Clelia Sigaud, PsyD, BCBA-D

Co-Founder, Continuing Education Coordinator

Clelia Sigaud is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral and a Certified School Psychologist. Her background is in special education, with a focus on individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities who engage in severe problem behavior. She has a Master’s degree in Special Education, a Master’s degree in Educational Psychology, and a PsyD in School Psychology. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Neurobehavioral Unit at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Maryland and at the Southeastern Regional Education Service Center (SERESC) in New Hampshire. Clelia currently serves as faculty in the Educational Psychology department at the University of Southern Maine, the Special Education department at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, and works as a school psychologist and behavior analyst in schools in Maine and New Hampshire. She is pursuing advanced training in PBIS facilitation through Northeast PBIS and the Center for Behavioral Education and Research at the University of Connecticut.

Patrick Jecmen, BCBA

Co-Founder, Professional Development Outreach Coordinator

Patrick Jecmen is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Prior to becoming certified, he served children with disabilities as a special education teacher/case manager for eight years, before moving into a special education coaching role. Patrick completed his Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern Maine, and received clinical supervision in a school-based setting. He currently serves as BCBA within an elementary school district in Illinois. Within this role, he provides individual student behavior consultation, staff coaching within the PBIS framework, and monitoring of restraint usage/training.