Addressing Concerns within Applied Behavior Analysis and Providing Potential Solutions matters because it changes what a BCBA notices when decisions have to hold up in case conceptualization, intervention design, staff training, and literature-informed problem solving. In Addressing Concerns within Applied Behavior Analysis and Providing Potential Solutions, for this course, the practical stakes show up in stronger conceptual consistency and better translational decision making, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →In his presidential address at the sixth annual conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Michael (1980) described good news and bad news regarding the growth of behavior analysis (now titled "Flight from Behavior Analysis"). In a similar fashion, this presentation will highlight some of the good news and bad news as it relates to the field in the present day. Since the field's formation and Michael's address, the demand for applied behavior analysis (ABA) services has grown exponentially. As a result, behavior analysts are now confronted with contingencies that were less encountered during the field's formative years. The growth of the field is promising and much good has resulted. However, there are certain contingencies which have led to the development of some potential concerns. Concerns including graduate training programs, staff training, ABA as a business and private equity, and caseload management will be discussed. In aligning with the ultimate purpose of helping to arrange more constructive contingencies in the field for future practitioners and consumers, possible solutions will also be discussed.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Angela Fuhrmann-Knowles, PhD, is a BCBA-D from Los Angeles, California. She received her Master’s degree in Special Education and Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona State University and received her Doctoral degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Endicott College. Angela has worked with children and adolescents, primarily serving those with autism, since 2018. Her research interests include incorporating genuine assent into programming, concept teaching, and decision trees.
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