Dr. Katrina Phillips is a Registered Psychologist and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA). For over 15 years she has worked both as a clinician with people with disability (people with intellectual disabilities, brain injury and dementia and autistic individuals) and in academia teaching and supervising students to become psychologists and BCBA. She received her clinical qualification through The University of Auckland in 2007. After working as a clinician, she returned to complete her PhD which investigated methods for assessing data quality and started her lecture position in 2017. She is currently the director of the Behavioural Psychology Programme in the School of Psychology and is actively involved in supporting the vocational training cafes for people with disability through the creation of Nga Mātauranga ou Mahi a manual created along side people with disability to support their inclusion in work.

Distinctions/Honours:
Registered Psychologist (90-03256)

Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (1-07-3897)

Committee/Professional groups/Services:
New Zealand Association of Behaviour Analysis

Society for Behaviour Analaysis New Zealand

Qualifications:
PhD, BCBA, PgDipAppPsych, MSc, PgDipSci, BSc (Hons)

Areas of Expertise:
Applied Behaviour Analysis

Intellectual Disabilities

Autism

Measurement & Calibration

Evidence Based Practice

Clinical Utility

Vocational training

Media Keywords:
applied behaviour analysis, intellectual disabilities, psychology, Autism, challenging behaviour, vocational training