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Robert Brooks Ph.D.

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Robert Brooks, Ph.D., is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and has served as director of the Department of Psychology at McLean Hospital. He is the author or co-author of 15 books and numerous articles and book chapters. He lectures on motivation, resilience, parenting, family relationships, and balancing our personal and professional lives. With Sam Goldstein, Ph.D., he is the co-author of Raising Resilient Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Strategies for Maximizing Their Strengths, Coping With Adversity and Developing a Social Mindset.

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Identifying and Reinforcing "Islands of Competence" in Children with ASD

In the beginning of our careers my colleague Dr. Sam Goldstein and I, similar to many psychologists trained in the late 1960s and 1970s, focused on fixing deficits rather than building on strengths.

In the beginning of our careers my colleague Dr. Sam Goldstein and I, similar to many psychologists trained in the late 1960s and 1970s, focused on fixing deficits rather than building on strengths.