| Education:
B.A., Psychology: Vanderbilt University
M.A., Clinical Psychology (Child Track):
Louisiana State University
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (Child
Track): Louisiana State University
Clinical Psychology Intern: Department
of Psychiatry, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clinical Psychology Fellow: Division
TEACCH, Department of Psychiatry,
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Summary
Statement:
Dr. Love serves as Clinical Director
of the Asheville TEACCH Center, part
of the statewide TEACCH program for
autism services. His clinical focus
as a psychologist is concerned with
diagnostic evaluation, assessment
and consultation for children, adolescent
and adults with autism spectrum disorders.
He is particularly interested in the
social development and social perceptions
of individuals with autism, a focus
of his doctoral dissertation. Dr.
Love does a great deal of training
regionally, nationally and internationally
on the Structured Teaching approach
and in the treatment and education
of individuals with autism. He serves
on the board of a local group home
agency and consults to other community
service providers for individuals
with autism. Dr. Love supervises several
masters’ level psychologists
who work with individuals with autism.
Dr. Love is a consulting editor with
the Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders.
Representative
Publications:
1. Watson, L, & Love, S: The diagnosis
of autism. In: Children under five
with autism and their families: Early
intervention options..Department of
Human Resources MR/DD/SA and Public
Schools of North Carolina, pp. 3-15,
1997.
2.
Love, S, & Matson, J. Diagnostic
instruments for depression in the
mentally retarded. In: Depression
in mentally retarded children and
adults, Dosen, A. and Menolascino,
F. (eds). Leiden, The Netherlands,
Logon Press, pp. 199-218, 1990.
3.
Love, S.: Review of The World of the
Autistic Child.. Journal of Autism
and Developmental Disorders, 27:339-340,
1997.
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