the field of autism. Dr. Leaf began his career
working with Professor Ivar Lovaas, while receiving his
undergraduate degree at UCLA..
Subsequently, he received his doctorate under
the direction of Dr. Lovaas. During his professional training at
UCLA, he served as Clinic Supervisor, Research Psychologist,
Lecturer, and Interim Director of the Young Autism Project. He
was extensively involved in many of the Young Autism Project
research investigations, contributed to The Me Book, and is
co-author of The Me Book Videotapes, a series of instructional
tapes offering training for teaching autistic children. He is
co-author of A Work in Progress, a manual on behavioral
treatment of autism, It’s Time for School! Building Quality
ABA Educational Programs For Students With Autism Spectrum
Disorders, and Sense And Nonsense In The Behavioral Treatment of
Autism: It Has To Be Said and Crafting Connections: Contemporary Applied Behavior
Analysis for Enriching the Social Lives of Persons with Autism
Spectrum Disorder.Dr. Leaf
has consulted nationally and internationally to families, school
districts, day programs and residential treatment facilities. Dr.
Leaf served as the Director of Straight Talk’s Developmental
Disabilities Services division for 15 years. This program
provided residential and day treatment for adults with
developmental disabilities. Dr. Leaf is also the Executive
Director of Behavior Therapy and Learning Center, a mental health
agency providing treatment, consultation and related services to
parents, program staff and school personnel in the United
States.
Mitchell Taubman worked with
Dr. Lovaas as an undergraduate at UCLA in the early 1970s. He
treated children with autism, ADHD and other disorders. He then
attended the University of Kansas, studying with such founders of
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) as Dr. Donald Baer, Dr. Todd
Risely, Dr. James Sherman, and his doctoral advisor, Dr. Montrose
Wolf.
After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Taubman returned to UCLA and
served as adjunct assistant professor of psychology and as
co-principal investigator with Dr. Lovaas on a federal grant
directed at autism treatment. One of his special interests in
Teaching Interactions which he brought from the Kansas model to
autism treatment. After his post-doctoral work, Dr. Taubman
obtained his license as a clinical psychologist and served as
clinical director of Straight Talk, a program providing
residential and day treatment services to adults with autism and
other developmental disabilities. He currently serves as
Director of Autism Partnership, where he provides treatment
oversight, training and consultation around the world. Dr.
Taubman is the co-author of It’s Time for School! Building
Quality ABA Educational Programs For Students With Autism
Spectrum Disorders and Sense And Nonsense In The
Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has To Be Saidand Crafting Connections: Contemporary Applied Behavior
Analysis for Enriching the Social Lives of Persons with Autism
Spectrum Disorder.
John McEachin is a licensed psychologist who has been providing
behavioral intervention to children with autism as well as
adolescents and adults with a wide range of developmental
disabilities for more than 30 years. He received his graduate
training under Professor Ivar Lovaas at UCLA on the Young Autism
Project.
During his 11 years at UCLA, Dr. McEachin served in various roles
including Clinic Supervisor, Research and Teaching Assistant,
Visiting Professor and Acting Director. His research has included
the long-term follow-up study of young autistic children who
received intensive behavioral treatment, which was published in
1993. Since receiving his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 1987
his work has included serving as Clinical Director of
Developmental Disabilities Services, a division of Straight Talk
in Signal Hill, California. Dr. McEachin has lectured throughout
the world and consulted to numerous families and agencies,
assisting in the development of treatment programs and providing
training to parents, group home staff, and classroom personnel.
In 1994 he joined with Ron Leaf in forming Autism Partnership,
which they co-direct. In 1999 they co-authored a book on Applied
Behavior Analysis for persons with autism, titled A Work in
Progress. In 2008 they published It’s Time for School!
Building Quality ABA Educational Programs For Students With
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Sense And Nonsense In The
Behavioral Treatment of Autism: It Has To Be Said and
Crafting Connections: Contemporary Applied Behavior Analysis
for Enriching the Social Lives of Persons with Autism Spectrum
Disorder.
