Sloan-C Award for Most Outstanding Online Learning and Teaching Program Presented to UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Center Faculty Richard Fleming, PhD and Charles Hamad, PhD

January 21, 2009

On November 6, 2008, UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Center faculty Richard Fleming, PhD and Charles Hamad, PhD were awarded a 2008 Sloan Consortium Annual Award (Sloan-C) for their development of the online graduate program, Behavioral Intervention in Autism in collaboration with UMass Lowell and UMass Online.  This novel program is designed to help families and professionals effectively increase their knowledge of and proficiency in evidence-based behavioral intervention for children with autism and related disorders. 

Read more about the award on page 10 of the UMass/E.K. Shriver Center Newsletter >>