Connecticut UCEDD's New Research Director Selected: Brian Reichow, PhD, BCBA-D
December 13, 2012
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| Brian Reichow, PhD, BCBA-D |
The A. J. Pappanikou Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the University of Connecticut is pleased to announce that Brian Reichow, PhD, BCBA-D is the new Research Director for the Center.
Dr. Reichow completed his MS and PhD in Special Education at Vanderbilt University and completed a two-year post-doc under the supervision of Dr. Fred Volkmar at the Yale Child Study Center. His current research interests include the translation of clinical research into practical applications in schools and communities, the identification and evaluation of evidence-based practices, systematic review and meta-analytic methods and applications, and applied research in authentic educational settings.
He has edited two books (Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments for Children with Autism [Reichow et al., 2011], Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders [Volkmar, Reichow, & McPartland, in press]), and written over 25 peer-reviewed publications in prominent journals such as the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Journal of Special Education, and excess of 10 book chapters. In 2010 Dr. Reichow was awarded the Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Research Early Career Publication Award for his meta-analysis of Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention that was published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (Reichow and Wolery, 2009), which has been the most cited article from the journal for the past two.
In addition, he serves on numerous regional, national, and international committees and boards. Dr. Reichow currently leads a project for the World Health Organization’s Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP), in which he is conducting a systematic review of psychosocial interventions provided by non-specialist providers for children with intellectual disorders and autism spectrum disorders. This project will culminate in the formulation of practice guidelines and training materials to be delivered in countries with lower- and middle-income wealth.
