Kenji Okuda
ABA SOLUTION
Kenji Okuda, M.Ed., is founder, executive director, and a therapist at ABA SOLUTION. He found remarkable improvements and even "recovery" among children who received early intensive home-based ABA treatment. He has been awarded with one of the Clinical Psychology Society of Japan's highest honors—the Kikuo Uchiyama Memorial Award in 1999. He also received the 2003 Japan Society for Studies on Educational Practices' Award for his successful series on the study of "theory of mind" teaching program. In 2008, he earned the Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis (J-ABA) Best Article Award.
A highly recognized clinical psychologist in Japan, he has travelled all over the world helping families in need of training and consultation. He is a certified behavior therapist advanced, a certified clinical psychologist, a certified school psychologist, and a certified autistic spectrum specialist expert. He has published articles on functional language acquisition, cognitive language understanding, theory of mind, social skills, severe behavioral disturbance, parent training, toilet training, play, leisure skills, and more. He has presented papers at numerous national and international conferences. Currently, Dr. Okuda is developing a kindergarten curriculum in Nagano using ABA principles—the first of its kind in Japan. He has also been featured as guest expert on several TV news reports and consults on major TV shows for kids and parents.