Bio

Dr. Ronald J. Clark earned his B.A. from the University of Connecticut in Psychology with a Research Concentration. He continued his studies with a Master of Science degree in Applied Behavior Analysis & Organizational Behavior Management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He completed his doctoral degree from the Florida Institute of Technology and is currently a postdoctoral associate position at the University of Florida (UF). RJ also serves as a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level in the Intensive Pediatric Feeding Clinic at the University of Florida Health Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment as a clinical supervisor. His clinical experiences include working in early intervention, severe challenging behavior, and with children diagnosed with feeding disorder and/or avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder at UF, the Munroe-Meyer Institute, and The Scott Center for Autism Treatment. RJ has served as a Clinical Director for children with ASD in an early intervention clinic and currently serves on the executive council for the Greater Gainesville Applied Behavior Analysis FABA chapter. His current research interests focus on the training of staff and caregivers in pediatric feeding, understanding the properties of food that contribute to food selectivity, relapse of challenging mealtime behavior, and the efficacy and efficiency of behavioral treatments across pediatric feeding concerns.