2.10 How Do BCBAs Stay Current?
There are a few research projects investigating how some professional behavior analysts stay informed about developments in the discipline.
- In one study1, 94% of participants reported they read one particular journal to stay up to date on developments in the field.
- In a different study2, BCBAs were asked if they were satisfied with resources available to find research from the discipline. Only 38% of the BCBA participants were satisfied with the research resources available to them. Follow up data suggest that satisfaction rating increased to only 45%.
- Professionals with access to a university library reported conducting literature searches more frequently than their counterparts that do not have access to a university library. Access to a university library also correlated with higher satisfaction- and confidence-ratings2.
- Time, paywalls, and lack of search skills were reported barriers to satisfaction2.
- Bains, A. (2020). Analyzing the information-seeking behavior of behavior analysts. Current Studies in Librarianship, 33 (1), 5-25.
- Bank, N. L., Ingvarsson, E. T., & Landon, T. J. (2022). Evaluating professional behavior analysts’ literature searches. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 1-12.
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