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Dr. Kevin Luczynski, PhD, BCBA-D
Greetings, my name is Dr. Kevin Luczynski, but you can call me Dr. L for short. I am a passionate behavior analyst and child development expert.
My mission is to inspire and coach professionals, parents, and educators to be comfortable and confident in preventing and treating challenging externalizing behavior by teaching universal life skills so that neurotypical and neurodiverse learners can make meaningful improvements in life.
I advocate for a universal approach that emphasizes values, teaching procedures, and life skills that every learner deserves to experience from teachers at school, parents at home, and professionals in clinic. This approach is rooted in empowerment, trust, and the pursuit of meaningful improvements through peaceful progress.
As a consultant, I am partnering with behavioral health organizations, schools, and childcare centers on two core programs for neurotypical and neurodiverse learners:
Universal Starting Point Program: 1-on-1 teaching format. The focus is on functional communication, accepting disappointment, cooperation, and self-control skills using recent advances in research and clinical practice. The teaching procedures are personalized within the framework of the empowerment approach.
Universal Life Skills Program: Small-group teaching format and incidental teaching opportunities throughout the day. The focus in on 15 skills across 4 skill units. There is an emphasis on peer-to-peer and sibling-to-sibling skills.
Universal Values for both programs include skill building, connection with the learner, and making peaceful progress.
My Background
I worked with learners who exhibited severely dangerous behavior on the Neurobehavioral Unit at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, a partner with Johns Hopkins Medicine, and I concurrently earned my master’s degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
I served as a preschool teacher in the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center at the University of Kansas and as a consultant with Head Start classrooms in Springfield, Massachusetts, where I earned my doctoral degree under the mentorship of Dr. Gregory Hanley at Western New England University. During this time, I also delivered early intervention services to school-aged children at the New England Center for Children.
Over the last decade, I coordinated a telehealth program and a prosocial interactions program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute, where I had the unique opportunity to mentor 11 doctoral students.
Personal Life
My favorite roles are being a dad to two remarkable little boys and a husband to my wife Dr. Nicole Rodriguez. I enjoy coaching the boys and coming up with fun ways to engage them and their teammates to make practice fresh. As a family, we cherish our road trips and exploring new areas and making memories.
I look forward to working with you.
Kevin