Dr. Kevin Luczynski.
PhD · BCBA-D · Behavior Analyst · Author
Behavior analyst, child development specialist, and someone who still gets a little nervous before a workshop because each one matters. Two decades of work across families, classrooms, and clinical teams have made one thing clear: the same universal skills, taught with the same universal values, generalize across learners regardless of diagnosis.
I trained at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the University of Kansas, and the New England Center for Children, earned my master's at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, spent time at Head Start in Springfield, and completed my doctorate at Western New England under Dr. Gregory Hanley. Most recently, at UNMC's Munroe-Meyer Institute, I directed the Virtual Care Program and built telehealth and prosocial interaction programs.
The work is grounded in published research, but the bar is whether it shows up on a regular Tuesday at home, at school, or in clinic. That is what universal means.
The path.
Eight institutions, twenty years. The training is a series of decisions about what kind of practitioner I wanted to become.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Foundational clinical training in severe behavior assessment and intervention.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, earned 2004–2006 alongside Clinical Specialist work at Kennedy Krieger Institute.
University of Kansas
One year of coursework at the University of Kansas, with concurrent work at the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center.
Head Start
Direct work with young children and families in the federally funded program that serves the children most in need of strong early intervention.
Western New England University
PhD with Dr. Gregory Hanley, the developer of the Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-Based Treatment.
New England Center for Children
Research and clinical work at the residential and day school program for autistic learners, founded in 1975.
Munroe-Meyer Institute
Twelve years on faculty alongside Dr. Wayne Fisher. Built telehealth and prosocial interaction programs, mentored eleven doctoral students, and contributed to the published literature that informs the Universal approach.
Universal Behavioral Consulting Services
Independent consulting practice serving parents, schools, and behavioral providers across the country. The Universal approach is the synthesis of everything that came before.
The numbers, at a glance.
Two decades of training, mentorship, and program development distilled into a few quick markers.
Dr. Wayne Fisher
Universal Life Skills
Universal Sleep
Licensed Behavior Analyst
The work is the work. Family is family.
Husband to Dr. Nicole Rodriguez, dad to two boys, and youth coach for soccer, baseball, and basketball. The same patience and curiosity that show up in clinical work show up at home, on the field, and on the gym floor.
Twenty+ years in. Still curious. Still learning.
That's why collaboration matters. Tell me about the family, the classroom, or the team you are trying to help.
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