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Elizabeth A. Laugeson, PsyD

Founder and Director, UCLA PEERS Clinic, an outpatient hospital-based program providing parent-assisted social skills training for preschoolers, adolescents, and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other social impairments; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles; Author, PEERS for Young Adults: Social Skills Training for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Social Challenges (2017) and The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults (2013); Co-Author, Social Skills for Teenagers with Developmental and Autism Spectrum Disorders (2010)

Events

Schooling Social Brains

The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, New York, NY  May 3-5, 2019

Keynote Address: The Science of Making Friends: Helping Socially Challenged Teens and Young Adults