Inside Behavior Analysis
Volume 3 | 2011 | Number 2 | Online ISSN: 2151-4704
Louisiana ABA
By Tiffani Carlin and Tiffany Williamson
The Louisiana ABA (LouABA) chapter of ABAI has been operating for 3 years. LouABA has worked with local organizations to provide informational workshops to the community, including students, parents, teachers, and BCBA's. These workshops provided educational resources to those who attended. The topics covered included potty training, doctor visits, challenging behaviors, and ABA in the classroom. The workshop series also included topics for social skills, food acceptance, and promoting language. We publish a semiannual newsletter that is available to all on the LouABA website at www.mcneese.edu/louaba.
We are still in the process of planning our first state convention. LouABA does offer BCBA members the option to have contact information, along with their practicing location, displayed on our site at no charge.
This enables parents and others to easily locate BCBAs within their vicinity. We also provide graduating master's-level students a free 1-year membership at the professional level. Current students do receive discounted registration fees at all LouABA sponsored events. LouABA posts appropriate applied behavior analysis related events information to our site at no charge for nonprofit organizations. We also have current job postings on the website for BCBAs or others in the field.
Mission
LouABA is committed to the advancement of the profession and practice of behavior analysis in Louisiana. Our fall and spring workshops bring leading experts in the field to Louisiana to share state-of-the-art training for the practice of behavior analysis. LouABA seeks to expand the professional opportunities for its members by advocating for behavior analysis services statewide, supporting higher education certificates and degree programs, and through our website providing an accurate information resource on behavior analysis for the community.
Membership
Membership in LouABA includes professionals, students, parents, and other interested parties.