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Questions have arisen recently about the relative merits of certification and licensure for protecting practitioners of behavior analysis and consumers of their services. The two approaches to credentialing have short- and long-term implications for practitioners, consumers, and the field. To provide background for the invited commentaries on these issues, we describe similarities and differences in the two types of professional credentials.
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Green, G., Johnston, J.M. A Primer on Professional Credentialing: Introduction to Invited Commentaries on Licensing Behavior Analysts. Behav Analysis Practice 2, 51–52 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391737
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391737