Hi, I’m
Dr. Naejeong Suh
Houston,TX
Summary
I am a dual-certified clinician—a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and Music Therapist-Board Certified (MT-BC)—with over 15 years of experience supporting individuals with autism and developmental disabilities. I earned a Doctor of Education in Music Therapy from the University of Georgia and am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis at Bay Path University, with an anticipated graduation date of 2029.
My professional work focuses on integrating the principles of behavior analysis with the therapeutic and expressive qualities of music to provide person-centered, evidence-based care. My research interests include caregiver and parent training, particularly the development of practical, effective, and accessible training approaches that support the generalization of behavioral strategies across home and community settings.
I have experience using a wide range of assessment tools, including the ABAS-3, AFLS, VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, Vineland-3, Essential for Living, SSIS, Socially Savvy, SRS-2, PEAK, and the Bracken School Readiness Assessment.
My clinical interests include compassionate care, assent-based practices, functional communication, caregiver collaboration, and the integration of developmental and relationship-based approaches within ABA. I strive to design interventions that are individualized, socially meaningful, and responsive to each person's strengths, needs, preferences, and environment.
Overview
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Action Behavior CentersABC Academy, Houston
Assistant Clinical Director
03.2026 - 05.2026
Job overview
- Developed data-driven goals and objectives tailored to each client''s unique strengths and needs.
- Trained direct support staff in applied behavior analysis principles, contributing to improved service delivery and consistency across team members.
- Conducted thorough functional behavior assessments to identify the underlying causes of challenging behaviors and inform targeted interventions.
- Reduced challenging behaviors through the implementation of positive reinforcement systems, visual supports, and environmental modifications.
- Provided ongoing supervision and feedback to registered behavior technicians, ensuring high-quality services for clients.
- Maintained a high level of professional ethics and adherence to industry standards through ongoing participation in continuing education opportunities.
Increased client engagement by utilizing evidence-based instructional strategies and naturalistic teaching techniques. - Led parent training workshops, empowering families with knowledge and skills needed to support their child''s progress at home.
- Led multidisciplinary teams in developing comprehensive care plans, ensuring holistic approach to client well-being.
ABC Academy at Action Behavior CentersHouston, TX
Senior Board Certified Behavior Analyst
05.2025 - 03.2026
Job overview
- Developed data-driven goals and objectives tailored to each client''s unique strengths and needs.
- Trained direct support staff in applied behavior analysis principles, contributing to improved service delivery and consistency across team members.
- Conducted thorough functional behavior assessments to identify the underlying causes of challenging behaviors and inform targeted interventions.
- Reduced challenging behaviors through the implementation of positive reinforcement systems, visual supports, and environmental modifications.
- Provided ongoing supervision and feedback to registered behavior technicians, ensuring high-quality services for clients.
- Maintained a high level of professional ethics and adherence to industry standards through ongoing participation in continuing education opportunities.
- Increased client engagement by utilizing evidence-based instructional strategies and naturalistic teaching techniques.
- Led parent training workshops, empowering families with knowledge and skills needed to support their child''s progress at home.
- Led multidisciplinary teams in developing comprehensive care plans, ensuring holistic approach to client well-being.
Reliant ABA TherapyKaty, TX
BCBA
08.2023 - 05.2025
Job overview
- Follow ethical standards for behavior analysts as outlined by the BACB
- Adhered to federal and state documentation mandates regarding records and file management
- Develop individualized skill acquisition programs and mastery criteria
- Write excellent intake and reassessment reports for reauthorization of services
- Complete various assessments to assess clients current skills and assist with development of client programming (ABAS-3, AFLS, VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, Vineland,EFL)
- Conduct functional behavior assessments and create behavior intervention plans
- Run parent meetings to update on client progress, collaborate to determine goals and programming in clinic and home settings, behavior training, parent programs and data collection procedures
- Oversee staff implementation of client programs and behavior plans
- Collaborate with speech therapists and occupational therapists, and school personnel
- Create engaging and efficient staff wide training on various behavior principles, protocols, and ethics
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance
- Paid attention to detail while completing assignments
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations
ACTS ABAHouston, TX
Registered Behavior Technician
02.2023 - 04.2023
Job overview
- Provide direct client care in one on one and group settings
- Run engaging discrete trial and natural environment training sessions
- Collect and graph accurate data on skill acquisition programs and behaviors targeted for reduction
- Implement behavior reduction plans
- Create and modify curriculum for a group music program
- Lead a daily music group of 8-10 clients targeting a variety of client goals
- Communicate progress and challenges to the lead BCBA
The Monarch School and InstituteHouston, TX
Board Certified Music Therapist
08.2018 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Created safe, nurturing environment of trust and respect
- Develop lesson plans and supplemental materials alongside curriculum to teach eight different subjects to Pre K to 12 and young adults with developmental disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disabilities, ADHD, Learning disorder, and mood disorder
- Developed innovative techniques for incorporating technology into music therapy sessions, enhancing client engagement and experiences
- Improved patient communication skills by facilitating group music therapy sessions focused on social interaction
- Established positive rapport with clients, fostering trust and open communication during sessions
- Made accurate treatment decisions by assessing client functioning levels, strengths and areas of need in terms of perceptual, sensory, affective, communicative, musical or other abilities
- Established client goals and objectives for music therapy treatment programs and helped each achieve targets with hands-on therapeutic style
- Selected or adapted musical instruments, musical equipment or non-musical materials such as adaptive devices or visual aids to meet treatment objectives
- Maintain standards for student behavior with excellent classroom management skills
- Work with both students and families to ensure personal, spiritual, and educational growth
Butterfly Effects Inc.Houston, TX
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
06.2026 - Current
Job overview
- Developed individualized behavior intervention plans to enhance client outcomes.
