{"id":5738,"date":"2018-09-26T15:42:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2018-09-26T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T19:42:08","slug":"accreditation-for-aba-agencies-with-sara-gershfeld-litvak-session-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/be_obs\/accreditation-for-aba-agencies-with-sara-gershfeld-litvak-session-62","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation for ABA Agencies with Sara Gershfeld Litvak – Session 62"},"content":{"rendered":"

To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld, \"What's the deal with accreditation?!?!\"<\/em><\/p>\n

In Session 62, Sara Gershfeld Litvak joins me to talk about what accreditation is, what the process is like, why \"\"it's important for the field of Applied Behavior Analysis to have its own accrediting body, and most importantly, why you should care.<\/p>\n

Sara is the Chief Executive Officer of the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence<\/a>. If you're not familiar with the BHCOE, it is...<\/p>\n

...an international accrediting body created to meet accreditation needs specific to the delivery of behavior analysis. The BHCOE\u2019s accreditation requirements undergo regular review according to international standards for organizations that grant accreditation. All BHCOE requirements and survey content are reviewed annually by content experts. BHCOE Accreditation \u00ae is a certification given to an applied behavior analysis provider once it has demonstrated it has met and continues to meet an assortment of clinical and administrative standards as determined by an independent third-party evaluator.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sara describes her background in the episode itself, but here's a little bit from her bio:<\/p>\n

Sara Gershfeld Litvak completed her graduate degree from Claremont Graduate University. Sara is an Adjunct Professor for the Applied Behavior Analysis program at Pepperdine University and serves as a systems consultant for the California Regional Center system designing Quality Assurance processes to ensure that ABA service providers provide clinically sound services. In addition, Sara is also the co-founder of the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence (BHCOE) the only ABA-specific accrediting body. She is an education blogger for the Huffington Post, has served as past Co-Chair of the Autism Special Interest Group at ABAI, on the Board of Directors for the Association for Science in Autism Treatment, and as a Subject Matter Expert for the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB).<\/em><\/p>\n