Guidelines for the Accreditation of Graduate Programs in Behavior Analysis
Policies and Procedures: Selecting Site-Visit Team Members
The following procedures must be followed by the ABA International Executive Council and the Chair of the Accreditation Board, for the appointment of the Site Visit Team members:
- A site-visit team, when ever feasible, shall consist of members of the Accreditation Board. If Accreditation Board members are not available, then the site-visit team shall consist of members selected by the Chair of the Accreditation Board from the current list of potential site visitors.
- The Chair of the Accreditation Board will maintain a list of full-members of ABA International who may potentially serve as site-visitors to sites of programs requesting accreditation. This list should include representation of basic researchers, applied researchers, methodologists, and conceptualizers, and be updated annually for review at the Fall Council Meeting.
- The list of potential site visitors shall also include all current members of the Accreditation Board, ABA International past-presidents, representatives from the Directors of Graduate Programs, and representatives from currently accredited programs.
- The Chair of the Accreditation Board will assign two members from the list to site visit the applying program of study. The site visit team and the program will establish a date that is mutually convenient for the visit.