Chris Furlow, Ph.D., BCBA-D, LBA
Dr. Chris Furlow is the Senior Director of Clinical Support and Best Practice for Canopy, joining as the manager of the Canopy Children’s Solutions’ Early Intervention Autism Clinic in September 2018. Chris is responsible for developing and executing strategic plans to enhance clinical support services, designing and implementing evidence-based clinical practices and protocols tailored to improving mental health and child welfare, lead scholarly professional practice activities, and identify and implement innovative practices to improve clinical support services and outcomes. Chris has spent the better part of the last 15 years amassing training from many of the leading experts in autism research and treatment delivery. Chris received his doctoral degree in School Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi and has practiced within the clinic, home, hospital, and community settings at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders in Los Angeles, the Marcus Autism Center/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Furlow’s research has been published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Analysis in Practice, Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, School Psychology Quarterly, and Perspectives in Early Childhood Psychology and Education. He has served on the Executive Council for the Behavior Analysis Association of Mississippi (BAAMS). He was appointed by the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health to serve on the Mississippi Autism Advisory Committee (MAAC) and appointed by Lieutenant Governor Hosemann to the Mississippi Autism Board. In addition to state service, he serves as an Adjunct Faculty member for the Applied Behavior Analysis graduate programs at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University.
