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Council of Directors of Graduate Training Programs

Welcome to the Council of Directors of Graduate Programs in Behavior Analysis (CoD) Web page. The purpose of this page is to provide members of ABA International with information regarding the activities of the CoD.

Membership & Information

Please contact Dr. Jennifer Austin for more information about the CoD.

Jennifer L. Austin, Ph.D., BCBA
Department of Psychology
California State University, Fresno
2576 E. San Ramon M/S ST11
Fresno, CA 93740-8039
(559) 278-3043 office
(559) 278-7910 fax
jaustin@csufresno.edu

Purpose

The purpose of CoD is to promote the advancement of graduate education in behavior analysis.

Graduate education in this field is intended to produce behavior analysts who are equipped to generate, integrate, and apply knowledge, so as to further the philosophy, science and professional practice of behavior analysis. In furtherance of this purpose, CoD shall promote:

  1. Formulation of policies concerning graduate education in behavior analysis that maintains diversity, integrity, mutual support, and cooperation
  2. Dissemination of information, exchange of views, and facilitation of communication concerning graduate education in behavior analysis
  3. Fostering and assessing the growth and development of graduate programs
  4. The accreditation of graduate programs in behavior analysis
  5. Recruitment of students into the discipline
  6. Facilitating admissions to graduate programs in behavior analysis
  7. Certification of behavior analysts and participating in the refinement of the certification process
  8. Effective placement of graduates of behavior analysis programs
  9. Liaison with other organizations relevant to graduate training in behavior analysis
  10. Other such objectives as may arise

Auspices

The CoD operates under the auspices of the Education Board of the Association for Behavior Analysis.

Membership & Representatives

Any graduate degree-granting program providing training in behavior analysis is eligible for membership. Each behavior analytic program within an academic department may be a member. The representative of the member program is normally the director of the program. If the director is unable to be present at a meeting of CoD, he or she may appoint a designee to represent the member program.

Brief History

In May of 1998, the ABA International Council approved a proposal submitted by the Education Board to form a Council of Directors of Graduate Programs in Behavior Analysis (CoD), under ABA International's auspices.

At the ABA International convention of 1999, an organizational meeting of CoD was held, at which 8 graduate programs were represented. This group agreed that the first regular meeting of CoD would be held in the fall of 1999, at the University of Nevada, Reno. Linda Hayes was approved as the Interim Director.

Directors (or their representatives) of all graduate programs in behavior analysis listed in ABA International's Directory of Graduate Programs in Behavior Analysis were invited to a two-day meeting in Reno, in November, 1999. Representatives of nine programs were in attendance. At the meeting, a set of bylaws was drafted, a Director (Linda Hayes) and Graduate Student Representative/Assistant (Kate Kellum) were appointed, and the time of the annual meeting and an annual membership fee was established.

Since this time, the CoD has meet annually to address its objectives.

Current Activities

  1. Recruitment, including international programs
  2. Strategic Planning
  3. Election of a new chair
  4. Support for ABA International's international efforts
  5. Committee action addressing each of the CoD's Purposes