Education:

B.A., Psychology, Furman University
M.A., Clinical Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Summary Statement:

Dr. Dartnall is the Associate Clinical Director of the  TEACCH Center in Charlotte, NC. The Center receives approximately 400 referrals per year from an 11 county area of children and adults who have a suspected autism spectrum disorder. The Center staff provides diagnostic evaluations when necessary, individual family teaching sessions, school consultation, training workshops, individualized and group training to students and interns in health service fields, and other services such as social skills and parent groups as needed.

Representative Publications:

1.    Tsatsanis, K. and Dartnall, N. A (2001).: A comparison of performance on the Leiter  and Leiter-R in low-functioning children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 32.

2.    Dartnall, N. A., Holmes, J. P., Morgan, S. N., and McDougle, C. J.: Two year control of behavioral symptoms with risperidone in two autistic adults with profound mental retardation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 29: 87-91, 1999.