Executive Officer
Dr. Foxx is a Professor of Psychology at Penn State Harrisburg. He is a Clinical Adjunct Professor of
Pediatrics at the College of Medicine of the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Foxx has written
eight books and five have been translated into other languages. He has co-edited two books Making
a Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism and Controversial Therapies for Developmental
Disabilities. His latest book is Interventions for treating the eating problems of children with autism
spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities. He has written over 130 scientific publications,
has made 13 training films, and has given over 1700 talks on the use of behavioral principles to
treat individuals with autism, mental retardation, mental illness, emotional disturbances, and
typical development. Dr. Foxx is an internationally recognized expert in treating behavioral
problems. He has lectured in 17 foreign countries and 47 states throughout the United States. He
is the editor-in-chief of the journal, Behavioral Interventions and is on the editorial board of seven
scientific journals. Dr. Foxx is a Fellow in five divisions of the American Psychological Association,
the American Psychological Society, The Association for Behavior Analysis- International and the
American Association on Mental Retardation. He was the President of the Society for the
Advancement of Behavior Analysis; the Association for Behavior Analysis; and the Division of Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the American Psychological Association. In 1998 he
received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis
and was made an honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Behavior Analysis. In 2001, he
received an award from the New York State Association for Behavior Analysis for significant
contributions to behavior analysis. In 2003 he received the Society for the Advancement of Behavior
Analysis Award for Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media.In 2007 he
received the inaugural John Jacobson award from Division 33 of the American Psychological
Association. He helped found the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis, was its first
President and serves as its executive director. He also was president of the Pennsylvania chapter of
the American Association on Mental Retardation. He has served as an expert witness in a number
of court cases involving individuals with autism and developmental disabilities, including Youngberg
vs. Romeo which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a licensed psychologist and Board
Certified Behavior Analyst. One of his books has sold over two million copies and has been
translated into seven languages and one of his training films, “Harry” (the treatment of a self-
abusive man), has won numerous cinematic awards.
