Bio - DARREN OLSEN, Ph.D.

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Dr. Olsen received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2018. He completed his pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship in child psychology with focus on autism spectrum disorder at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Olsen is a Clinical Child Psychologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine. He conducts evaluations of children and teenagers suspected of having autism spectrum disorder and others developmental differences. He also conducts individual and group therapy for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental differences including the Research Units in Behavioral Interventions (RUBI) parent training program. Dr. Olsen also partners with colleagues in further developing and maintaining the Down Syndrome-Autism dual diagnosis clinic at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Dr. Olsen’s clinical and research interests involve the assessment and treatment of behavioral difficulties associated with various developmental disorders and dissemination of evidence-based information related to Down Syndrome and autism spectrum disorder.

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Darren Olsen, PhD, is a Clinical Child Psychologist at Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) School of Medicine. He conducts evaluations of children and teenagers suspected of having autism spectrum disorder and others developmental differences, individual and group therapy for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental differences, and co-leads the Down Syndrome-Autism dual diagnosis clinic at Children’s Mercy Hospital.