Saturday, May 2, 2009

ABA-I NEWSFLASH & ACTION: Shout-out for Legislative and Policy News from the ABA-I Governmental Affairs Committee

The Governmental Affairs Committee of the Practice Board of ABA International could use the help of all members in keeping up what's going on around the nation legislatively and relating to policy matters relevant to the interests of behavior analysts and the practice of behavior analysis.

From the inaugural newsletter Spring 2009, (pdf)
Submissions:
We are always interested to hear what is going on in your part of the world. Please submit legislative information and other topics of interest to us at the email address below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact Us! abaipracticeboardGAC@gmail.com

So please take a minute to drop them a line and let them know what's going on in your state or other legislative events of interest.

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More about the

Governmental Affairs Committee, ABA International Practice Board

Mission: To represent the interests of practicing applied behavior analysts in governmental matters at both the Federal and state level.

The Committee educates, advises, and advocates for the professional interests of ABAI members and protects the constituencies served by them with respect to legislative issues that directly affect members' professional practice.

Committee Members

CHAIR: Michael Dorsey, The Vinfen Corporation and Gordon College
Eric J. Billington, AmeriChoice
R. Wayne Fuqua, Western Michigan University
Megan Guidi, Vinfen Corporation
Amy L. Kenzer, Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.
Jonathan Tarbox, Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc.
Thomas Zane, The Center for Applied Behavior Analysis at The Sage Colleges

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Website: Practitioner Issues in Behavior Analysis SIG
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Views and news expressed in this blog or by the PIBA SIG are those of the SIG and SIG members and do not represent official policy of ABA International or other official body. For official policy of the Association of Behavior Analysis International, the reader is directed to their website, http://www.abainternational.org