The BACB, QABA and IBAO govern ABA practitioners.
Who governs ABA provider organizations?
abaethics.org is the transparency platform for ABA provider organizations. Search — organization records and — location records in — US states and territories. Identity reconciliation is in progress.
Organizations in the spotlight
Featured organizations with cited ownership sources. Registry records and website claims are not independent verification.
The ABA industry has an accountability gap.
The ABA field is experiencing unprecedented consolidation — and the people who deliver the therapy keep leaving. Annual staff turnover at autism/IDD organizations averaged 77.4%–103.3% in 2024 (CentralReach Autism & IDD Care Market Report, 2025).
The BACB holds individual practitioners accountable. But no one holds the organizations accountable.
abaethics.org changes that.
Annual Staff Turnover — ABA vs. Benchmark Fields
DSP 2015 average (44.8%): National Core Indicators, 2015 Staff Stability Survey, as cited in Blackman et al. (2024).
Health care & social assistance and all-industries: BLS JOLTS Table 20 — 2024 average monthly total-separations rate (3.3%), annualized ×12.
US RBTs whose certification expired in 2024 were invited to the BACB's exit survey. Of the 1,386 who answered, 57% named inadequate pay and 42% named concerning issues in the workplace as reasons they stopped working as an RBT. BACB Exit Survey, Dec 2025 (PDF) →
Featured independent research
Private Equity in Autism Services
A peer-reviewed 2026 study from researchers at Brown University, RAND, and Harvard mapped 574 private-equity-acquired autism-service sites across 42 states and 147 acquisitions. It is essential context for ownership transparency—not a substitute for verifying each organization.
Read the research and methodology →How abaethics.org Works
A behavioral accountability system — not just a review site.
Transparency
Every ABA organization we can find, listed with location count, ratings and ownership classification, with sources cited wherever a determination is shown.
Verification
Organizations verify their ownership and ethics commitments through a documented claims process.
Accountability
Staff and families rate organizations on 7 ethics dimensions — supervision, training, turnover, and more.
Consequences
The goal: families and clinicians can see who they’re choosing, and ethical organizations are easier to find.
Authoritative about facts.
Gentle with the people reading them.
Behind every search on this site is someone who loves someone. So we hold a hard line on evidence — registries, filings, dated citations — and a soft one everywhere else. Where we haven't verified something yet, we say so plainly, because a guess dressed as a fact helps no one.
"I started working on ESBAP in 2018 because I saw a gap that nobody was filling. The BACB does important work governing individual practitioners — but organizations were operating without accountability. Eight years later, with 15 years of data from Special Learning and direct experience serving 28,000+ ABA professionals across 140+ countries, we are finally building the system I always envisioned. Individually, we are powerless. Collectively, we are strong."KAREN CHUNG · FOUNDER
This is who we do it for
ABA is a lifespan story — toddlers to adults, families and the professionals beside them.
Interim licensed photography — the final commissioned set (one unified style, across the lifespan) is in production. No client is ever pictured.
Start where you are
This site is built for three kinds of people — and the circle they share.
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Common Questions
What is abaethics.org?
A free directory and transparency platform for ABA therapy organizations, run by the Ethics Standards Board of ABA Providers. It lists organization and location records with cited sources.
Is it free for families?
Yes. Searching, browsing profiles, and reading everything on the site is free for families and always will be.
How is ownership classified?
Ownership labels reflect cited sources, including registry records and organizations’ own websites. A reported BCBA credential or ownership claim is not independent verification of current certification or legal ownership. Open a profile to see its source and any stated verification limits.
Can organizations respond or correct information?
Yes. Owners can claim their profile for free and respond in their own words, and anyone can suggest a correction. Every published item carries its source and date, with a path to request a correction.
Do organizations pay for standing?
No. A paid listing never buys standing, ratings, or classification. Sponsorship, when offered, differentiates presentation only.