teaching + speaking

Training the next generation of compassionate practitioners.

I teach behavior analysts and behavior therapists — across IBAO and QABA — the skills our certifications leave out — how to slow down in hard moments, hold clinical rigor and compassion together, and practice with dignity at the center. Through conference talks, workshops, and continuing education, I help the field grow into the version of itself I always hoped for.

presentations + invited talks

The teaching record.

A growing record of teaching and speaking to the ABA community.

Nov 2025

Teixeira, S. (2025, November). Building local capacity: Training ABA professionals in Portugal. Association for Behavior Analysis International Conference.

On growing sustainable, well-trained behavior-analytic practice internationally — and what it takes to build capacity where the field is still emerging.

Mar 2026

Teixeira, S. (2026, March). Building culturally responsive relationships with diverse families. Workshop, International Behavior Analyst Organization.

A practical workshop on partnering with families across cultures — moving beyond compliance toward respect, humility, and genuine collaboration.

credentials + licensure

The formal record.

Education

Post-Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis — University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2021

M.A. in Psychological Services — Kean University, Nathan Weiss Graduate College, 2016

B.A. in Psychology — Kean University, 2013

Certification

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) — Behavior Analyst Certification Board

International Behavior Analyst (IBA) — International Behavior Analyst Organization

Certificant number available on request and on my CV. Verifiable by name in the BACB registry.

Licensure

Licensed Behavior Analyst — New Jersey

Licensed Behavior Analyst — Minnesota

License numbers available on request and on my CV.

Approved Continuing Education Provider

International Behavior Analyst Organization (IBAO)

Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA)

Languages

English · Spanish · Portuguese — clinical services, supervision, and instruction delivered in all three

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for universities + programs

Available for instruction + supervision.

I'm available to teach as adjunct faculty and to serve as a remote fieldwork supervisor for graduate students accruing supervised experience hours.

I work fully remotely, in synchronous or asynchronous formats, and I supervise in a competency-based model built around BACB fieldwork requirements. I'm fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese — useful for programs placing multilingual students or students serving immigrant and non-English-speaking families.

Courses I'm prepared to teach

Ethics and Professional Conduct in Behavior Analysis

Supervision and Management in Behavior Analysis

Social Skill Development and Assessment

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Early Intervention and Developmental Assessment

Behavioral Assessment

Culturally Responsive Practice in Behavior Analysis

Caregiver Training and Consultation

Program directors and practicum coordinators — I'd welcome a conversation.

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continuing education

CEUs, launching September 2026.

Practical, on-demand continuing education for behavior analysts and behavior therapists across IBAO and QABA — built around real sessions and compassionate practice.

What to expect

  • Mostly 1-hour, on-demand courses you can take anytime
  • Evidence-based, affirming, and genuinely practical
  • Some free courses, with founding-edition pricing on the rest
  • Approved for IBAO and QABA — not currently BACB ACE
Approved provider
what I teach

Practical, and built to use tomorrow.

Every course ends with something you made — a script, an agenda, a rewritten goal, a probe you can run this week. If you finish a session of mine without an artifact in your hands, I've done it wrong.

Supervision that isn't a status update

Structuring the meeting, giving feedback that changes the next session, and running competency probes that measure skill rather than attendance.

Supervising what you can't see

Remote competency assessment, coaching through a screen, and catching clinical drift when there are no hallway conversations to catch it in. Five years of telehealth supervision, distilled.

Catching a struggling supervisee early

The indicators that show up before a crisis does, the check-in question that actually surfaces a problem, and what to do with the answer.

Goals a family can actually read

Rewriting objectives out of jargon and into language a caregiver recognises as their own child. Done live, on real goals.

Building goals with families, not for them

Culturally and contextually responsive goal-setting when a family's values, language, or priorities differ from the ones the assessment assumed.

When a client declines

Assent as behavior rather than philosophy — what you actually do in the next thirty seconds, and how to document it.

In active development for the September 2026 launch, approved for IBAO and QABA. Something you'd want covered? Tell me what you'd learn from — the list isn't finished.

speaking + training

Invite me to teach your team.

I speak at conferences and lead workshops and in-service trainings for agencies and organizations — on supervision, compassionate practice, culturally responsive care, and building strong direct-care teams. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, in person or virtually.

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