Bio: 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 the 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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Being an RBT for me was extremely fun because where were you going to find a place where you can be completely silly without having to worry what people thought about you? This was the only job that made me feel like I could make a dramatic difference while being myself.
I also liked to be surrounded by people that had the same goals of wanting to help kids and the teamwork made the job much easier and more enjoyable.
Change and progress was the ultimate goal for our kiddos. The early intervention program was seriously only a miracle because I saw changes in the kiddos that from day one, you wouldn’t even recognize who they were.
Changes from being able to utter 3-4 words where they can only make a syllable from when they started, the behavior decreases in which kiddo that used to engage in 30-40 0 self-harm to only half, learning how to wait during games, table work where they use to swipe and drop to the floor if they had to.
My favorite was when the parents would tell us what amazing progress they were making at home. I used to tear up and felt for these parents so much because it was already difficult for them and now, they can trust and rely on ABA and the therapists knowing their goal was ours.
By Emma Rogers, BA, RBT
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