September 14, 2010 — The death of clinical psychologist Ole Ivar Lovaas, PhD, who was the first to use the principles of applied behavioral analysis to treat and ameliorate autism in children, has ...

We come now to arguably the best-know individual in the field of behavioral therapy for children on the spectrum, O. Ivar Lovaas (1927-2010), and his lasting contribution to the science of Applied ...

In 1987, a prominent University of California Los Angeles psychologist published the culmination of his life’s work — and spurred headlines across the globe. Ole Ivar Lovaas claimed that delivering a ...

In 1987, Ivar Lovaas, a charismatic UCLA psychology professor, published what remains the most famous study on the treatment of autism. Lovaas had broken down the basic skills of life into thousands ...

MINNEAPOLIS — It all started with a scientist and 19 autistic children. Ole Ivar Lovaas, a psychologist at the University of California, wanted to see if he could change the way the children behaved, ...

LOS ANGELES - Ole Ivar Lovaas, a University of California-Los Angeles psychology professor who pioneered one of the standard treatments for autism, has died. He was 83. He had been recovering from ...

Under fire from disgruntled parents paying its high fee to enroll their autistic children, a prized University of Houston project has been placed on de facto probation by the program's renowned ...

In 1987, a prominent University of California, Los Angeles psychologist published the culmination of his life's work — and spurred headlines across the globe. Ole Ivar Lovaas claimed that delivering a ...

We come now to arguably the best-know individual in the field of behavioral therapy for children on the spectrum, O. Ivar Lovaas (1927-2010), and his lasting contribution to the science of Applied ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. A new piece by Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn on the use of “applied ...