Ricki Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. is co-director of Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning in La Canada, California and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School Medicine of USC. She has been in private pediatric practice for nearly forty years, specializing in children with autism and developmental delays for over twenty-five years.
Dr. Robinson received her M.D. degree in 1973 from the University of Southern California. She trained in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, having served as Chief Pediatric Resident for CHLA in 1976. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics. In 1988 she received her MPH from the University at Berkeley School of Public Health.
She has been actively involved in the field of autism since 1990, developing multidisciplinary educational and medical programs for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and devoting endless hours in education, legislation and research efforts on a national level. Dr. Robinson has been at the forefront of leading grassroots autism organizations. She was a founding board member of Cure Autism Now (now Autism Speaks) and the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL), and most recently Profectum Foundation. She was a member of the Autism Speaks Scientific Review Panel for over eight years. Dr. Robinson organized and chaired the first nationally recognized task force to define the standard of care for clinical trials in autism. The results of this outstanding effort were published in CNS Spectrums (January 2004, Vol. 9, #1). Most recently she was appointed as Medical Director of Profectum Foundation, an organization devoted to providing multi-disciplinary education and training for parents, families and professionals working with individuals with ASD across the lifespan.
A nationally sought-after expert, she has appeared on the Today Show, The Talk, Larry King Live and Good Morning America Health in support of the needs of children and families with Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is an internationally recognized speaker addressing the needs of children with autism and other developmental delays to parent, professional and lay audiences worldwide for the past two decades. She is also the author of the acclaimed book Autism Solutions – How to Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life for Your Child (see www.DrRickiRobinson.com).
Ricki G Robinson, MD, MPH
Part of seeking real world solutions to real problems is how we think about the child and the questions we ask to determine what the treatment should look like for that child and family. The team treatment wheel, with the child and family at the center was discussed to illustrate this formulation. One of the more difficult issues facing parent and team members are the behaviors their child may have. These behaviors, such as social withdrawal, aggression, bolting and extreme irritability may come in patterns, some persisting over time, some changing as the individual grows and develops. Using these behaviors as a communication that there could be a disturbance in the external or internal environment for a child allows the team to problem solve and work out whatever issues are stimulating this response. This approach of “getting behind” the child’s behavior to understand the derailed comprehension and communication related to deficits in Foundational Capacities for Development (FCD’s™) and the anxiety that this causes was demonstrated through real case presentations.
Part of seeking real world solutions to real problems is how we think about the child and the questions we ask to determine what the treatment should look like for that child and family. The team treatment wheel, with the child and family at the center was discussed to illustrate this formulation. One of the more difficult issues facing parent and team members are the behaviors their child may have. These behaviors, such as social withdrawal, aggression, bolting and extreme irritability may come in patterns, some persisting over time, some changing as the individual grows and develops. Using these behaviors as a communication that there could be a disturbance in the external or internal environment for a child allows the team to problem solve and work out whatever issues are stimulating this response. This approach of “getting behind” the child’s behavior to understand the derailed comprehension and communication related to deficits in Foundational Capacities for Development (FCD’s™) and the anxiety that this causes was demonstrated through real case presentations.
Although all providers in this directory have completed one or more of Profectum’s certificate training courses on the DIR-FCD model, the providers listed in this directory are independent contractors. Providers are not agents nor are they employees and nor are they under the control of Profectum Foundation. Providers are solely responsible for the quality of the services you receive.
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