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Prince Owusu

Name

Prince Owusu

Advisor

Dr. Sarah Douglas

Cohort

Fall 2021

Concentration

Child Development

Bio

Prince Gyebi Owusu is a doctoral student in Human Development and Family Studies, with a concentration in Child Development. Dr. Sarah Douglas serves as his advisor. Prince’s research explores culturally relevant interventions to support children with disabilities and their families. He seeks to adapt evidence-based interventions to improve social interaction and education of children with disabilities from resource limited settings. He is currently working on a scoping review on cultural considerations and adaptations of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral interventions (NDBIs) implemented with young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families. 

Prince is also a co-founder and co-director of Center for Learning and Childhood Development-Ghana (CLCD) https://www.clcdghana.org/. CLCD is a research-based non-profit that collaborates with government and non-government agencies in Ghana to improve child development policies and programs.   
 

Keywords and Phrases

Cultural Adaptation, Children with Disabilities, Educational Interventions, Social Interventions, Family support