News and Notes

Congratulations

Congratulations to Dr. Dorothy Griffiths on receiving the Order of Canada.  Dr. Griffiths has devoted her career to bettering the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and has now been recognised for her hard work in a ceremony in Ottawa.

Congratulations to Dr. Maurice Feldman who is the recipient of the Brock University Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity. This award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate outstanding research achievements, contributions toward the training of future researchers, and consistency in scholarly or creative performance.

Congratulations to Dr. Maurice Feldman who is the recipient of the South-West Disability Conference Award (U.S.A) for National Distinguished Disabilities Researcher!

Also, congratulations to Tricia Vause (prinicipal investigator) and Maurice Feldman (co-investigator), who received a research grant from the provincial Centre of Excellence in Children and Youth Mental Health. The grant is to support the evaluation of an innovative multimodal therapy for Obessive-Compulsive Disorder in children and youth with High Functioning Autism or Asperger syndrome.