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Spreading the News: History, Successes, Challenges and the Ethics of Effective Dissemination

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Behavior analysts are responsible for disseminating behavior analysis by making information about the science available to the public, professional peers, and government officials. The purposes of the current paper are to outline the dissemination efforts of professional associations in the field of behavior analysis; to highlight the parallel efforts to disseminate and establish behavior analysis as a profession, including the evolution and growth of certification; to share examples of dissemination successes; to describe some challenges that have been faced when disseminating behavior analysis internationally; and to suggest some strategies for ethical and effective dissemination of behavior analysis.

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  1. Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Michelle P. Kelly

  2. Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Littleton, CO, USA

    Neil Martin

  3. Centre for Behaviour Analysis, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

    Karola Dillenburger

  4. University of West Florida, Hawai’i Cohort, HI, USA

    Amanda N. Kelly

  5. Navigation Behavioral Consulting, LLC, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

    Megan M. Miller

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Kelly, M.P., Martin, N., Dillenburger, K. et al. Spreading the News: History, Successes, Challenges and the Ethics of Effective Dissemination. Behav Analysis Practice 12, 440–451 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0238-8

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