Do you believe that there are not enough behavior analysts?

[Guest guest]

If you believe the above, then there is something that you can do about

it. HR 5078 is the Mental Health Expansion act. This act will lead to a

great expansion and will cover both school and community based services.

This Act will come up in the lame duck session of Congress. This Act is of

particular interest to behavior analyst's because (1) It provides tuition

scholarships (2) sets up a mechanism for loan repayment (3) establishes

training grants (think of professionals that wish to return to school and

get there BCBA) (4) establishes grants for graduate students and graduate

programs. The combination of these services will create many more behavior

analytic programs and this will lead to more BCBAs. It will also help to

strengthen existing programs. Please take the time to go to

www.senate.gov. When you arrive at the site, please place the bill number

into the search section. Remember to put HR 5078 and read the bill. After

you have read and printed out the bill call your local Congressional

Representative (check the sponor list, one of the co-sponsors is from

Florida). Ask them to a) add behavior analysis to the bill- let them know

of the success of behavior analysis with children in many areas b)let them

know support for this bill is important to you as a tax payer. Finally,

get your students or any organization that you belong to to write.

Joe