Dr. Michael D. Powers

Michael D. Powers is the Director of The Center for Children with Special Needs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. He specializes in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of individuals with autism and related developmental disabilities, and he has written extensively on these topics, including co-editing the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Autism. For more than two decades, Dr. Powers has been involved in designing educational programs, staff training, and program evaluation for students with autism spectrum disorders throughout the United States and abroad.