Deirdre M. Muldoon
PhD Special Education, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
MS Applied Behavior Analysis, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
MS Education, The College of Saint Rose Albany, New York
BS, Education, Carysfort College of Education Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Graduate Diploma, Social Learning Theory, The Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Deirdre has a masters degree in communication sciences and disorders (i.e., speech-language pathology) and a masters degree in applied behavior analysis. She is dually certified and licensed as a board-certified behavior analyst-doctoral (BCBA-D) and a speech-language pathologist (CCC-SLP). In addition, Deirdre has a PhD in special education.
Deirdre has extensive experience working with families and children with speech and language disorders and challenging behaviors in homes, clinics, and school settings. Deirdre’s research interest centers on understanding and implementation of evidence-based behavioral practices in the areas of behavior management and speech-language pathology. She has published qualitative and quantitative research in the areas of feeding disorders and communication deficits in ASD and/or developmental disability.
In addition to working at CARD, Deirdre also serves as the SLP for a multidisciplinary team at Albany Medical Center hospital where she sees children with developmental disability for assessment of communication and feeding difficulties.