Fair-skinned woman in her early forties with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes.

Robin Lynn Dodds

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Disability and Human Development

Focus Areas

 

Email

rldodds@uic.edu

Office Phone

312-413-1536

Office

1919 W. Taylor St., 711 AHSB

Mail Code

626

Office Hours

By appointment

About

My primary research interests focus on supporting families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related Developmental Disabilities for underserved communities in two ways; through Parent to Parent social support and through parent-mediated interventions for social communication.

Selected Publications

“The Development of a Measure of Readiness to Volunteer as a Peer Support Provider for an Organization Serving Parents of Children with Special Needs”, Doctoral Dissertation

“Behavioral parent training as evidence-based practices for families of children with developmental disabilities”, Supporting Families of Children With Developmental Disabilities: Evidence-based and Emerging Practices

Leadership in the Profession

Parent to Parent USA, Executive Committee, Board Member

Education

PhD, Special Education, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2015