Dr. Karola Dillenburger BCBA-D

Bio: Karola Dillenburger is Professor of Behaviour Analysis and Education and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Analysis at the School of Social Science, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast. She is the Course Director of the MSc in Autism Spectrum Disorders (MScASD), has led the development of the MSc Applied Behaviour Analysis (MScABA). She teaches on these course and supervises Doctoral Research Students.

Her research focuses on evidence-based early intervention for vulnerable children and adults including those diagnosed with autism, behavioural parent training, and parenting children with disabilities across the lifespan, loss and trauma, and professional recognition of behaviour analysts worldwide.

Professor Dillenburger is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D) and clinical Psychologist (HCPC) and has worked extensively in child care, education, and therapeutic settings. She has published widely, including nine books, multimedia training resources and websites, and well over 100 academic peer-reviewed papers. She frequently delivers national and international keynote addresses in USA, India, Europe, and Australia.