Our Team
At SK Behavior & Learning, our team is comprised of dedicated professionals with expertise in Applied Behavior Analysis and consultation. We are committed to providing personalized and effective support to individuals and families by using family-centered approaches in culturally-responsive ways.
Sohyun Kim, BCBA PhD
Founder, Clinical Director
Dr. Sohyun Kim received her PhD in Special Education from UCLA. She is a Korean-American Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and a credentialed teacher, and has extensive experiences working with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. She was a high school teacher for many years, then started working in the field of ABA in 2013. As a bilingual and bicultural educator and clinician, she has worked with many Korean families to provide culturally-sensitive support. She has also been teaching at Cal State LA and at CSUN since 2020, including undergraduate and graduate-level ABA courses.
Awards & Recognitions
2024 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Scholars Award Nomination, UCLA
2024 Travel Award: The Comprehensive Program for Adaptive Interventions Training in Education, IES
2022 Best Autism Research Nomination, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
2021-2022 Graduate Research Mentorship, UCLA
2021 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA
2020 University Fellowship, UCLA
2020 Summer Fellowship, UCLA
2020 Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Mini-Grant, Cal State LA
2020 In-Progress Research Gala – Top 10 Finalist, American Educational Research Association
2019 Lena and Dominic Longo Scholarship, Cal State LA
Selected Invited Talks
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Early Identification of Autism. [Professional Development]. Kings County Office of Education, CA
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Creating an Inclusive Environment for Peers on the Autism Spectrum.[Interview]. Los Gatos High School, CA
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Early Identification of Autism. [Professional Workshop]. CAAEYC Annual Conference. Santa Clara, CA
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Inclusion of Young Children with Social Emotional Difficulties in Early Childhood Education Settings. [Professional Workshop]. CAAEYC Annual Conference. Pasadena, CA