Gretchen Scheibel

Dr. Gretchen Scheibel, PhD, OTR, BCBA is an Assistant Research Professor at Juniper Gardens Children’s Project (JGCP). Dr. Scheibel earned her PhD in Special Education with a focus on cost analysis and evidence-based practices, additionally she is dually-certified in occupational therapy and behavior analysis. Prior to pursuing her doctorate, Dr. Scheibel spent over 15 years supporting children on the autism spectrum who exhibit severe and dangerous behaviors in rural and low-resource school districts across the United States. Her research is driven by her time in the classroom to explore and overcome common barriers encountered by teachers when implementing effective interventions for students with severe and dangerous behaviors. Dr. Scheibel’s research uses using quantitative and economic evaluation research methods to target three areas: 1) identifying the conditions that promote and sustain intervention effectiveness, 2) examining the cost and feasibility of implementing effective interventions in low-resource educational environments, and 3) exploring how intervention effect and cost can influence decisions to adopt or continue the use of effective interventions.