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Steven Love, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Clinical Director, Asheville TEACCH Center

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Email: steven_love@med.unc.edu

Office Phone: (828) 251-6319


Education:

B.A., Psychology, Vanderbilt University

M.A., Clinical Psychology (Child Track), Louisiana State University

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (Child Track), Louisiana State University

Clinical Psychology Intern, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Clinical Psychology Fellow, Division TEACCH, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Summary Statement:

Dr. Love serves as Clinical Director of the Asheville TEACCH Center, part of the statewide TEACCH program for autism services. His clinical focus as a psychologist is concerned with diagnostic evaluation, assessment and consultation for children, adolescent and adults with autism spectrum disorders. He is particularly interested in the social development and social perceptions of individuals with autism, a focus of his doctoral dissertation. Dr. Love does a great deal of training regionally, nationally and internationally on the Structured Teaching approach and in the treatment and education of individuals with autism. He serves on the board of a local group home agency and consults to other community service providers for individuals with autism. Dr. Love supervises several masters’ level psychologists who work with individuals with autism. Dr. Love is a consulting editor with the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.



Representative Publications:

1. Watson, L, & Love, S: The diagnosis of autism. In: Children under five with autism and their families: Early intervention options..Department of Human Resources MR/DD/SA and Public Schools of North Carolina, pp. 3-15, 1997.

2. Love, S, & Matson, J. Diagnostic instruments for depression in the mentally retarded. In: Depression in mentally retarded children and adults, Dosen, A. and Menolascino, F. (eds). Leiden, The Netherlands, Logon Press, pp. 199-218, 1990.

3. Love, S.: Review of The World of the Autistic Child.. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27:339-340, 1997.