Empowering Parents: A New Model of Support Services
Adam Dreyfus and Dr. Stephanie Holmes discuss how to empower parents with a new model for building support services for families with children on the autism spectrum.
Adam Dreyfus, MA, LBA is the Chief Science Officer of AnswersNow and is a nationally recognized expert in the field of Verbal Behavior Analysis. He currently serves as the Director of the Sarah Dooley Center for Autism in Richmond, VA. He is also a co-founder of AnswersNow, an innovative mobile app that connects parents and caregivers of children diagnosed with autism directly with board certified experts.
Prior to that he served the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Technical Assistance Associate at VCU’s Autism Center for Excellence. Adam worked in Region 1 and 8 providing direct services to school divisions, primarily working with Henrico County Public Schools as well as Greensville County Public Schools. Adam graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor’s degree in Language and Child Development. He went on to earn his Master’s degree in Special Education/Applied Behavior Analysis from Columbia University’s Teachers College. He studied Verbal Behavior Analysis under Dr. Douglas Greer and was trained in the CABAS system. He holds a Teacher II rank in the system which emphasizes language development and social involvement.
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