Richard P. Hastings
Bangor University
Richard Hastings completed his Ph.D. in 1994 in behavioral psychology working on the topic of challenging behavior in adults with intellectual disabilities. His focus was the extension of functional analysis to include an understanding of staff and other care givers’ responses to challenging behaviors. Since that time, he has continued to carry out research in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. He now has over 120 peer review journal publications in the field, and has received in excess of $7 million external grant funding to support his work with colleagues. Dr. Hastings is an associate editor or on the editorial board for 15 international peer review research journals, and also acts as a consultant to several applied behavior analysis (ABA) organizations in the UK and to autism organizations internationally. With Dr. Bob Remington at Southampton University, Dr. Hastings co-directed the first and largest controlled evaluation of early intensive behavioral intervention for children with autism in the UK. Since that research, Dr. Hastings has published leading meta- and mega-analysis reviews of the evidence for comprehensive ABA intervention for children with autism, and has presented on this topic extensively in the UK, Europe, and North America.