Gretchen Scheibel

Dr. Gretchen Scheibel, OTR, BCBA, is an Assistant Research Professor at Juniper Gardens Children’s Project. Dr. Scheibel earned her PhD in Special Education with a focus on cost analysis and evidence-based practices. 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) investigate the implementation conditions educators work under, including the frequency at which educators manage student behavior and the associated impacts of behavior management on educator well-being and retention; 2) examining the cost and feasibility of implementing effective interventions in low-resource educational environments; and 3) exploring the intersection of implementation conditions, intervention cost, and effect on student and educator outcomes.