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{{Villain_Infobox|Image = Ivar_lovaas.jpg|fullname = Ole Ivar Lovaas|alias = Ivar Lovaas|origin = Lier, Norway|occupation = Clinical psychologist|skills = Psychiatric knowledge|hobby = Abusing autistic and gay children|goals = Find a way to eliminate autistic and homosexual behaviour <small>(succeeded with autism, but failed with homosexuality)</small>|crimes = [[Child Abuse]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Ableism]]|type of villain = Abusive Prejudiced Psychologist}}'''Ole Ivar Løvaas''' (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California. He is considered a pioneer of applied behaviour analysis due to his work on discrete trial training to reduce autistic behaviour. However, his ethics have been questioned.
{{Villain_Infobox|image = 3D653060-F215-4D30-8708-52890A68CC66.jpeg}}'''Ole Ivar Løvaas''' (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) was a Norwegian-American clinical psychologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is considered to be a pioneer within the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) through his development of discrete trial training (DTT), and was the first to provide evidence that the behavior of autistic children could be modified through teaching. In 1999, the U.S. Office of the Surgeon General described Lovaas's techniques as having been shown to be efficacious at "reducing inappropriate behavior and in increasing communication, learning, and appropriate social behavior" which is based on "thirty years of research." Subsequent research has found mixed evidence of the therapy's effectiveness in developing communication skills, but an impact in motor skills and functional skills have been proven, and high-intensity interventions tend to have greater impacts than low-intensity interventions.
Lovaas is controversial due to his use of aversion therapy to cure autistic behaviour in children. Lovaas would often beat, yell at and electrocute autistic children if they displayed autistic behaviour in order to make them subconsciously associate it with pain and stop. Lovaas would also advise their parents to use this method. Despite the inherent abusiveness of aversion therapy, it is still sometimes practised by some facilities, although only one, the [[Judge Rotenberg Educational Center]] in Massachusetts, continues to use electroshock therapy.
In addition to this, Lovaas was [[Homophobia|homophobic]]; he supported conversion therapy, and even advocated the use of aversion therapy on homosexual and gender-variant children. Lovaas also oversaw many gay conversion camps, and used electroshock therapy on gay and gender-variant children, leading to at least one committing suicide.