The errors of omission (Eshleman & Vargas, 1988) regarding the science of behavior and its applications to teaching are still present among Bulgaria's scientific and pedagogical community. For example, the two required textbooks in the abnormal child development course taught as part of the psychology or special education pedagogy programs at the University of Sofia "St. Climent Ohridski" fail to reference any behaviorist theory literature (Matanova, 2009, 2003). The lack of translations and publications of applied behavior analysis literature also has a negative impact on the acquisition of the behavioral terminology and the further exposure to the literature investigating the principles of the science of behavior. Teachers who apply the science of behavior organize their teaching and curricula around scientifically derived principles and evidence-based methods. However, the implementation of pedagogical methods based on the principles of operant behavior is unknown practice in Bulgaria. Bulgarian professors, students, and teachers who are not fluent in the behaviorist terminology do not have access to the existing empirical research.
The SABA International Development Grant will be used to create two library resource centers which will contain copies of major behavioral theory and practice works. These works will be supplemented with a small behavioral terminology glossary translated in Bulgarian. The acquisition of the terminological language of the science of behavior will provide the prerequisites for future specialist training in the methods of applied behavior analysis. The target population includes professionals in the field of special education, pedagogy, and psychology such as professors, students, therapists, and teachers.