McDowell Claire
Dr. Claire McDowell is a lecturer in Applied Behaviour Analysis with the School of Psychology, Coleraine. A former graduate of UUC, Claire completed her Ph.D. in Behaviour Analysis and Precision Teaching and indeed, her doctoral thesis was the first study into the efficacy of Precision Teaching conducted outside the USA.
She is widely published in this area. Prior to taking up the position with UUC, Claire was Director of the Saplings School for Children with Autism in South Dublin, and has over 10 years experience applying the principles of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) to working with children with disabilities. She was instrumental in the development of some of the first ABA schools in Ireland and has provided training and consultancy for numerous professional and parent led groups.
She has presented at national and international conferences and lectured on Behaviour Analysis and Precision teaching for several Universities. Claire is currently conducting research looking at the efficacy of Precision Teaching with children with autism and also researching effective interventions to deal with feeding problems in young children.