Professional Career

Since 2020 International Behavior Analyst and Advisor (International Organziation for Behavior Analysis)
Since 2015 Editor of the practice series "Autism Concrete" by Kohlhammer Publishing
Since 2014 Supervisor DGVT (German Society for Behavior Therapy)
Since 2013 Supervisor BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst)
2012 - 2014 Deputy Chair of the Institute for Research in Autism, Jacobs University of Bremen
2009 - 2012 Consultant and Supervisor at
Pacific Child and Family Associates
2009 - 2013 Lecturer at the Department of Psychology,
University of Hildesheim
Since 2007 BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst)
Since 2006 International consultant
Since 2005 Trainer for the German Association of
Behavior Therapy (DGVT)
2003 - 2014 Editor of the Autism News of Orange County and
the Rest of the World
2001 - 2016 Consultant at Wee Care Singapore: Early Intervention and Rehabilitation
1992 - 2002 Editor of the Autism News Singapore
1988 - 2001 Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Social Work & Psychology, National University of Singapore; Head of the Autism Research Center and the Behavior Intervention Center for Children (BICC), National University of Singapore
1989 - 1998 Coordinator of the STEP Program (Structured Teaching Program for Exceptional Children),
Rainbow Center, Singapore
1988 - 1989 Coordinator of the Early Intervention Project, Rainbow Center, Singapore
1981 - 1988 Head of the Psychological Services and school psychologist at the Rehabilitation Center Johannes-Anstalten Mosbach
1977 - 1981 Parent trainer and assistance director at the Los Ninos Center, San Diego (now: Sam & Rose Stein Education Center)
1976 - 1977 Research assistant at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Göttingen


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