Dr. Albert Cotugno

Autism Light #18 is Dr. Albert Cotugno.

Dr. Albert J. Cotugno is a psychologist with over 30 years experience of providing group and individual psychotherapy services to children with special needs, many of whom have autism. He presently practices in Needham, Massachusets and is an instructor at Harvard Medical School.


Dr. Albert Cotugno is an autism light because he is the author of two important books encouraging social competencies for children with autism. In 2009 he wrote the book-- Group Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.   Then in 2011 he wrote a follow up to that book--:  Making Sense of Social Situations: How to Run a Group-Based Intervention Program for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders.  Boston.com wrote an online news article on the the release of that later book.   More information on these books is available at www.drcotugno.com/book.html.  


For more information on Dr. Albert Cotugno's work you can visit his official website at www.drcotugno.com.


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