Colombo Richard A, Taylor Rachel S, Hammond Jennifer L
Center for Applied Behavior Analysis, 707 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017 USA.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2020 May 6;14(1):11-19. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00424-z. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Ensuring that Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) receive sufficient training in various forms of practice is an area of clinical importance that necessitates additional attention. Given that there is relatively limited information available on the extent to which BCBAs receive ongoing training and support, Reed and Henley (Behavior Analysis in Practice, 8, 16-26, 2015) conducted a study to evaluate the various types of training offered to BCBAs and aspiring certificants. As such, the purpose of the current investigation was to extend the findings of Reed and Henley by surveying BCBA respondents who practice (a) primarily in the home setting and (b) with clients who engage in severe problem behavior. The results are discussed with respect to 3 socially significant findings. First, 43% of respondents had been assigned their first severe case without initial or ongoing support. Second, only 35.2% of respondents received training on functional analyses more than 1 time. Finally, 5 respondents (4%) answered that the majority of their work was with clients 19 years old or older.
确保获得认证委员会认证的行为分析师（BCBA）接受各种形式实践的充分培训，是一个具有临床重要性的领域，需要更多关注。鉴于关于BCBA接受持续培训和支持程度的可用信息相对有限，里德和亨利（《行为分析实践》，第8卷，第16 - 26页，2015年）进行了一项研究，以评估提供给BCBA和有抱负的认证者的各类培训。因此，本次调查的目的是通过对主要在家庭环境中执业的BCBA受访者以及与有严重问题行为的客户打交道的BCBA受访者进行调查，扩展里德和亨利的研究结果。针对3个具有社会意义的发现对结果进行了讨论。第一，43%的受访者在没有初始或持续支持的情况下被分配了他们的首个严重案例。第二，只有35.2%的受访者接受过不止一次功能分析培训。最后，5名受访者（4%）回答说他们的大部分工作是与19岁及以上的客户打交道。
