Brenda Smith Myles, PhD is an international speaker and consultant for the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence. Brenda has made over 500 presentations all over the world and written more than 150 articles and books on ASD including Asperger Syndrome and Difficult Moments: Practical Solutions for Tantrums, Rage, and Meltdowns and The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations. In addition, she served as the co-chair of the National ASD Teacher Standards Committee and was on the National Institute of Mental Health's Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee's Strategic Planning Consortium. Brenda is also on the executive boards of several organizations, including the Organization for Autism Research and ASTEP - Asperger Syndrome Training and Education Program. In addition, in the latest survey conducted by the University of Texas, she was acknowledged as the second most productive applied researcher in ASD in the world.