Christine Moody

Dr. Christine Moody leads the postsecondary education and employment initiatives at the UCLA Tarjan Center, including multiple partnerships with the California Community College Chancellor's Office and California Department of Rehabilitation toward better serving young adults with developmental disabilities in those systems. Most relevant to this talk, Dr. Moody also led the data analysis on the 2023 Self-Determination Program Evaluation on behalf the UCLA Tarjan Center and evaluation partners. Beyond her work at the Tarjan Center, she is the Director of Research at the UCLA PEERS® Clinic, facilitating research efforts on the efficacy and implementation of the various PEERS® social skills programs. By training, Dr. Moody is a licensed clinical psychologist and has been working with youth and young adults with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families for over fifteen years.