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"Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to
Addressing Core Autism Symptoms in School Aged Children
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Dr. Wood is a clinical child
psychologist with a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the
Division of Psychological Studies in Education and the Division of
Child Psychiatry at UCLA. He is also a faculty member of the UCLA
Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART).
Dr. Wood has developed intervention and adapting techniques from
other areas of childhood psychopathology (emotional disorders,
disruptive behavior disorders, and habit disorders) in the
formation of a comprehensive cognitive behavioral therapy program
for school-aged children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and
high levels of anxiety.
Dr. Wood's research seeks to identify effective treatment methods
that improve self-regulation, increase adaptive behaviors in social
and academic contexts, and address the varying patterns of symptom
expression (repetitive behaviors) and psychiatric comorbidity
(anxiety, conduct issues) seen in many children with ASD.
In this talk, Dr. Wood will discussthe theoretical and empirical
basis of an expanded cognitive behavioral intervention for youth on
the autism spectrum. The results from the initial clinical trials
will also be presented.
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