Elizabeth Laugeson
MD
Affiliations
- Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA Founder and Director, UCLA PEERS® Clinic, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
- Director, The Help Group-UCLA Autism Research Alliance, Training Director, UCLA Tarjan Center UCEDD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Biography
Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Laugeson is the Founder and Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, which is an outpatient hospital-based program providing parent-assisted social skills training for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other social impairments from preschool to adulthood. She is also the Training Director for the UCLA Tarjan Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). Having trained thousands of mental health professionals, educators, and families in the PEERS method, Dr. Laugeson is dedicated to developing and testing evidence-based treatments to improve social skills across the lifespan, and disseminating these empirically supported programs across the globe.
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