Particia Krantz (+09.01.2020), director of the Princeton Child Development Institute from 1975 to 2007. Dr. Krantz collaborated with the University of Kansas and Queens College of the City University of New York.

Dr. Krantz’s scientific achievements were awarded by, among others, the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis, the Department of Applied Behavioral Science of the University of Kansas. Her latest research focused on stimulus control, in connection with shaping spontaneous speech in children with autism.

Dr. Krantz also collaborated with many international organizations dealing with autism and effective therapy methods. She lectured for, among others, the British Institute of Mental Handicap; the European Association of Behavior Therapy; the Deakin University, Victoria, Australia; the Norwegian Association for Behavior Analysis.

Dr. Krantz was the author of dozens of articles in specialist journals and book chapters and co-author of two books.