Hello all,

 

APA has a licensing reg that it is trying to put out. It is its model act. It can be found as a PDF at the following link:

 

 

It holds that psychologists are trained to do behavior analysis and behavior therapy. Of course, it later holds that people should show that they have some level of training before they make the claim. However, they never spell out the actual amount of trainig. Can some-one with no coursework in behavior analysis hold themselves to be a behavior analyst from just having discussed it on internship?

 

I think that we should question this. It is good for psychologists to have some existential angst over their view of themselves as behavior analysts. It will help them improve their training programs by making them make a committment to it. The committment should be spelled out in actual numbers- this is good for young academics because it allows them to know if they will have teaching assignments in an area.

 

In the APA's course requiremtents they do not hold that a single class needs to be taken in behavior analysis. Time to comment. If they want to be behavior analysts, then they need to show that they have training in it. I think 5 courses are in order here.

 

Joe