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A Behavior-Analytic Perspective on Interprofessional Collaboration

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Collaborative service delivery models have gained considerable popularity in health care, education, and clinical settings. Despite the unique opportunity that this new popularity provides for the dissemination of applied behavior analysis, the majority of practicing behavior analysts have received little or no formal professional development on how to participate in teams with nonbehavioral colleagues. The purpose of this article is to elucidate the larger movement toward collaborative service delivery with an emphasis on interprofessionalism. The four core competency domains presented by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Framework are interpreted through a behavior-analytic lens. This article is an initial attempt to operationalize constructs commonly associated with interprofessional educational and collaborative practices including (but not limited to) cultural sensitivity and responsiveness, cultural humility and reciprocity, empathy, and compassion.

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We wish to thank our colleagues for inspiring, mentoring, and encouraging us to share our vision and data; our family and friends for believing in our mission and for their unconditional support and patience throughout this process; and the New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association for championing interprofessional education and collaboration and supporting the initiative for developing an Interprofessional Autism Conference that was the inspiration for moving forward on this interprofessional education and collaboration project.

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    Lina Slim

  2. ABA Online Program, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL, USA

    Lina Slim

  3. Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, MI, Kalamazoo, USA

    Lilith M. Reuter-Yuill

  4. Comprehensive Speech and Therapy Center, Jackson, MI, USA

    Lilith M. Reuter-Yuill

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Slim, L., Reuter-Yuill, L.M. A Behavior-Analytic Perspective on Interprofessional Collaboration. Behav Analysis Practice 14, 1238–1248 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00602-7

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