Ami Klin is an American

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who studies

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. He is the first chief of autism and related disorders at the Marcus Autism Center, a wholly owned subsidiary of Children’s Healthcare of

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. Klin will also be a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at

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and director of the Division of Autism and Related Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Pediatrics at the

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Background and education

Previously, he was an autism and

Asperger syndrome Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a former neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in Interpersonal relationship, social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and re ...

researcher and a Harris Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry at the

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. Klin has worked at the Center since 1989. He obtained BA degrees in Psychology, and Political Science and History, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 1983 and his PhD in Psychology at

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in 1988 under the co-supervision of

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. He is board-certified in Clinical Psychology.

Awards

Klin has received numerous professional and academic awards and recognition including Researcher of the Year from ''Business New Haven'' in collaboration with Yale, Pearl H. Rieger Award for Excellence in Clinical Science from the Rush Medical Center in Chicago, and the Robert McKenzie Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis from the University of London.

Publications

Klin has published research in numerous medical journals and is the author (or co-author) of the books: *''Asperger Syndrome'' (2000, ) *''Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment'' (2008, ASIN 001EHEBBM) * ''Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Diagnosis, Development, Neurobiology, and Behavior (Volume 1)'' (2005, ) *''Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Assessment, Interventions, and Policy (Volume 2)'' (2005, ) *''The Autistic Spectrum: A Parents' Guide to Understanding and Helping Your Child'' (2001, )

Lectures

Klin was the

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at the 14th Annual Alabama Autism Conference on February 27, 2015. His lecture was Bringing Science to the Community: A New System of Healthcare Delivery for Infants and Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

References

External links

Ami Klin & Warren Jones: Melding art and science for autism
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