Education:
B.A., Psychology: Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
M.A., Clinical Psychology: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology: The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Summary Statement:
Dr. Dartnall is Clinical Director of the Gastonia TEACCH Center in Gastonia, NC. The Center receives approximately 200 referrals per year from a 10 county area of children and adults who have a suspected autism spectrum disorder. The Center staff provides diagnostic evaluations when necessary, individual family teaching sessions, school consultation, training workshops, and other services such as social skills and parent groups as needed.

Representative Publications:
1. Tsatsanis, K. and Dartnall, N. A.: A comparison of performance on the Leiter and Leiter-R in low-functioning children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, in press.

2. Dartnall, N. A., Holmes, J. P., Morgan, S. N., and McDougle, C. J.: Two year control of behavioral symptoms with risperidone in two autistic adults with profound mental retardation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 29: 87-91, 1999.

3. Dartnall, N.A. and Colman, C.: A case of durable success. In Challenging behavior: Case studies in nonaversive strategies for supporting people G. W. LaVigna & T.J. Willis (Eds.),. Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes, in press.