#110: The Ethics of Collaboration with Dr. Dana Battaglia and Dr. Mary McDonald

Dr. Dana Battaglia, SLP, and Dr. Mary McDonald, BCBA, have been working together and collaborating throughout their career. Collaboration in the two fields is slowly making progress but there is still a lot of polarity for a lot of professionals. They rely on their strong commitment to science and evidence-based practice to guide their collaboration. Dr. McDonald references the Ethics Code of Behavior Analysis codes, 2.10, 3.01, and 3.06. 2.10 Collaborating with Colleagues Behavior analys...

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