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55th Anniversary Conference - Speaker Biography

 

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Speaker Biography

Ms. Emily Rubin | Dr. Laura G. Klinger | Professor Zou Xiaobing | Ms. Glenna Osborne

 

Speaker - Ms. Emily Rubin
Ms. Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP

Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP is the Director of the Educational Outreach Program at the Marcus Autism Center, an academic affiliate with Emory University and an NIH Autism Center of Excellence. She is a speech-language pathologist specializing in autism and related social learning disabilities. As a former adjunct faculty member and lecturer at Yale University, she has served as a member of their Autism and Developmental Disabilities Clinic. She is a co-author of SCERTS, a criterion referenced assessment tool and framework for social and emotional development.

 

 

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Dr. Laura G. Klinger

Laura G. Klinger is a clinical psychologist, a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and the Executive Director of the UNC TEACCH Autism Program. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from the University of Washington. She oversees TEACCH’s clinical services (seven regional centers, supported employment program, and the Carolina Living and Learning Center, an integrated vocational and residential program for adults), international training program, and its community-based research program. 
 
Dr. Klinger serves on a variety of community advisory boards including Sesame Street (initiative to increase ASD awareness), Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (supporting their development of an insurance policy for individuals with ASD), Government Accountability Office (adult transition), and Extraordinary Ventures (an employment program for adults with ASD). She consults to school systems and employment programs internationally about best practices for supporting the transition to adulthood including supports for employment and postsecondary education.  

 

Professor Zou Xiaobing
Professor Zou Xiaobing

Dr. Xiaobing Zou is the Director of the Child Developmental and Behavioral Center (CDBC) and department Pediatrics at the 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou. He established CDBC as the first medical diagnostic and intervention center for autism and other developmental behavioral disabilities in south China, and served as Director for more than 15 years. Dr. Zou is very committed to improve medical care professionalism and public welfare for children with autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Zou focuses on the research of early diagnosis and behavioral intervention strategies towards children in the spectrum and other developmental disabilities. He actively advocates for children with special needs through social media and over a hundred publications in China. His scientific advancements were reported by China Central Television-CCTV and other nationwide media. In the year 2008, Dr. Zou was honored and awarded China Soong-Ching-Ling Pediatric Award, for his excellent work and continue efforts on advancing treatment for individuals with Austism.
 

Ms. Glenna Osborne
Speaker - Glenna Osborne

Ms. Glenna Osborne, M.Ed. is the Director of Transition Services at the University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program. Ms. Osborne helped develop the T-STEP Program (TEACCH School Transition to Employment and Post-Secondary Education). Ms. Osborne has served as Program Administrator/Clinical Supervisor for three grant projects involving transition and employability skills training.  She was involved in the development and ongoing supervision of a Project SEARCH program and is currently involved in dissemination of the Project SEARCH Autism Enhancement Program. Ms. Osborne helped develop the T-STEP Program (TEACCH School Transition to Employment and Post-Secondary Education), which is a comprehensive high school/community college program for individuals who have ASD without ID.