Staff
Robert Koegel, Ph.D.
Dr. Robert Koegel has focused his career in the area of autism, specializing in language intervention, family support, and school integration. He has published over two hundred articles and papers relating to the treatment of autism. He is presently editing two books on the treatment of autism and positive behavioral support, and is the Editor of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. Models of his procedures have been used in public schools and in parent education programs throughout California, the United States, and other countries. He has trained many health care and special education leaders in the United States and abroad.
A complete curriculum vitae of Dr. Robert Koegel, including details on his education, experience, professional honors, grant support, editorial experience, colloquia and consulting, fields of interest, publications, presentations and media events can be viewed here: Dr. Robert Koegel Curriculum Vitae.
Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel, the Clinical Director of Autism Services in the UCSB Autism Research Center and the Director of the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Center for Asperger’s Research, has been active in the development of programs to improve communication in children with autism, including the development of first words, grammatical structures, pragmatics, and social conversation. In addition to her published books and articles in the area of communication and language development, she has developed and published procedures and field manuals in the area of self-management and functional analysis that are used in school districts and by parents throughout the United States, as well as translated in other major languages. Dr. Lynn Koegel is the author of Overcoming Autism and, most recently, Growing Up on the Spectrum with parent Claire LaZebnik, published by Viking/Penguin and available in most bookstores..
A complete curriculum vitae of Dr. Lynn Koegel, including details on her education, credentials, teaching experience, publications, field manuals, books edited and written, awards and honors and grant support can be viewed here: Dr. Lynn Koegel Curriculum Vitae.
The Koegels, are the developers of Pivotal Response Treatment® which focuses on motivation. They were the recipients of the first annual Children’s Television Workshop Sesame Street Award for “Brightening the Lives of Children” and the first annual Autism Speaks award for “Science and Research.” In addition, Dr. Lynn Koegel appeared on ABC’s hit show “Supernanny” working with a child with autism. The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $2.35 million gift to expand the physical space of the Center, which was renamed the Koegel Autism Center in recognition of the Koegel’s work on behalf of children with autism and a large gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad foundation to start a Center for Asperger’s Research, which is now part of the Koegel Autism Center.
Katerina Ford
Santa Barbara Office Manager
Office Phone: (805) 967-6241
Cell Phone: (530) 305-4929
Kristin Wheatley, M.A., BCBA
Bay Area Branch Manager/Clinical Supervisor
PRT® Training and Certification Program Coordinator
Phone: (925) 683-6631
Email: kristin@koegelautism.com
Brittany Koegel, M.A.
Trainer
Phone: (805) 895-8509
Email: brittany@koegelautism.com
Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)® For Autism
