Early Intervention Advisory Board

Ole Ivar Lovaas
Born: Lier, Norway, May 8, 1927
Marital Status: Married, 4 children

Education

1947 Examen Artium, Drammen Latinskole, Drammen, Norway
1951 B.A. - Social Studies, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
1954 M.S. - Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1958 Ph.D. - Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Teaching

1958 - 1961 Acting Assistant Professor: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1961 - 1965 Assistant Professor: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

1965 - 1967 Associate Professor: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

1967 - Present Professor: University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Clinical

1956 - 1958 USPHS Predoctoral Internships: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1958 - 1961 Clinic Supervisor: Child Development Clinic, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1961 - Present Staff Psychologist: Psychology Clinic, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

1963 - Present Director: Clinic for the Behavioral Treatment of Children, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

1972 - 1980 Research Specialist: Camarillo State Hospital, Camarillo, California

1976 – Present Certified Psychologist: State of California

1995 - Present Director: Lovaas Institute for Early Intervention, Los Angeles, California

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa (Honorary)
Sigma XI
Phi Eta Sigma
Guggenheim Fellowship
Emil Kraeplin Forschung Stipendium, Max-Planck-Institute, Munich, Germany
Doctor of Letters (Honorary)
Two Social Science Citation Classics (see Publications)
Edgar Doll Award, American Psychological Association, Division 33 (1994)
California Senate Award (1994)
Research Award, American Association on Mental Retardation (1994)
Distinguished Guest Faculty Award, Ohio State University (1994)
Golden Key Honorary Award (2000)
Distinguished Research Contribution Award from Division 53 of the American Psychological Association (2001)
Psychology Today Mental Health Award, Psychology Today Magazine (2002)

Jerry Evans
Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Jerry Evans currently is a behavior analyst and autism specialist who owns and operates Applied Consulting and Training Services. Jerry has over 25 years experience in working with children and adults with developmental delays and autism. He is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2004. Previously, Jerry served as the Autism Specialist and Applied Behavior Coordinator for the Marion/Dillon Autism Consortium, a consortium made up of the six school districts in Marion and Dillon counties. He has also worked in association with the Autism Division of South Carolina for 12 years as a Consulting Teacher providing evaluation, consultation, and training services to families and schools districts in a 12 county region. He has a Master’s Degree in Education (certification in both regular and special education) with 10 years experience as a Special Education Teacher teaching children and adults of all levels who have developmental and pervasive developmental delays.

Jerry has presented at many state, regional, and national conferences; most recently at the Autism Society of America’s National Conference for 2003 where he presented “Early Intervention Services Children with Autism in Public School Settings”.

B.S. in Elementary Education, M. Ed. in Special Education
Francis Marion University

Steven E. Gutstein, Ph.D.
Email: gutstein@rdiconnect.com 
Website: www.rdiconnect.com

EDUCATION
1980:  Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Case Western Reserve University
1979:  Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Rutgers Medical School
1978:  Internship in Clinical - Community Psychology, Rutgers Medical School
1976:  M.A. Clinical Psychology, Case Western Reserve University
1973:  B.A. Psychology, S.U.N.Y. at Albany

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current:  
Director, Relationship Development Research Institute, Houston,TX.  President, Relationship Development Interventions Inc.

1995 - 2002:
Director, the Connections Center for Family & Personal Growth

1997 - 2002:
Founder, Monarch Therapeutic School, Houston, TX.

1987 - 1990:
Clinical Director, Systemic Mental Health Technologies.

1983 - 1987: 
Director, Research & Program Development, Houston Child Guidance Center

1981 - 1983:
Director, Family Therapy Training, Division of Child Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

1979 - 1983: 
Director of Psychological Services, Texas Children's Hospital

1978 - 1979
Staff Psychologist, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Medical School

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

1983 - 1991:
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.  University of Texas Medical School - Houston

1983 - 1991:
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology. University of Houston

1979 - 1983:
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine