Behavior Analysis offers many opportunities, many career
opportunities and professional enrichment for individuals
who are interested in making use of the principles of learning
as uncovered by B.F. Skinner. The career track in Behavior Analysis
is mainly now to work towards Board certification. There is a national
and international Board that certifies individuals in the field of
Behavior Analysis - it is a reasonably rigorous sort of preparation,
it includes taking many courses in Behavior Analysis, and
ultimately will require the attainment of a Master's degree
in either Education or Psychology, that has an emphasis on
Behavior Analysis which includes many courses.
In addition to those courses, you need to receive many hours of supervision
in clinical practice in the area of your interest, and once you have
attained that level of proficiency you then have an opportunity to
to sit for an examination - an international examination - to
become Board certified. Once you are able to pass that exam
you are then considered a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, 
and now have many opportunities - many  employment opportunities
now require that level of training and that particular supervision
and certification. In addition, once you are certified,
you will need to complete many hours of continuing education
units, on an annual and biannual basis, in order to ultimately
maintain your certification and continue to move ahead in your
abilities within the field of Behavior Analysis.
Many Behavior Analysts today are working in the field of autism treatment. 
Now, there are certainly other opportunities, business and
industry is now looking towards Behavior Analysis as part of OBM - 
Organizational Behavior Management - and there are certainly
other applications of the Principles (of learning) in the world of
work. However, many people move towards certification in order
to have a career in which they provide services and treatment -
educational services - to children with autism and related disabilities,
and in fact, that is the type of requirements that we have here at
The Carbone Clinic, in order to become an active member of our
community and to move ahead through promotional opportunities,
it requires Board certification and continuing good standing as a
Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
