Facts: - prizes: american -rrb- autism society of america , wendy f. miller professional academy of the year award -lrb- 2007 -rrb- parenting arizona , of raising the bar award -lrb- 2007 -rrb- clinical psychiatrists winokur award -lrb- 2011 - thesis url: http://www.worldcat.org/title/effects-of-teaching-common-preschool-games-to-autistic-children-on-increasing-peer-interaction/oclc/733972976&referer=brief_results - known for: applied related disorders -lrb- card -rrb- act today ! -lrb- autism behavior care and treatment today ! -rrb- analysis lovaas technique center for autism and - thesis year: 1990 - work institutions: university of california , los angeles -lrb- ucla -rrb- - influences: ivar lovaas - field: clinical psychologist board certified behavior analyst - thesis title: the children on increasing peer interaction effects of teaching common preschool games to autistic - name: doreen granpeesheh fa - nationality: iran - birth place: tehran , iran - alma mater: ucla Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of doreen granpeesheh .
doreen granpeesheh , phd , bcba-d -lrb- born 1963 -rrb- is an american clinical psychologist and producer of the independent award-winning documentary '' , '' which depicts four children 's progress as they fully recover from autism .she obtained her psychology degree from the california board of psychology .moreover , granpeesheh is the founder and president of act today !-lrb- autism care and treatment today ! -rrb-, which provides financial support to families who are unable to pay for validated treatment .granpeesheh works worldwide with families of children on the autism spectrum , many of whom have '' fully recovered '' and are currently neurotypical children .in 1990 , she founded and is chief executive officer of the center for autism and related disorders -lrb- card -rrb- , a clinic that implements early , intensive applied behavior analysis -lrb- aba -rrb- therapy .in 2010 , she completed a study which found that 6 out of 14 severely autistic children who obtained treatment by card '' had fully recovered '' .granpeesheh co-created skills -- an online assessment and aba treatment guide for children with autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders -- with card 's research and development manager adel najdowski ; jonathan tarbox , the director of research ; and dennis dixon , director of analytics .