Griffith University

Academic and professional memberships

• Provisional Teacher Registration, Queensland
• Registered Psychologist, Queensland
• Australian Psychological Society
• College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists
• Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability
• International Society for Autism Research
• Autism Research Alliance Australia
• Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth
• International Society on Early Intervention
• TASH Association for People with Severe Disabilities
• Association for People in Supported Employment
  

Editorial roles

• Editorial Board - Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice (2007 - ongoing).
  
• Editorial Board, Australasian Journal of Special Education (2007 - ongoing).
  
• Guest Editor, International Journal of Disability, Development & Education Special Issue on Family/Professional Relationships (2007).
  
• Editorial Board - Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (2005 - ongoing).
  
• Editorial Board - International Journal of Disability, Development & Education (2002 - ongoing).
  
• Editor, Intellectual Disability Australasia (2004 - 2007).
  
• Reviewer, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2005 -    ongoing).
  
• Editorial Consultant, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2005 - 2006).
  
• Reviewer, Australian Journal of Early Childhood (2003 - ongoing).

Consultancies

• Special Education External Review Team, King Saud and King Faisal Universities, Saudi Arabia (2008) on behalf of the Saudi National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment.
• Mentor, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Development Disability challenging behaviour support program for non-government agencies (2008).
• Consultant to Disability Services Queensland on the Disability Services Act amendments relating to the use of restrictive practices (2008).
  
• Consultant to Disability Services Queensland in development of the Specialist Response Service for people with challenging behaviour (2007 - 2008).
  
• Panel member, Interim Verifying Group to assess use of restrictive practices in behaviour support plans for people with challenging behaviour. (2007-2008).
  
• Disability Services Queensland Staff Training in autism and challenging behaviour (via QCIDD, University of Queensland) (2007).
  
• AEIOU Staff Training and Development in autism and early intervention (2007).
  
• Education Queensland. Special Education Assessment Task Sub-committee, Professional Development Pathways Project (2006).
  
• University of Tasmania. Development and delivery of courses for postgraduate credit and professional development in Difference, Disability and Diversity (Students with Autism). (2005 - 2006).
  

(Keen solutions)

• WorkPlace, Shoalhaven (Nowra, NSW). Development and delivery of training course in Advanced Behaviour Management for staff working in special schools, residential and vocational services (1997).
  
• ACT Resource and Advisory Program, ACT Children's Services. Development and delivery of training courses in behaviour management for child care workers (1996 - 1998).
  
• ACT Community Services and Health Industry Training and Advisory Board. Industry expert for Recognition of Prior Learning in the Development and Disability Certificate Level III (1996).
  
• Koomarri Association, ACT. Development of employment services for consumers with higher support needs (1994 - 1996).
  
• ACT Health and Community Care (HACC). Conducting reviews of individual support packages (1995 - 1996).
  
• Tuggeranong Community Services. The development and delivery of training in Advanced Behaviour Management for child care workers (1995).
  
• Supported Wage Management Unit (Department of Human Services and Health). Development and delivery of training for wage assessors. Disability Services Program (Department of Human Services and Health). (1995).
  
• Consultant to the Department on the development of a productivity assessment tool for use in sheltered employment settings (1995).
  
• Autism Association of ACT. Development and delivery of training on autism and challenging behaviour (1995).
  
• ACT Health and Community Care. Individual Support Packages (1995).
  

Honours/awards

• Invited keynote presentation, 6th Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Forum, Melbourne, Australia (2007).
  
• Invited keynote presentation, Australian Research Symposium: International and National Research Initiatives on Treatments for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sydney, Australia (2005).
  
• Invited keynote presentation to Principles of Early Childhood Practice Montrose and Cerebral Palsy League Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia (2005).
  
• Invited presentation, workshop for the Australian Psychological Society Colleges of Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists, Brisbane, Australia (2005).
  
• Invited presentation to the National Safe Schools Framework: Rethinking Behaviour Management Conference, Education Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2005).
  
• Invited presentation to a workshop for the Australian Psychological Society Colleges of Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists, Brisbane, Australia (2004).
  
• National Research Prize awarded by the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability for the paper entitled "Approach to challenging behaviour: A family affair." Published in the Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability (Vol. 29) and judged to be the most innovative contribution by an Australasian author resulting in positive life changes for people with an intellectual disability (2003).
  
• Invited keynote presentation at the Annual Paediatric Weekend 2004, Stradbroke Is, Queensland, Australia (2002).
  
• Invited panel member at Well Beyond 2004 National Medical Conference, Brisbane, Australia (2002).
  
• Invited keynote presentation at the International Conference: Autism and Communication Deficits, Kuwait (2002).
  
• Early Career Research Grant (1997 - 2000).
  

Professional service

• Special Education External Review Team, King Saud and King Faisal Universities, Saudi Arabia (2008) on behalf of the Saudi National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment.
• Mentor, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Development Disability challenging behaviour support program for non-government agencies (2008).
• Consultant to Disability Services Queensland on the Disability Services Act amendments relating to the use of restrictive practices (2008).
• Member Interim Verification Panel for Disability Services Queensland (2007).
• Advisor to Disability Services Queensland on establishment of Specialist Response Service for seriously challenging behaviour (2007).
• Member, Educang Inclusive Education Advisory Panel (2006-2007).
• Program Committee, Biennial National Autism Conference (2006-2007).
  
• Member, Assessment Panel, Professional Development Pathways Special Education module, Education Queensland (2006).
• Member of specialist panel of experts to review the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Guideline on assessment, diagnosis and clinical interventions for children and young people with autism spectrum disorders (2006).
• Invited member of the reference group for the Review of research to identify the most effective models of practice in early intervention of children with autism spectrum disorders. This work was commissioned by the Department of Health and Ageing to provide recommendations for best practice benchmarks to the federal government (2006).
• Coordinator and Founding member, Autism Research Alliance Australasia (2005).
• Committee member of the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (Qld Branch) (2005).
• Executive Board Member of the Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability (Australasia) (2003).
• Treasurer, Australian Psychological Society, College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists (2003-2005).