Jon S.

Bailey, PhD
Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology

Starting a Career in

Behavior Analysis
If you are fascinated with human behavior,
and want to help people,
this could be the profession for you

Human behavior IS fascinating

Most Human
Behavior is
Learned

What is

Applied Behavior
Analysis?

What is

Applied Behavior Analysis?

A systematic,
data-based approach to
analyzing,
understanding,
and

changing human
behavior

Behavior analysts strive to help people

achieve personal goals, reduce suffering, and
improve their quality of life

Some behaviors that we

treat...
Self-injurious behavior
Aggression
Elopement
Non-Compliance
Basic language skills
Social skills
Helping behaviors
Reading

If you like
working with
kids you
might enjoy
being a
school-based
behavior
analyst

Direct Observation
in the natural setting
Functional Analysis to
find the environmental cause of the behavior
Treatment Plan

Baseline

Treatment
Plan

Motivation

Antecedent
Stimulus

Person

Behavior

Treatment

Training Mediators in the

Natural Environment

Consequence

Belkis Aguilar-Coupet graduated from the FSU

ABA Program in 2002.
She is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and
owns her own private practice (Developmental
Intervention Specialists, Inc.) in South Florida.
Belkis oversees home, school and clinic based
services consisting of behavior management plans
and skill acquisition programs.
She has a staff of 11 that carrying out her plans.
Her company is also contracted by the Palm
Beach County School District to conduct
Functional Behavior Assessments.

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Jess is a consultant at SafetyWorks in

Australia.
She is a Board Certified Behavior
Analyst, and received her undergraduate
degree at Western Michigan University
and her Masters Florida State University,
specializing in Organizational Behavior.
She currently consults in health care
facilities, non-profit organizations, and
power and steel industries. Jess gained
fluency in behavioral diagnostics,
implementing systematic strategies to
influence behavior, and the use of
coaching to ensure lasting organizational
change.

Job Board Association for Behavior Analysis: International

Masters Degree in Psychology:

Speciality in Applied Behavior Analysis
39 hours of gradate coursework
Non-thesis degree program
All taught by full time faculty
A two-year program of studies
Prepared to take the Behavior
Analyst Certification Board
exam

Supervised Independent
Fieldwork
1500 hours

70+ Applicants
15 Admitted

(average scores)

3.5 GPA
1100 GRE

From a recent survey...

Starting salaries $40-75,000

30% report making $60-80,000
>15% report making $80-100,000

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