Association for Behavior Analysis International

INTRODUCTION: The shifting landscape and the trajectory of the science of Behavior Analysis and its application globally as it impacts the poor nations, is a cause for concern in that “the poor shall never cease out of the land” - the Holy Book. BODY: This paper will share with the audience as perceived, how the developmental milestones of our profession is resonating in practice with some critical segments of the dimensions of the science of Behavior Analysis, the diversity concerns, inclusion expectations, sustainability challenges, professional practice dissonance, demography relating to the relative ratios of service consumers and credentialed behavior analysis professionals for example Nigeria specifically and the enormity of response efforts required by the poor nations to remain as team players in the theater of the profession of the science of Behavior Analysis globally. CONCLUSION: The poor nations may see these signs as pathognomonic of emerging lacuna. From this perspective, there is the potential for incubation and multiplication of the practice of pseudoscience with resultant harmful effects on service recipients as nature does not allow a vacuum to exist. This development calls for a strategic review and change of approach to the advancement and sustenance of the science of Behavior Analysis in the developing nations!

Participants who are members of policy making bodies, committes, Chapters leaders, enterpreneurs who are culturally sensitve and responsive to the shifting landscape of the science of Behavior Analysis globally.