Christopher “CJ” Jones, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Education Specialist, cdj@uw.edu
Dr. Jones is a full time consulting staff member at the Haring Center. His past research as a visiting professor at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington concentrated on social and communication skills for children and young adults with autism and other mental health issues. His clinical work has focused on teaching these same social and communication skills as well as adaptive/self-help skills. In addition to his training as both a developmental psychologist and behavior analyst, Dr. Jones also has over two decades of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults with developmental disabilities and over 15 years working with populations specifically affected by autism. He has facilitated autism and ADHD social skills groups to promote social and communication skills and conducted many autism and Asperger’s syndrome trainings to teachers, therapists, social workers, parents, and university professors. He has published in peer reviewed journals and presented at conferences locally and nationally. He also served as president of the Washington Association for Behavior Analysis from 2014-2016.