Brenda Smith Myles Ph.D. has made over 3000 presentations all over the world and has written more than 250 articles and books on autism spectrum disorder. Further, in the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world.

Selected Experience

• Former consultant with the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI)

• Consultant with The Ziggurat Group

• Former professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas.

• Former editor of Intervention in School and Clinic, the third largest journal in special education.

• Member of editorial board of

  • Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities​

  • Remedial and Special Education

  • Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice

• Co-chair of the National ASD Teacher Standards Committee​

• Participated in the National Institute of Mental Health’s Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee’s Strategic Planning Consortium

• Collaborated to identify evidence-based practices tor individuals with ASD with

  • The National Professional Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • The National Autism Center

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

• Project Director for the Texas Autism Resource Guide for Teachers (TARGET).

• Executive board member of

  • Scientific Council of the Organization for Autism Research (SCORE)​

  • College Internship Program

  • Asperger Syndrome Training and Education Program (ASTEP)

Education

Ph.D - University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Special Education, Behavior Disorders and Learning Disabilities, 1989

M.S. - University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Special Education, Learning Disabilities, 1986

B.S. - State University of New York, Old Westbury, NY; Elementary Education/Special Education, 1985

About Brenda Smith Myles