Author: Fred Frankel

Fred Frankel, Ph.D., is a professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the director of the UCLA Parent Training and Children”s Friendship Programs. A coauthor of UCLA”s acclaimed PEERS social skills training program and the coauthor of Social Skills Success for Students with Autism/Asperger”s: Helping Adolescents onthe Spectrum Fit In, he speaks regularly on the topic of autism and social skills to professionals and parents alike. More information is available at http://www.semel.ucla.edu/socialskills.