Article archive / September 1, 2012
Originally published: . Volume 4, No. 1. Source pages: 2.
The “Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation Study Commis- sion,” a group created by a 2012 Senate Resolution, is scheduled to meet this Friday, September 7.
The group includes 15 members representing psychology, education, behavior analysis, social work, counseling, medicine and parents. These include Executive Director of the Psychology Board, Ms. Kelly Parker, and LPA representative, Dr. Lacey Seymour. Drs. John Courtney and Darla Burnett may also be attending the group, according to discussion at the recent psychology board meeting.
According to previous reports, the group will meet at the DHH offices in Baton Rouge.
The study group is scheduled to continue discussion about the components of licensure and “develop key points of licensure.”
“Our last meeting did not yield much forward movement,” Chair Ms. Ashley Munn noted to the Times. “There was a lot of discussion, which I think was needed but unfortunately, it did not move us toward finalizing any decisions,” she explained.
The Commission was formed by a Senate Resolution authored by J.P Senator Morrell, who emerg- ed as a leading opponent of the psychology board’s effort to develop regulations for Behavior Analysts.
“I am going to change the structure of future meetings in an attempt to get some concrete movement towards what we were asked to do,” Ms. Munn said.
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