title: Evaluating the Quality of Behavior Analytic Practitioner Training Programs.
abstract: Dixon and colleagues (2015) asserted that faculty research productivity is a key indicator of the quality of university programs that train future practitioners of behavior analysis. Based on their analysis of publications in select journals, the authors concluded that many faculty in such programs have published little to no research. Some alternative measures of both faculty research productivity and the quality of practitioner training programs are suggested here.
authors.affiliation: grid.419981.c0000000404396145New England Center for Children, Southborough, MA USA.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ahearn
authors.affiliation: Association of Professional Behavior Analysts, San Diego, CA USA.
authors.forename: Gina
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1124-9130
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Behavior Management Consultants, Tallahassee, FL USA.
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.affiliation: Aubrey Daniels International, Atlanta, GA USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Weatherly
keywords: Graduate programs; Practitioners; Research; Training