Contact

Email: ilene@uw.edu
Phone: 206.543.4011

Biography

Dr. Ilene Schwartz has been a member of the special education faculty at the UW since 1991 and the director of the Haring Center since 2007. She is at the forefront of research and professional training in the areas of autism, inclusion and the sustainability of educational interventions. At the intersection of these three areas is Project DATA, a model preschool program for children with autism. Ilene is the director of the program, which was created at the Experimental Education Unit in 1997. With continuous research funding from the U.S. Department of Education since 1990, Ilene is on a variety of review boards including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and the Journal of Early Intervention. She earned her Ph.D. in child and developmental psychology from the University of Kansas and is a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA).

Ilene is also the director of the UW special education program designed to prepare BCBAs. She is committed to ensuring that all children, with and without disabilities, have access to a high quality education in their neighborhood school.

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