About AzABA

Mission

The Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis (AzABA) is a scientific and professional reference group for all in Arizona who identify themselves as scientists or practitioners in disciplines that embrace the principles and practices of behavior analysis.

Members

AzABA is a membership association for all professional Behavior Analysts in Arizona. Membership categories include BCBAs, BCaBAs, RBTs, students, and companies that provide ABA services.

Work and values

AzABA provides a platform for members to engage in networking, continuing education, public policy, scientific research, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

AzABA serves as an advisor to political, legislative, and policy-making bodies with respect to all matters pertaining to behavior analysis within Arizona.

AzABA is guided by five core values: 

• Be a community resource
  
• Advance our ability to practice
  
• Purposeful governance
  
• Connection
• Integrity of action through the lens of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

AzABA Guiding Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis acknowledges the existence of systemic racism and implicit bias, as well as other forms of discrimination and exclusion in our society including, but not limited to sexism, ableism, religious discrimination, and discrimination towards the LGBTQIA+ communities. Within the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and its applications, systemic racism and implicit bias impact interactions between supervisors and employees, service providers and caregivers, and practitioners and clients/recipients of services. AzABA also recognizes societal barriers to seeking graduate training in ABA, leading to lack of diversity in our certificants. AzABA acknowledges the impact of systemic discrimination in who has access to behavior analytic services and who does not.

AzABA recognizes the importance of committed action within the mission of the organization and is committed to using a behavior analytic lens to dismantle social injustice, systemic oppression, and racial inequities by specifically targeting training and education for membership, increasing diversity in membership population and leadership, improving access to services in equitable ways, and impacting and informing policy and legislation. The association works to increase awareness and understanding, discover and remove barriers to access services and training, to ultimately enrich our AzABA community by diversifying membership and raising the quality of services we provide.

AzABA Policy of Discrimination and Harassment