Rants Podcast | Fact or Fiction: Ivar Lovaas and the UCLA Young Autism Project

Fact or Fiction: Ivar Lovaas and the UCLA Young Autism Project

Recorded in 2020

Abstract:

This next chapter has a special guest appearance by the one and only Dr. Ronald Leaf! Ron Leaf was an instrumental part of the UCLA Young Autism Project and the 1987 outcome study. During this chapter Justin, Joe, and Ron will discuss what happened at the UCLA Young Autism Project and what it was like working with Ivar Lovaas. In doing so we will also be dispelling some common myths about UCLA, Lovaas, and behavioral intervention. The three co-hosts will also discuss how current intervention compares to past intervention and ways to continue to improve the field of ABA and the lives of individuals diagnosed with ASD.

Learning Objectives: 

1. At the completion of the training the audience members will identify three common myths about the UCLA Young Autism Project and what actually occurred.
2. At the completion of the training the audience members will identify three procedures from the UCLA Young Autism Project that can be implemented today.
3. At the completion of the training the audience members will identify three areas that behavior analysts need to improve upon