LC control no. | n 80094092 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Lovaas, O. Ivar (Ole Ivar), 1927-2010 |
Variant(s) | Lovaas, Ole Ivar, 1927-2010 Lovaas, Ole Ivar, 1927- |
Associated place | Decorah (Iowa) Seattle (Wash.) Los Angeles (Calif.) |
Birth date | 1927-05-08 |
Death date | 2010-08-02 |
Place of birth | Lierne kommune (Norway) |
Place of death | Lancaster (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Child psychology Autism in children Clinical psychology |
Profession or occupation | Child psychologists College Teachers Clinical psychologists Authors |
Type of family | male |
Found in | Author's The relationship of induced muscular tension, tension level and manifest ... 1959. New York times WWW site, Aug. 23, 2010 (in obituary published Aug. 22: O. Ivar Lovaas; b. Ole Ivar Lovaas, May 8, 1927, Lier, Norway; d. Aug. 2, Lancaster, Calif., aged 83; psychologist who developed one of the most widely used therapies for children with autism, and in doing so helped change the treatment and the public perception of the condition) Wikipedia, January 16, 2017 (Ole Ivar Lovass; Ole Ivar Løvaas PhD (8 May 1927 - 2 August 2010); Dr. Ole Ivar Lovaas; was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); considered to be a pioneer within the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) through his development of Discrete trial training (DTT); was the first to provide evidence that the behavior of children with autism can be modified through teaching; received his undergraduate degree in psychology (1951), Luther College, and doctoral degree in clinical psychology (1958), University of Washington) |
Associated language | nor eng |
Invalid LCCN | n 80140481 |