Training, Education, and Employment

If you are looking for training as an "ABA therapist" (that is, a direct service provider), consider these three options:

• Work with one or more individual children, either directly through their parents or under contract to a school. Reliable people, even with little or no experience, are in high demand. Contact the consultants listed near you and ask if they have clients looking for help; also try the support groups and mail lists. You can get excellent on-the-job training this way.
• Work for a private or public school, as a one-on-one instructor ("ABA therapist") or a classroom aide. Some experience and education is necessary. Contact the private schools near you, and the local special education administrators.
• Enroll in a certificate or degree program in behavior analysis. This option is necessary if you intend to work at a higher level (that is, as a consultant or supervisor).

Undergraduate courses and programs in Applied Behavior Analysis

This is only a partial listing of programs that concentrate on ABA. If you are interested in working with special needs children you should also look at programs in special education, early childhood development, general education, and related fields such as occupational therapy and communication disorders (speech therapy).

USA

• University of South Florida, Tampa
• Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, courses taught by Dick Malott include working with young children at the Croyden Street School
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• University of North Texas, Denton
• University of Wisconsin Eau Claire

International

• Athabasca Univerity, Alberta, Canada

Graduate programs in Applied Behavior Analysis

Behavior Analysis Academic Programs from the Open Directory

DIRECTORY OF GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS IN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS lists programs accredited by the Association for Behavior Analysis

USA

APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS Graduate Schools in the United States from Gradschools.com

• University of California at Los Angeles
• University of California at San Diego
• University of California at Santa Barbara
• Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne Florida
• University of South Florida, Tampa Florida
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC), Behavior Analysis and Behavior Therapy Masters program
• Northeastern University, Boston MA, in cooperation with The New England Center for Children
• Simmons College, Boston MA
• Caldwell College, Caldwell NJ
• Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center, New Brunswick New Jersey
• Rutgers, Piscataway New Jersey
• University of Nevada Reno
• Columbia University Teacher's College, New York City NY
• Queen's College, Flushing, NY
• State University of New York, Binghamton New York
• Penn State Harrisburg, Harrisburg PA
• University of North Texas, Denton Texas
• University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

International

• Behaviour Institute in cooperation with the University of Nevada at Reno, contact KC Scott, Behaviour Institute, 57 Young St., Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1V1, (905)570-0777, FAX: (905)570-0778, birecruit@cogeco.ca
• Mohawk College, Fennell Avenue and West 5th, Box 2034 Hamilton, Ontario CANADA L8N 3T2, offers a Graduate Certificate Program, contact Michelle Turan, michelle.turan@mohawkcollege.ca, (905)575-1212 ext. 3337
• The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1020, NEW ZEALAND. Contact: Dr Max Jones, ph.+64 9 373 7599 ext 88518, bm.jones@auckland.ac.nz, or Dr Oliver Mudford, BCBA, ph.+64 9 373 7599 ext 82319, o.mudford@auckland.ac.nz

Internships, certificate programs, on-line courses, other sources of training

See also the listing of private schools and Educational Opportunities

USA

• ABA4Autism or other Neuropsychological Disorders offers an on-line course and a printed textbook (Dr. Gary Brown, Psychologist/HSP Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Martin TN 38238.)
• Behavioral Intervention in Autism is offered through the E. K. Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, contact Richard K. Fleming, Ph.D., Richard.Fleming@umassmed.edu
• California State University, Sacramento
• Foundation for Autism Training & Education is offering FREE workshops on ABA and Teaching Verbal Behavior

• Promised Land Therapy, provides Speech, OT, PT, Verbal Behavior and ABA services, School, Center and some Home based services, and training internships for Professionals, 10407 SW 186 St, Miami FL 33157, contact: Jenie Nowak, phone: (305)255-9561, fax: (305)255-2572, plandinc@bellsouth.net

• Judevine Center for Autism, 1101 Olivette Executive Parkway, St. Louis MO 63132, (314)432-6200, fax (314)849-2721, Admissions Coordinator, judevine@judevine.org 

• University College Washington University, Campus Box 1085, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis MO 63130-4899
• Center for Applied Behavior Analysis, The Sage Colleges, 45 Ferry Street, Troy NY 12180. Thomas Zane, Ph.D., B.C.B.A. Director, Phone: (518)244-2494, Fax: (518)244-2334, zanet@sage.edu
• Effective Interventions, Inc., 665 N. Newbridge Road, Levittown NY 11756, (516)433-4202, Private facility for 1:1 ABA instruction as well as parent training and ABA seminars, BCBA certification supervision
• Penn State College ABA Certificate Program

International

• Autism and Behavioural Science, George Brown College, Toronto Ontario, Canada

Employment opportunities

See also the listing of private schools

USA

• ABA Connections link to "Teaching positions"
• California Association for Behavior Analysis
• Florida Association for Behavior Analysis
• New York State Association for Behavior Analysis
• Texas Association for Behavior Analysis

International

• Association for Behavior Analysis

Professional resources

• The Association for Behavior Analysis
• Institute for Applied Behavior Analysis
• Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
• Behavior Analysis Associations and Organizations

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