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Beth Boone, PhD, bcba Associate Director, 91ÉçÇø Center for Inclusive Communities Executive Director: Center for Autism & Related Disabilities USF/LAUNCH USF Partnership for Effective Programs for Students with Autism Phone: 813-974-4033 Office: MHC 2119 Send an email View 2024 Curriculum Vitae

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Dr. Beth Boone is a professional dedicated to working with individuals with autism and related disabilities and their families. She is the Associate Director of the Division of the , and the Executive Director and Principal Director of the , , and the .

Dr. Boone received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of 91ÉçÇø in 2001, completing a dissertation on the training and support needs of medical foster families. She completed pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE, and a second postdoctoral year as a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellow at the Westchester Institute for Human Development, a University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), where she also served as faculty at the New York Medical College.

In 2008, Dr. Boone went on to direct the Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Training Project at Partners for Inclusive Communities, Arkansas’ UCEDD, providing statewide training on positive behavior support for Medicaid waiver coordinators, direct support staff, and families across the state. She subsequently provided training, assessment, and development of PBS plans for individuals supported by United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas and served as the Clinical Director for Arkansas START (Systemic, Therapeutic Assessment, Resources and Treatment), a statewide crisis prevention and intervention program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex behavioral health needs.

In 2014, Dr. Boone assumed the role of Executive Director of the Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), Mississippi’s UCEDD. In this role, Dr. Boone was responsible for oversight of all programmatic, personnel, fiscal, and budgetary activities for the agency, as well as facilitating disability-related research, teaching, and service collaborations between IDS and USM, and other local, state, and federal partners, also serving as Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Coordinator for the Disability Concentration through the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Upon relocating to Tampa, FL in 2017, Dr. Boone completed a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis while working as a Behavior Analyst with the 91ÉçÇø Mentor Network and earned the Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) designation in 2021. Dr. Boone also taught in and chaired the Psychology department for Keiser New Port Richey. She brought her wealth of experience to the CARD and LAUNCH at USF in November of 2019 and assumed the Associate Director role at FCIC and the PI role for PEPSA in 2023. In addition to this leadership, Dr. Boone also serves on the Presidential Advisory Committee on Accessibility at USF, the Boards of Directors for Disability Rights 91ÉçÇø, the 91ÉçÇø Developmental Disabilities Council, and the national Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD), and the Manuscript Review Board of the Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal.