Luca Badetti, PhD
RESEARCH and CLINICAL
My research has focused on qualitative and quantitative analysis of issues relevant to the disability community.
My clinical work centered around supporting persons with disabilities with mental health issues and social skills concerns.
FELLOW IN PSYCHOANALYSIS
Fellowship completed at The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.
LEADERSHIP EDUCATION IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL AND RELATED DISABILITIES
Received interdisciplinary disability leadership training: clinical, theoretical, policy and advocacy. Performed research for the program.
Fellow
Committee Member
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBER (Erickson' Disability Studies book series)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER (Italian Journal of Disability Studies)
Honors
JEAN VANIER EMERGING SCHOLAR
Received honor at the 2016 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability based on doctoral dissertation on the relationship between self-determination and community life in persons with disabilities.
Read journal article based on the research.
View presentation: Self and Community: The Importance of Interdependence and Its Shadow Side.
Research
SPECIAL OLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL
Quantitative and qualitative research on health promotion programs in US, Africa & Belgium.
THE AUTISM PROGRAM OF ILLINOIS
Created support resources for persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Special focus on college-aged persons with autism and transition.
AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER
Performed qualitative research for nation-wide study on resource centers funded by US Administration on Aging for persons aging with a disability & families.
SUPPORT SERVICE TEAMS
Researched Illinois teams offering intervention services to persons with disabilities facing medical or behavioral emergencies.
Clinical
CLINICAL THERAPIST INTERN
Provided individual mental health clinical therapy to adults with intellectual disabilities and co- led a social skills group for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders at Chicago's Developmental Disabilities Family Clinics.