David Rotholz, PhD
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David A. Rotholz

David A. Rotholz, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of the Center for Disability Resources (UCEDD) and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.  His professional goals center on high quality, evidence-based supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through services, training and research.    His major South Carolina efforts are currently devoted to statewide system change in positive behavior support and directing a collaborative grant to evaluate the reliability and validity of the quality assurance and improvement system used by South Carolina’s MR/DD system.

Dr. Rotholz’s 25+ years of experience in the profession provide the basis for his current work.  These experiences include work as a direct support professional in the late 1970s as live-in group home staff and as a classroom teacher for children with autism (using discrete trial methodology before it became “mainstream”); consultant to school-based special education programs; clinical direction of a nationally respected treatment program for children with autism; teaching, research, and service provision in university settings; and development and implementation of training curricula for practitioners who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Dr. Rotholz’s recent responsibilities include research policy advisor to a state MR/DD agency and trainer to community services staff, school psychologists, and special educators across the country in the areas of positive behavior supports and effective teaching methods for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  He has also been an active leader with the AAIDD Psychology Division, AAIDD Board of Directors and state chapters of the AAIDD and the Arc.  David received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the University of Kansas and has been an active member of AAIDD since 1992.  He became a fellow of AAIDD in 2002 and became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst in 2005.