xii List of contributors
Parent Mediator/Facilitator. Dr. Feuerbacher is currently employed by Southern
Methodist University as Clinic Director of the Family Counseling Center and
teaches in the Graduate Department of Dispute Resolution and Counseling.
Dr. Feuerbacher’s clinical focus and public speaking specialization is in the area
of using holistic approaches in working with diverse individuals who have expe-
rienced multifaceted themes of abuse in order to identify and empower strengths
in intrapersonal and environmental systems that can create personal goals, positive
relationships, and healthy lifestyles.
Hannah Gill, LPC-I, earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Bachelor
of Music in Music Performance from the University of Florida and earned a
Masters in Counseling from Southern Methodist University. Hannah specializes in
working with children and their families, utilizing play therapy. Hannah is currently
working toward gaining licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor and hopes
to gain licensure as a Registered Play Therapist in the near future. Hannah’s most
recent research endeavor involves examining the impact of participation in coun-
seling groups on the emotional and social cognition of individuals with Asperger’s
diagnosis on the Autism Disorder spectrum.
Colleen Harker, MS, is a Clinical Psychology doctoral student at the University of
Washington. Ms. Harker’s research is focused on helping community-based systems
implement and disseminate effective evidence-based interventions for children
with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in real world settings. Prior to her graduate
studies, Ms. Harker worked on a research study at the University of Pennsylvania
that examined the implementation of a school-based autism intervention in public
school classrooms.
Judith Hebron is an early career Research Fellow at the University of Manchester
and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. After teaching in the
secondary school sector for several years, her interest in educating young peo-
ple with additional needs led to her returning to university to teach and conduct
research in this area. Her main research interests are centred on improving the edu-
cational experience of young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions, including
research into peer relationships, bullying, and autism in girls. More broadly, she is
interested in child and adolescent well-being, educational inclusion, and develop-
mental psychology.
Alice Jones Bartoli is a senior lecturer in Psychology and the Director of the Unit
of School and Family Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Alice previously
worked in the Social Communication Disorders Clinic at Great Ormond Street
Hospital, and has also worked on projects examining outcomes related to social
inclusion in pupils with Autism Spectrum Conditions attending mainstream and
special schools.