Dr. Sarah Haney Mcdevitt, BCBA-D

Bio: Dr. Sarah Haney McDevitt is a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Senior Behavior Analyst in the Pediatric Feeding Disorders Program at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. McDevitt is a member of the Association for Behavior Analysis, International and is the new co-director of the Maryland Association for Behavior Analysis. Dr. McDevitt has conducted research on the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders and has authored book chapters in addition to publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. McDevitt has served as a guest reviewer for various peer-reviewed journals and has recently been elected to serve on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Her current research interests include the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders with an emphasis on caregiver training, social validity of feeding interventions, and factors that influence the generalization and maintenance of intervention outcomes.