Meet the PBR Lab!
Sydney Salgueiro
senior Lab Member
Laboratory Coordinator
Sydney is currently employed at Positive Behavior Supports Corp. (PBS) as an Analyst, creating function-based treatments for children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in home-, community-, and school-based programs, as well as supervising and training behavior technicians to implement treatment protocols. Her research interests include pediatric feeding disorders, parent and teacher training, choice-making behaviors, and the reduction and treatment of severe problem behaviors.
Angelica Manzo
Junior Lab Member
Angelica is currently employed at BEST Consulting as a Registered Behavior Technician, working 1:1 with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her research interests include pediatric feeding disorders, behavior analysis in health and fitness, and choice-making behavior.
Kiley perkins
junior Lab Member
Kiley is currently employed at BEST Consulting as a Registered Behavior Technician, working 1:1 with children and young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her research interests include pediatric feeding disorders, parent training, health-related behaviors, and choice-making behaviors.
elizabeth petrashishina
junior Lab Member
Elizabeth is currently employed at Excite Steps as a Registered Behavior Technician providing direct 1:1 service for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her research interests include pediatric feeding disorders, choice-making behavior, behavior analysis in health and fitness, and the treatment of problem behaviors.
aimee nunez
junior Lab Member
Aimee is currently employed at BEST Consulting as a Registered Behavior Technician, working with children and young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Her research interests are pediatric feeding disorders, problem behavior, parent training, and functional communication.
do you want to be a pbr lab member?
If you are interested in being advised by Dr. Becky Penrod in the M.S. Program in Applied Behavior Analysis at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), you should learn more about the application process via CSUS's Psychology Department's website. If you have questions specific to the lab, current research projects, etc., please contact Dr. Becky Penrod.
If you are an undergraduate student interested in joining the Pediatric Behavior Research Lab as a research assistant, contact Dr. Becky Penrod to set-up an in-person appointment to discuss the experience and associated responsibilities of being a research assistant as well as to ask to sit in on a research lab meeting.