ABA Australia

By Alexandra Brown

ABA Australia continues to grow and develop. Since we began taking memberships for Certified Behaviour Analysts in August 2022, our numbers have steadily increased and re-certification rates are stable. In November 2023, members of our executive board published an article in Behavior Analysis in Practice (Haberlin et al., 2023) which documents our journey to self-regulation.
In 2023, we began our Ethics Discussion Groups. These groups are for members to enhance their knowledge about ABA Australia’s Code of Ethical Practice. Topics so far have been on cultural humility, supervisor competence, responsible business practice, and self-care. We look forward to hosting these groups into 2025 and beyond.

Behind the scenes, we continue to have a number of working groups who are tackling our long-term goals of dissemination of behaviour analysis and recognition of behaviour analysts within our government, insurance, and allied health systems. We thank all of our board members and active volunteers for their efforts.
Our annual conference in Brisbane in July 2023 was our biggest yet. It was a pleasure to host our keynote speakers, Dr. Louis Hagopian and Drs. Jill Dardig and Bill Heward, along with many invited speakers and local presenters. We are confident 2024 will be just as successful.

ABA Australia representatives attended the conference in Philadelphia in May 2024. As always, ABAIs support for international chapters at the Affiliate Chapter Training was also very much appreciated by our attending board members. As we look forward to the next year, we will continue to work toward our ever-growing goals, with pride for our profession.