Newsletter
Volume 28 | 2005 | Number 2
Gerald L. Shook
President of Shook & Associates and Chair of the Behavior Analysis Certification Board. The most important professional development in the field of behavior analysis has been the creation of a national certification program, and the person most responsible for this achievement is Jerry Shook. During the 1980s, he spearheaded the certification of behavior analysts in the state of Florida. He then fostered adoption of the Florida model in state after state and subsequently established this model as the blueprint for a national program. As the only formal program of credentialing in behavior analysis, it has had profound effects on both service delivery and university training throughout the country. In many ways, the program has created the profession of “applied behavior analysis.”