![]() 1 Although BACB certificants are present in a growing number of countries, the vast majority of BACB certificants reside in the USA. The Registered Behavioral Technician (RBT) certification is not included in our analyses because it is a relatively recent creation. This article is broken down into five analyses: (1) overall certificant trend(s) in the USA, (2) geographical distribution of certificants, (3) ABA services in relation to population data, (4) Autism Insurance Reform and ABA licensure laws, and (5) institutions providing coursework and supervision.įor the sake of this article, we will use the term BACB certificants to refer collectively to three categories of professionals who have met BACB credentialing standards: Board Certified Behavior Analysts-Doctoral® level (BCBA-Ds®), Board Certified Behavior Analysts® (BCBAs®), and Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts® (BCaBAs®). ![]() In this article, we examine data on changes in the number of BACB-credentialed professionals from 1999 to 2014, a period that coincides with the largest expansion the field has witnessed. Additionally, the number of job postings from 2012 to 2014 appears to be increasing for BACB-credentialed practitioners (Burning Glass Technologies, 2015). A survey conducted by APBA noted that newly credentialed BACB certificants (less than 5-year experience) are compensated well for their services (Leblanc, Heinicke, & Baker, 2012). The discipline’s growth is further reflected in the growing number of presentations and workshops offering continuing education credits at ABAI (Kangas & Vaidya, 2007), with an increasing focus on topics related to the service of individuals with ASD (Leblanc, Heinicke, & Baker, 2012).īeyond growth in conference attendance, membership, continuing education opportunities for practitioners, and a shift in presentation topics, an additional indicator of the disciplinary growth of ABA is the growing number of professionals who are credentialed by the BACB. These data are insufficient to denote a causal relationship between the creation of the BACB and growth of the field of ABA it is nonetheless noteworthy. While there are occasional declines in total ABAI membership throughout the period of 1977 to 2015, the growth of the field is evident. 1, there was a steady increase in total ABAI membership from 1977 to 2000, after which membership climbs more rapidly (Association for Behavior Analysis International, 2015). Total membership to ABAI experienced a similar shift in growth, albeit 2 years later. There was a relatively steady growth in the attendance at the ABAI® annual convention over the first 25 years of its operation, a yearly trend that accelerated after 1998, the year the Behavior Analysis Certification Board® (BACB®) was established (Kangas & Vaidya, 2007). ![]() Organizations that focus on behavior analytic research and practice, such as the Association of Behavior Analysis International® (ABAI) and the Association for Professional Behavior Analysts® (APBA), have provided evidence pertaining to the accelerated growth pattern for the discipline of ABA. Although some individuals in the field have expressed concerns that a considerable amount of this growth can be attributed to focusing almost exclusively on the treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there is still a general approval that ABA is being legitimately accepted as an authority in at least one capacity (Poling, 2010). Featuring magazines, references/reports, scholarly journals, dissertations, top journals, and trade publications, key titles include Health Care Strategic Management, Hospitals and Health Network, International Journal of Health Care, Finance and Economics, Journal of Health Organization and Management, Harvard Business Review, and The Journal of Healthcare Management.The professional discipline of applied behavior analysis (ABA) has grown at an unprecedented rate over the past two decades. Content featured includes over 6,000 specialist doctoral dissertations and theses and over 1,100 reports from Business Monitor International related to the health care industry. Featuring full text of key scholarly journals and thousands of dissertations and theses, the Healthcare Administration Database offers international coverage to provide health administration researchers, hospital libraries, and health authorities with the highest quality content, much of which is not available elsewhere, from over 260 publishers including Advanstar Communications, Inc., Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, Health Administration Press, HCPro, Inc., NewsRx and World Health Organization. ![]()
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