Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities in Legislation of Behavior Analytic Autism Services: Observations and Recommendations from Professionals and Parent Advocates
Mike F. Dorsey, Ph.D., BCBA, Vinfen Corporation and Gordon College
Michael F. Dorsey is a licensed Psychologist and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst®. He is the Founding President of the Greater Boston Association for Behavior Analysis (now MassABA), a Visiting Professor in the Program in Behavioral Education at Endicott College and the Director of Clinical Services in the Mental Retardation Division of the Vinfen Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Dorsey earned his Ph.D. in Psychology, with a specialization in applied behavior analysis from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1979. Dr. Dorsey is an authority in the area of functional analysis and the treatment of self-injurious/challenging behavior and has published in journals such as the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Education and Treatment of Children, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, and Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, among others. Dr. Dorsey is also the Editor of the Journal of Early and Intensive Behavioral Interventions. Dr. Dorsey has spent much of his professional career involved in legislative advocacy work related to Applied Behavior Analysis and Developmental Disabilities, including serving as a member of both the Massachusetts and Florida Developmental Disability Councils and as the Chair of the MDDC Legislative Affairs Committee for over 6 years. Dr. Dorsey is now a member of the ABAI Practice Board and Chair if its’ Governmental Affairs Committee.