- Conducted ongoing assessments and evaluations to track progress and adjust strategies.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure cohesive care delivery for clients.
- Trained and supervised staff in behavior analytic techniques and best practices.
The Monarch School and InstituteHouston, TX
Music Therapy Intern
08.2016 - 05.2017
Job overview
- Developed individualized music therapy programs to address client needs and promote emotional well-being.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to create comprehensive treatment plans for diverse populations.
- Facilitated group therapy sessions, enhancing social skills and communication among participants through musical activities.
- Conducted assessments to evaluate client progress and adapt therapy techniques accordingly.
University of GeorgiaAthens, GA
Graduate Teaching Assistant
08.2009 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Supported undergraduate students during their elementary school practicum in music therapy by providing guidance and feedback on instructional and therapeutic techniques.
- Assisted in planning and facilitating music therapy sessions for children in elementary school settings, ensuring alignment with course objectives and ethical practice standards.
- Observed and participated in clinical practicum sessions, modeling appropriate therapeutic interactions and classroom management strategies.
Offered individualized feedback to students on their session planning, data collection, and therapeutic communication skills. - Collaborated with supervising faculty to evaluate student performance and enhance the practicum learning experience.
Education
Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, MA
Ph.D. from Applied Behavior Analysis
06.2025 - Current
University of GeorgiaAthens, GA
Doctor of Education from Music Therapy
05.2015
University Overview
- Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship Recipient
- Dissertation: The Effects of Music therapy and Music education on the Quality of Life of the Healthy Elderly People
- GPA: 3.5
Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX
Graduate Certificate from Applied Behavior Analysis
05.2021
Kyung Hee UniversitySeoul, South Korea
Master of Education from Music Education
08-2002
University Overview
- GPA:3.7
- Thesis: Piaget Theory of Intellectual Development and Its Implications for Teaching Elementary School String Ensemble
Timeline
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Butterfly Effects Inc.
06.2026 - Current
Assistant Clinical Director
Action Behavior Centers
03.2026 - 05.2026
Bay Path University
Ph.D. from Applied Behavior Analysis
06.2025 - Current
Senior Board Certified Behavior Analyst
ABC Academy at Action Behavior Centers
05.2025 - 03.2026
BCBA
Reliant ABA Therapy
08.2023 - 05.2025
Registered Behavior Technician
ACTS ABA
02.2023 - 04.2023
Board Certified Music Therapist
The Monarch School and Institute
08.2018 - 02.2022
Music Therapy Intern
The Monarch School and Institute
08.2016 - 05.2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Georgia
08.2009 - 05.2012
University of Georgia
Doctor of Education from Music Therapy
Texas A&M University
Graduate Certificate from Applied Behavior Analysis
Kyung Hee University
Master of Education from Music Education
Professional Certification & Licenses
- 2024 Level 1 credentialing in PFA-SBT
- 2023 Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) (1-23-66999)
- 2023 Texas Licensed Behavior Analyst, LBA6074
- 2023 Adult, Child, and Baby First Aid/CPR/AED, 01AK13S
- 2018 Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) Certificate
· Proves that the therapist has an advanced therapeutic skills and scientific knowledge in the field of NMT.
· Populations served by NMT include stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's disease, autism, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement, and communication.
- 2017 Music Therapists Board Certified, MT-BC (lic. #13609)
- 2016 DIRFloortime® Basic Certificate (DIR-Basic)
· Proves that the therapist can construct a program tailored to the child’s mental and biological challenges (e.g., Autism Spectrum Disorders)
- 2002 Music Teacher Certificate, Seoul, Korea
Journal Publications
Suh, Naejeong, and Roy Kennedy (2016) “The Effects of Music therapy and Music education on the Quality of Life of the Healthy Elderly People.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine.
Suh, Naejeong, and Catherine Taylor (Paper in Progress): The Effects of music therapy on the Joint Attention (JA) and Social Communicative Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder- Play-based (DIRFloortime)
Referred Conference Papers/Presentations
Suh, Naejeong, and Scott Nipper. “Effects of Integrating Behavioral Strategies into Music
Therapy on Client’s Acceptance Responding” Accepted for student poster presentation at the
Texas Association for Behavior Analysis, Texas, February 2020.
Suh, Naejeong, and Catherine Taylor. “The effects of Music therapy on the Joint Attention (JA) and Social Communicative Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at the Monarch School and Institute, Houston, TX, May 2016.
Suh, Naejeong, Roy Kennedy, and Amanda Scott. “The effects of Music on the Quality of Life of the Well Elderly.” Accepted for presentation at the 2013 Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, July 26-27.
Suh, Naejeong, and Roy Kennedy. “The Effects of Music therapy and Music education on the Quality of Life of the Healthy Elderly People.” Accepted for presentation at the 2015 Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine Conference, Immaculata University, PA, July 24-26.