Director: Childhood Communication Services
Adjunct Professor: Center for the Study of Human Development
Brown University, Providence, RI
Contact information:
Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D.
2024 Broad Street
Cranston, RI 02905
Phone: 401-467-7008
Fax: 401-383-3980
Website:
www.barryprizant.com
Dr. Prizant has more than 30 years experience as a clinical scholar, researcher and consultant to young children with ASD and related communication and developmental disabilities and their families. He is the Director of Childhood Communication Services, a private practice, an Adjunct Professor in the Center for the Study of Human Development, Brown University, and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He has developed and co-directed family-centered programs for children with ASD and their families in hospital and university clinic settings, and currently consults for numerous school districts and for families. Dr. Prizant has published more than 95 articles and chapters on autism spectrum disorders and pediatric communication disabilities, serves on the advisory board of six scholarly journals, and served on the Committee on Screening and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders at the National Institutes of Health. He has presented more than 500 seminars and numerous keynote addresses at national and international conferences. He is co-editor of the book: Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Developmental, Transactional Perspective (2000) Baltimore, MD: Paul Brookes Publishing Company, and co-author the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales and CSBS-Develpopmental Profile (all with Amy Wetherby, Ph.D.). Dr. Prizant has received numerous awards, as well as widespread recognition for his clinical and scholarly work.
