Ira Heilveil
Advisory Council Member
IRA HEILVEIL, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is a licensed clinical psychologist in three states (California, New Mexico, and Minnesota), as well as a licensed behavior analyst in Arizona. He began his career as a clinical child psychologist and family therapist in private, nonprofit, consulting to public schools and to special education (day treatment) settings. In 1988, he began his own agency which he grew from its inception to one of the largest providers of applied behavior analysis (ABA) services for children with autism in the U.S. During his tenure as that company’s CEO, he also began a school for children with autism in Armenia, as a charitable NGO, which he still operates and is thriving today.
Dr. Heilveil maintains his connection to academia through teaching at UCLA medical school, where he is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry. He also publishes scholarly articles, presents at conferences, writes a blog on a variety of his interests, holds a private pilot license and produced the critically acclaimed and multiple award-winning documentary “Autism in Love.”
Dr. Heilveil is the recipient of the California Psychology Association’s Humanitarian of the Year award and the Geffen-UCLA Medical School’s Outstanding PBL Tutor Award. He is a valued member of the Advisory Council for Learning Strategies, bringing his deep expertise in the science of learning and behavior to support the organisation’s mission.
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Learning Strategies – Internship Programme
Learning Strategies (LS) offers a challenging and compelling Internship Training Programme for graduates and soon-to-be graduates in the field of education and mental health. The Programme is practical and hands-on and includes performance evaluation designed to support practicum learning and differentiate candidates on the basis of their capability and commitment. LS believes this prepares Interns for the requirements and demands of a career in mental health practice. The Programme is an initial stage of a continuous process of in-house learning and training that is at the core of LS approach to skills development and professional practice.
The Programme is managed out of the Learning Strategies Institute which was established in 2020 with a dedicated team to focus and systematize all training programmes within Learning Strategies and to support external training.
