Mission
The Speech Pathology Applied Behavior Analysis Special Interest Group (SPABA) is a special interest group consisting of members from the Association for Behavior Analysis International® (ABAI) as well as public members. SPABA’s mission is to promote:
This collaboration between speech-language pathologists and behavior analysts has strong benefits for consumers of our services to treat speech, language, and feeding disorders. In addition, it enhances communication between our related professions through conference presentations, collaborative research, workshops, publication of treatment protocols and materials, and many other activities.
- dissemination of behaviorally oriented speech and language research
- application of evidence-based practices relevant to the full range of services provided by speech and language professionals.
This collaboration between speech-language pathologists and behavior analysts has strong benefits for consumers of our services to treat speech, language, and feeding disorders. In addition, it enhances communication between our related professions through conference presentations, collaborative research, workshops, publication of treatment protocols and materials, and many other activities.
current happenings in SPABA
