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. 1987 Fall;10(2):199–233. doi: 10.1007/BF03392431

Developing behavior analysis at the state level

J M Johnston, Gerald L Shook
PMCID: PMC2742243  PMID: 22477979

Abstract

Over the past fifteen years, behavior analysts in Florida have worked together to develop the discipline with a multifaceted system of contingencies. Basing their effort in the area of retardation and with the cooperation of the state's Developmental Services Program Office, they have gradually developed a regulatory manual of programming policy and procedures, a hierarchical system of responsibilities for programming approval and monitoring, a state-sponsored certification program, a professional association, and an active university community. These components are described and discussed in terms of suggested principles for developing the field of behavior analysis within a state.

Keywords: peer review, certification, state association, retardation, developmental disabilities, para-professional staff, regulatory manual

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