The field of applied behavior analysis is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth, and with that growth comes intense competition for both practitioners and clients. Job advertisements flood social media, recruitment bonuses escalate, and organizations compete aggressively for a limited workforce.
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Join Free →We are a young, but rapidly growing field. You do not have to look far to find a plethora of advertisements for job openings, recruitment efforts, and promotions to entice an ABA workforce. Competition is fierce, sometimes cutthroat. The same is true for many families seeking services. On social media groups and in local offices, these persons (clients and stakeholders) that we will ultimately work FOR are asking for help. They are stating they are on multiple waitlists or have been waiting months to access assistance. There is no doubt both sides are in need. Above all we need to realize that no matter the organization we work within, our certification level, or our amount of experience, we are all still a part of the larger community, personally and professionally. This presentation will use the four core principles, the framework for the ethics standards, as the basis for ways that we, as individuals, can move towards cooperation and ultimately community building. Rather than focus on what we should not do, this presentation will focus on what we could do and what we should do.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Ethics |
Marta T. “Tiki” Fiol is the President of Teaching Interventions Keeping Individuality, Inc., an organization that provides behavior analysis services throughout Brevard County, Florida and beyond. She has been providing ABA with children / adults and their supports in various roles for over 20 years in multiple states. Her experiences come from working in a variety of environments including home and community-based locations, residential facilities, schools, day-cares and more. She has worked with clients that display intensive dangerous and challenging behaviors, registered sex offenders, and has assisted in medical and dental desensitization with clients in local offices and hospitals. Within Florida she is an active participant in the local and state ABA communities where she is a founding officer, and Past President of the Association for Behavior Analysis of Brevard (ABAB) and is a past Member at Large and Past President of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis (FABA). At present she is the Secretary for FABA and is also an elected Member at Large of the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA). Tiki is a recognized ABA Expert Witness working with both public and private entities in multiple states including contracting with the State Attorney’s Office in the Central Florida Region’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. She volunteers for multiple organizations or groups including Parent Teacher Organization, School Advisory Committee, Parent Leadership Team for Brevard Public Schools and as a Baseball Coach for Merritt Island Little League in addition to providing free parent training classes and free speaking engagements for multiple organizations to disseminate Behavior Analysis. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her wife and kids - often boating and fishing and cooking!
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.