Establishing professional organizations for behavior analysis outside of North American and European contexts presents unique challenges that test the universality of ethical frameworks, credentialing systems, and practice standards. Mexico, with its population exceeding 120 million and a healthcare system undergoing significant reform, represents both an urgent need for behavior analytic services and a complex environment for professional development.
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Join Free →Mexico is the third-largest country in Latin America and has the second-largest economy. Social sector reform has profoundly impacted the redesign of health programs and education. A lack of medical and educational services is one of the most common consequences of fragmentation and administrative difficulties, especially for families of children with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Early in 2020, a group of well-determined and dedicated women with a shared interest in responding to these challenges initiated a collaborative effort to disseminate the science of behavior analysis across Mexico. Together, these bilingual board-certified behavior analysts launched a series of planning groups that laid the programmatic groundwork for The Mexican Organization of Practitioners of Applied Behavior Analysis (OMPAC). OMPAC is a non-profit organization focused on the dissemination and appreciation of Applied Behavior Analysis as an effective scientific discipline to support Mexican society. OMPAC's principal aims include disseminating efforts across relevant professional organizations, establishing behavior analysis as a viable profession with opportunities for accepted certification, and providing a national forum within Mexico for the study and support of this science. This presentation will discuss specific steps taken to create a foundational structure to guide professionals interested in the practice of applied behavior analysis in Mexico through the establishment of culturally relevant standards and the creation of targeted workgroups promoting applied behavior analysis as an effective scientific technology to advance Mexican populations.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
Janet Sanchez Enriquez, PhD, BCBA-D attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte as an OSEP scholar working under the mentorship of Dr. Rob Pennington.Her research interests include working alongside vulnerable and diverse populations promoting applied behavior analysis for teaching and learning through research and the development of culturally and linguistically diverse verbal behavior assessments and interventions. She is a founding member and Secretary of the non-profit the Mexican Organization of Practitioners of Applied Behavior Analysis (Organización Mexicana de Practicantes del Análisis Conductual Aplicado, serves on the Board of Directors for the World Behavior Analysis Day Alliance, sits on the Executive Council for the Texas Association of Behavior Analysis and was previously the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Autism Developmental Disabilities DEI Student Liaison.
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