Bio for Dwight P. Sweeney, Ph.D.
Dwight P. Sweeney, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology and Counseling, and
Director of the University Center for Developmental Disabilities at California State
University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). Dr. Sweeney has worked in the field of autism
since 1971. He has directed or consulted with school and community-based behavioral
programs in four states. Since joining the CSUSB faculty in 1989, Dr. Sweeney has
directed the University Center for Developmental Disabilities that has provided
supplemental behavioral interventions and parent training programs for over 800 children with autism and their families.
Dr. Sweeney earned his A.B. from the University of Notre Dame and his M.A and
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Prior to coming to CSUSB, Dr. Sweeney served
as the Program Consultant in Aging and Disability at the UCLA Developmental Disabilities Training Program and was a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Bio-Behavioral Science at the UCLA Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital.
Dr. Sweeney is currently serving as Interim Chair for the Department of Nursing in the
College of Natural Sciences.