Ilene S. Schwartz, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Ilene S. Schwartz, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Ilene S. Schwartz, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is a professor in the area of special education at the University of Washington (UW) and the director of the Haring Center for Inclusive Education at UW. She earned her Ph.D. in child and developmental psychology from the University of Kansas and is a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA-D). Dr. Schwartz has an active research and professional training agenda with primary interests in the areas of autism, inclusive education, professional ethics, and the sustainability of educational interventions. Dr. Schwartz is the director of Project DATA, a model preschool program for children with autism that has been in operation since 1997 and was started as a model demonstration project with Office of Special Education Funding from the US Department of Education. She is currently working on projects to improve the quality of inclusive services for students with disabilities and strategies that can be used to improve access to services for young children with ASD in under resourced areas.