Brief primer and Q&A addresses questions about helping kids diagnosed with ASD cope with anxiety related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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About the speaker:
Lauren Moskowitz, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University and a core member of the School Psychology (Psy.D. and M.S.) programs. She earned her B.S. from Cornell University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Stony Brook University. Dr. Moskowitz completed her clinical internship at NYU Child Study Center and Bellevue Hospital and her postdoctoral fellowship at NYU Child Study Center. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions(JPBI), serves as a peer reviewer for many other leading journals in the field, and was Co-Chair of the Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disabilities (ASDD) SIG for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) from 2016-2018.
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Watch Dr. Moskowitz’s previous presentation “Behavioral Strategies for Addressing Anxiety” to learn evidence-based approaches for supporting individuals with ASD who are experiencing behavioral challenges.
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