2020: Center for Autism and Related Disorders
Distinguished Service to Behavior Analysis
Scientific Translation
International Dissemination of Behavior Analysis
Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media
Enduring Programmatic Contributions in Behavior Analysis
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) was founded in 1990 by Doreen Granpeesheh, Ph.D., BCBA-D, at the suggestion of O. Ivar Løvaas, Ph.D., who wanted the participants in his groundbreaking study to have an ABA program to attend when they aged out of his UCLA research. What began as a one-woman practice in Westwood, California, grew to become the largest ABA provider in the world, with more than 260 clinic locations in 33 states. Having practiced, researched, and advocated for ABA for more than 40 years, Dr. Granpeesheh provides a view of the earliest years of behavioral applications to the treatment of autism, and speaks of the ways in which access to ABA has grown, largely as a result of the onset of health insurance funding.
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