GURRY AUTISM CONSULTING, LLC
Educational and Behavioral Consulting in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Disabilities
about dr gurry
About Dr. Gurry
Dr. Gurry has over 30 years in this field, having worked as a public school special educator of students with severe disabilities, where she developed a reverse mainstreaming program, as Director of the Severe Special Needs Program at Lesley University for 20 + years, and she served as Program Director for an inclusive high school program for teenagers with severely disabling conditions in a local high school, where she instituted a Peer Buddy Program.
EXPERIENCE: Dr. Gurry has significant experiences as a private consultant in Autism Spectrum Disorders, curriculum development, and inclusion in Providence, Rhode Island; Avon, MA.; Arlington, MA., and West Newbury, MA. , and to families in other cities and towns.
For ten years at Lesley University she co-directed the Summer Institute on Autism and Inclusion at Lesley University, and has lectured at many local and national conferences. She is a former member of the Massachusetts Advocates for Children Autism Advisory Committee, and she founded a Respite Care Program in Greater Boston for families of children with disabling conditions.
As a BCBA-D, she concentrates on evidence-based practices and follows the emerging evidence of DIR/Floortime, which was named an “Emerging Practice” in 2009 by the National Autism Center in Massachusetts. She is currently co-authoring an article on the emerging evidence of DIR. Dr. Gurry bring behavior analytic principles (including data-keeping) to her DIR/Floortime practice and respects the developmental model for its strengths in developmental practice.
EDUCATION:
Her B.S. and M.S. from Syracuse University were in special education, specializing in working with children with autism spectrum disorders, and her doctorate from Boston University had an emphasis on special education for children with severely handicapping conditions, administration, and community-based programs. In 2009 she became certified as a BCBA-D and is currently a candidate for a DIR/Floortime certificate.
You can contact Dr. Susan Gurry at the following email address or submitting the form on the contact us page.
617-549-7004
Collaborated on site
Jonathan Spiller and Sue Gurry
Dr. Susan Gurry greatly influenced my career path and beliefs related to serving students with severe disabilities. In particular, she promotes the idea that there are no boundaries when seeking greater knowledge and understanding of Autism. Dr. Gurry shaped the development of many remarkable instructional and behavioral interventions, including a functional academic curriculum and a model program for students with severe disabilities in the Boston area.
But most of all, Susan Gurry offers providers and students alike experiences that balanced the necessary ABA structures with truly caring, respectful and humanistic approaches.
-- K. L. Cook, M.Ed. Severe Special Needs
Educator, School Psychologist, and Consultant – Autism
NYC Public Schools