Who We Are
RENEE CZICHRAK, MPED, BCBA, RBA (ONT.)
REGISTERED BEHAVIOUR ANALYST
LBCCK Owner, Full time Clinical Practice
Renee is a Chatham-Kent native and the founder of Learning and Behaviour Clinic, where she provides highly specialized behavioural services grounded in science, compassion, and real-world outcomes.
She is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and Registered Behaviour Analyst with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario, and an approved Supervisor of Behavioural Services under the Ontario Autism Program (OAP). Renee holds a Master of Professional Education in Applied Behaviour Analysis from the University of Western Ontario and has worked in roles including Instructor Therapist, Autism Spectrum Disorder Community Consultant, and Behaviour Clinician.
Renee supports children, youth, teens, and post-secondary students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, and executive functioning challenges that impact daily life, learning, and independence. Her work extends beyond behaviour reduction, focusing on the development of meaningful, functional skills that support greater participation at home, school, and in the community.
Her approach is child-responsive and neuro-informed, prioritizing safety, connection, and readiness for learning as the foundation for skill development. She uses a strengths-based, values-driven framework to guide intervention.
Through parent coaching, collaborative problem-solving, and individualized programming, Renee empowers families with the tools, insight, and confidence to support meaningful progress toward their goals.
SHEILA MCLAREN, MED, BCBA, RBA (ONT.)
REGISTERED BEHAVIOUR ANALYST
LBCCK Team Member, Occasional Clinical Practice
Sheila is another locally-grown CK resident, who has a passion for supporting others along their journeys as they learn the skills important in their lives, whether that is children and youth or parents.
Sheila’s hands-on professional roles in the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis began as an Instructor Therapist, continued as Autism Spectrum Disorder Community Consultant, a Behaviour Clinician, and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst working for a local school board. It was while working as an Instructor Therapist providing direct support to individuals and their families that she knew ABA would be her life’s work. Sheila received her honours bachelor degree in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University, completed the Autism & Behaviour Science Graduate Certificate Program at Fanshawe College, and received a Masters Degree in Education in the field of special education and educational psychology with a focus on Applied Behaviour Analysis from Western University. Sheila is an approved Ontario Autism Program (OAP) Clinical Supervisor, a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and a Registered Behaviour Analyst with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts. She has special interests in Autism Spectrum Disorder and toilet training.
Sheila takes a strengths-based approach when working with families and their children or youth and works together with them to identify personally meaningful goals and skills. At the core of the work she does with families, She prioritizes providing to those she works with, a space where they feel safe, where their choices are respected, that goals and plans are developed collaboratively, and that the work done together is empowering.
Conflict of interest statement: Sheila is currently employed as a BCBA with the St. Clair Catholic District School Board and cannot provide services to students attending schools in that system.