About
Dr. McCauley is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Saint Mary's College of California. He got his M.S. in Child Development and Ph.D. in Human Development at UC Davis, training at the UC Davis MIND Institute with a focus on family interactions and observational methods. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment for Dr. Cathy Lord, working on the longitudinal study of autistic adults. His research interests center on studies of autistic adults with varying cognitive ability levels, with a focus on quality of life and the life experiences and family processes that influence more positive outcomes. One of the goals of his current research is to better understand how to measure well-being and quality of life for individuals with autism and intellectual disability using observational and qualitative methods.