Mark Durand (Ph.D) - Principal Investigator Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Professor of Psychology Ph.D., Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Research Areas:

Autism and related disorders, Severe behavior problems in children, sleep disorders

Major themes in Dr. Durand's research have included functional communication, assistive technology, home-school training, and improving the problem behaviors of children and adults with autism and other severe disabilities. Dr. Durand has also written five books including an abnormal psychology textbook that is used at more than 500 universities world-wide.

Representative Publications:

Lord, C., Wagner, A., Rogers, S., Szatmari, P., Aman, M., Charman, T., Dawson, G., Durand, V.M., Grossman, L., Guthrie, D., Harris, S., Kasari, C., Marcus, L., Murphy, S., Odom, S., Pickles, A., Scahill, L., Shaw, E., Siegel, E., Sigman, M., Stone, W., Smith, T., & Yoder, P. (in press) Challenges in evaluating interventions for autism spectrum disorders, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Durand, V.M. & Barlow, D.H. (2006).  Essentials of abnormal psychology (4th ed.).  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Durand, V.M., & Christodulu, K.V. (2004).  A description of a sleep restriction program to reduce bedtime disturbances and night waking. 

Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions, 6, 83-91.

Durand, VM (2001). Future directions for children and adolescents with mental retardation. Behavior Therapy, 32, 633-650.