ABAI Accredited Programs
University of Kansas
Doctoral
Program: PhD Program in Behavioral Psychology from the Department of Applied Behavioral Science (2002–2007; 2009–2025)
Accreditation Status: Accredited through December 31, 2025
Summary of Accreditation Board's Decision: The ABAI Accreditation Board voted in 2021 to renew full accreditation of the PhD Behavioral Psychology program for five years. This decision is based on the Board's professional judgement that the program demonstrated it adheres to the standards, with a request to clarify its data-collection and reporting of outcomes.
Accreditation Board Notification Letter: Board's Decision Notification - Doctoral Program
Aggregate Report: 2015 - 2021
Program Mission: The ABAI accredited doctoral program trains highly competent researchers in behavior analysis. Students are taught to discover and produce, translate and apply, and communicate knowledge in the behavioral sciences for understanding and solving problems of societal importance.
Masters
Program: MA Program in Applied Behavioral Science from the Department of Applied Behavioral Science (2009–2025)
Accreditation Status: Accredited through December 31, 2025
Summary of Accreditation Board's Decision: The ABAI Accreditation Board voted in 2021 to renew full accreditation of the MA in Applied Behavioral Science program for five years. This decision is based on the Board's professional judgement that the program demonstrated it adheres to the standards, with a request to clarify its data-collection and reporting of outcomes.
Accreditation Board Notification Letter: Board's Decision Notification - Master's Program
Aggregate Report: 2015 - 2021
Program Mission: The ABAI accredited master's program trains highly competent scientist-practitioners in applied behavioral science. The program offers courses on the empirical and conceptual foundations of behavioral science and its research methods, but emphasizes coursework and supervised experience in behavioral assessment, analysis, intervention, and evaluation. Its mission is to advance empirically based solutions to problems of societal importance.
Contact: Dr. Derek Reed