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The upcoming ISLEA cohort will be led by Matthew D. Lerner, PhD and Ava Gurba, MS.
Matthew D. Lerner, PhD (he/him/his):
Dr. Lerner has worked in the field of autism practice and science for nearly 20 years, having published approximately 150 articles and presented scholarly and community presentations on the science and understanding of autism many hundreds of times. He has contributed directly to the scientific knowledge base of autism, and has authored some of the authoritative works summarizing this literature (e.g., a manuscript defining how friendships emerge among individuals with autism; the APA Handbook of Psychopathology’s chapter on autism; key papers on the state and future of the clinical neuroscience of autism).
Ava Gurba, MS (she/her/hers):
Ava Gurba is a Senior Research Associate in the Social Connections and Treatment Lab (SCTL) at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute. Her current research spans a wide array of topics including mental health in autism, autistic identity, stigma & prejudice in autism, neurodiversity, and neurodiversity-affirming interventions. Her work utilizes community-engaged and participatory approaches that seeks to center and uplift the perspectives of autistic people, their families, and their communities. Ava also identifies as autistic and disabled. Her disability advocacy efforts include the development and delivery of numerous training courses on autism and disability for various audiences around the world. Using both her lived and professional experience, she co-developed the ISLEA training program with Dr. Matthew Lerner and Jacquelyn Gates to help provide lay professionals, caregivers, and others gain a deeper understanding of autism and better support the autistic people in their lives and careers.
If you are interested in ISLEA, but unable to attend this scheduled cohort, please contact our team at sctl@drexel.edu to be contacted about future cohorts.
For more information about ISLEA and other training programs in detail visit here.
Question? Email sctl@drexel.edu , and the SCTL team will follow up with you.
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