Scholar Practitioner Model

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Looking Back and Moving Forward
This course has been very beneficial for me! I’ve learned a lot and it feels good. First and foremost, I believe the introduction of each classmate helped me network and get a feeling of what type of individuals pursue a career in psychology. While posting and responding to discussion questions, I learned that there were a couple of students in this class that works as a behavior technician like me. I also learned that some of these individuals were registered behavior technicians and they helped me by emailing study guides to help assist me when I take the exam to become registered. This might seem weird to some, but I personally believe when individuals pursue a career in psychology, they naturally want to
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Assignment 1 “Your Vision” helped me enormously. I was able to envision my future career in psychology. It made me articulate exactly how I planned on getting to that final step of being a board certified behavior analyst. It also made me really think in depth the reasons as to why I want to explore a career in ABA.
In unit 2, Capella’s Learning Model Quick-Reference and Example and McClintock’s 2004 article “Scholar Practitioner Model” helped me understand that expectations of a graduate pursuing a career in psychology. It explained to me exactly what a practitioner-scholar and a scholar-practitioner is and how each apply to us graduate students. Also in unit 2, it helped my better develop goals and milestones using the “SMART”
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Some might be intimidated by me due to the fact that I might be there biggest competitor and therefore they might not want to hire me to learn the business. I don’t think this would be the case though because ABA independent practices are not about who gets the most clients; there are many individuals out there who needs the help and the more practices that are opened, the more everyone can seek help from different locations if needed.

Throughout this course, I learned that I’m extremely passionate about the field of psychology and what it has to offer. There are so many different career paths and opportunities that there’s never a dual moment. Also, my love for psychology grew even more once I really figured out that being a psychologists is like being a career student. You’re constantly learning, educating, and researching all while building your