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Fourth Year
Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: akrasno@education.ucsb.edu
Office: Koegel Autism Center 1117

Research Interests:
First words, joint attention, prescription medication use for children with autism, coordination between teachers and prescribing doctors regarding medication information and behavioral changes, investigating nature of rapport building in Pivotal Response Treatment

Sunny Kim

Third Year
Special Education, Disabilities, and Developmental Risk Doctoral emphasis

Contact:
Email: sunnykim8288@yahoo.com
Office: Koegel Autism Center 1115

Research Interests:
Autism, specifically social skills, adolescents, and training paraprofessionals

Jessica Bradshaw

Third Year
Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: jbradshaw@education.ucsb.edu
Office: Koegel Autism Center 1115

Research Interests:
Early identification and intervention in infants and toddlers at risk for autism spectrum disorder

Kristen Ashbaugh

Second Year
Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: kristen@education.ucsb.edu
Office: Koegel Autism Center 1141

Research Interests:

Intervention to improve the social, communication, vocational, and daily living skills for adults with an autism spectrum disorder

Amber Miller

Second Year
Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: amiller@education.ucsb.edu
Office: Koegel Autism Center 1117

Research Interests:

Autism diagnosis, behavioral interventions for children with Autism, and stress in families of children with ASD

ANAHITA NAVAB

First Year
Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: anavab@education.ucsb.edu
Office: Koegel Autism Center 1141

Research Interests:

Effects of pivotal response treatment on joint attention behaviors and language outcomes, early identification and intervention in infants and toddlers at risk for autism spectrum disorders, eye-tracking as a measure for early signs of autism and intervention progress, inclusion and parent education for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders.

First Year
Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: avery.voos@gmail.com
Office: 1119 Koegel Autism Center

Research Interests:

Using fMRI to investigate neural response to behavioral treatment in children with ASD, autism assessment

Rebecca Doggett

Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: rdoggett@education.ucsb.edu

Internship:

Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Sarah Kuriakose

Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: skuriakose@education.ucsb.edu

Internship:

Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, Boston, MA

Whitney Ence

Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: wence@education.ucsb.edu

Internship:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

MiNa Park

Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: minapark@education.ucsb.edu

Internship:

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience (developmental disabilities), Los Angeles, CA

Anji Singh

Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology

Contact:
Email: asingh@education.ucsb.edu

Internship:

Kaiser Permanente South Bay, Santa Clara, CA

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Targeting the IEP Social Goals of Children with Autism within an Inclusive Summer Camp Setting
Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., Whitney Ence, M.A., Ty Vernon, M.A., & Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.

Improving Appropriate Conversation with Children with Asperger Disorder Through the use of a Social Conversational Framework
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., Whitney A. Ence, M.A., & Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D.

Training Adolescents with Asperger’s Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism to Serve as Social Facilitators in a Summer Camp Setting
Ty Vernon, M.A., Whitney Ence, M.A., Danny Openden, Ph.D., Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., & Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D.

Targeting Higher-Order Restricted and Repetitive Patterns of Behaviors and Interests in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., C. Enjey Lin, M.A., Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., & Rosy M. Fredeen, Ph.D.

An Analysis of the Onset of First Words in Toddlers with Autism during a Verbal-Only versus a Pictorial Intervention
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., Whitney James Smith, Laura Schreibman, Ph.D., & Aubyn Stahmer, Ph.D.

Exploring Barriers Latino Families Face During the IEP Process
Elia I Jimenez, M.A., Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., & Manuel Casas, Ph.D.

When Will He Talk?: Exploring Treatment Responsivity to Early Intensive Communication Interventions in Young Children with Autism
Sarah Kuriakose, Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., & Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.

Interpreting Standardized Language Assessments in Young Children with Autism: How Do Standardized Measures Capture Functional Language?
Sarah Kuriakose, Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., & Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.

Improving Generalized Peer Socialization in School Setting using Initiations Training
Anjileen Singh, Sarah Kuriakose, Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D., & Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.

Teaching Initiations to Young Children with Autism at a Linguistically Typical Age
Sarah Kuriakose, Lynn K. Koegel, Ph.D.

Improving Pragmatics in Children with Autism: The Use of Video Self-Management
Katherine Levinger, M.A., Rosy Matos-Fredeen, Ph.D., Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.

Modifying Social Conversation Behaviors in Young Adults with Asperger’s Syndrome Using Video Self-Modeling
Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D. & Whitney James Smith

Modifying Social Behaviors in College Students with Asperger's Syndrome: A Case Study
Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D. & Whitney James Smith

Improving Social Engagement in Young Children with Autism using Embedded Social Reinforcement
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., Ty Vernon, M.A.

Priming with Intrinsically Motivating Video to Improve Inclusive Reading Task Performance
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D.,Greg Lyons

Improving Acquisition of Target Language Skills in Children with Autism
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., Quy Tran, Ph.D., Laurie Vismara, Ph.D., Greg Lyons

Identification of Autism Specific Impairments during Brief Parent-Child Interactions: Implications for Community-Based Screening Projects
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., Sharon Elmensdorp, M.A. , & Nicolette Nefdt, Ph.D.

Using Motivational Orienting Cues to Facilitate First-Word Acquisition in Non-Responders with Autism
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., Larisa Shirotova, M.A., & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D.

Teaching Emotions to Children with ASD using a Naturalistic Approach
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., Whitney Ence, M.A. , & Larisa Shirotova, M.A.

Motivational Academics: Using Motivational Techniques to Increase On-task Behavior and Positive Affect in Children with High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder
Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D., & Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., Anjileen Singh

Maximizing Clinical and Research Utility of Data Collection in the Naturalistic Setting
Sarah Kuriakose, Anjileen Singh, Rosy Fredeen, Ph.D., & Robert L. Koegel, Ph.D.

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