Training Behavior Analysis Graduate Students to Work with an Interpreter

Recorded webinar · August 14, 2025 · Presented by Sarah A. Lechago

This live webinar offered 1 CEU to attendees at the time of the event.

About this webinar

Are you passionate about Applied Behavior Analysis and committed to delivering culturally responsive care to diverse communities? This session was part of Special Learning’s Journal Club, our monthly online session for ABA professionals, and covered working with interpreters in behavior-analytic services.

About the presenter

Dr. Sarah Lechago is an Associate Professor in the Behavior Analysis master’s program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL). She directs the UHCL Verbal Behavior Clinic (VBC) and co-directs the UHCL Connecting the Dots (CTD) program. Her research interests include verbal behavior, student and caregiver training, motivating operations, and diversity, inclusion, and equity. Dr. Lechago serves as the founder and chair and is currently the co-chair of the Texas Association for Behavior Analysis (TxABA) organization’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for Everyone (EDIE) committee. She has published in numerous journals including the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. Dr. Lechago has served as an Associate Editor for The Analysis of Verbal Behavior (TAVB) journal. She founded and currently directs a research lab called Behavior Analysts for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (BADIE) through which she directs various initiatives with the graduate students in the lab. One primary initiative is the BADIE lab High School Dissemination and Mentorship program, through which they provide mentorship in behavior analysis to high school students and provide training and supports to high school teachers in the Houston area. She and her students also provide training and supports to teachers, professionals, and parents on autism treatment who reside in border towns between Texas and Mexico. She approaches instruction, research, and clinical supervision from a scientific and equity-minded perspective.

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