Audrey Blakeley-Smith, Ph.D.

Audrey Blakeley-Smith, Ph.D.

Audrey Blakeley-Smith, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist whose clinical and research interests are mental health conditions in individuals with autism and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She is also the training director of an APA- accredited psychology internship at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is a co- author of the Facing Your Fears program (Facing Your Fears: Group Therapy for Managing Anxiety in Children With High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders; Reaven et al., 2011). She is currently Principal Investigator on a randomized clinical trial examining the efficacy of the adapted Facing Your Fears program for autistic adolescents with IDD and anxiety. This study is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense; previous pilot work in this area was funded by the Organization for Autism Research. She and Dr. Reaven have published a number of papers on the Facing Your Fears program in addition to sharing findings and conducting trainings on Facing Your Fears in university, school, and community settings.