UCLA Tarjan Center Forum Featured Moderators
Dr. Jasper Estabillo is the Director of Training at the UCLA Tarjan Center and Psychologist in the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Program. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Louisiana State University and completed her pre- and post-doctoral training at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior and UCLA Department of Psychology. She has worked with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in a variety of research and clinical settings, and she has extensive...
Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Laugeson is the Director of the UCLA Tarjan Center, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and is the Founder and Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, which is an outpatient hospital-based program providing parent-assisted social skills training for individuals from preschool to adulthood. She also serves as the Program Director for the...
Dr. Lauren Clark is Professor, Shapiro Family Endowed Chair in Developmental Disability Studies and Associate Dean, Academic Programs at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing. She serves as a member of the Tarjan Center Advisory Committee. As a nurse-anthropologist, Dr. Clark draws on her background as a public and community health nurse to inform her research. She studies health care experiences of Mexican American women and children and families of children with developmental disabilities. Using participatory research methods, she developed a...
Dr. Yasamin Bolourian is the Director of Outreach and Dissemination at the UCLA Tarjan Center and Senior Research Supervisor at the UCLA PEERS Clinic. She received her doctorate in Education from the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Bolourian's research interests cover a wide range of topics related to neurodiversity, including postsecondary outcomes for neurodivergent students and service pathways for autistic youth and their families in both community and school settings. Dr. Bolourian is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research....
