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The types of membership structured by APAA respond to the different roles and levels of responsibility within the Applied Behavior Analysis sector, ensuring appropriate representation, technical support, and institutional backing for each professional or business profile.

RBT

$25

/ Year
  • Professional orientation
  • Educational resources
  • Ethical guidelines
  • Regulatory updates
  • Training and professional development

Aimed at Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT).

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BCBA, BCaBA

$50

/ Year
  • Specialized professional guidance
  • Resources and technical guides
  • Regulatory update
  • Continuing education spaces
  • APAA union support

Aimed at BCBA, BCaBA, behavior analysts and clinical supervisors.

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Agency

$100

/ Year
  • Strategic support
  • Legal and regulatory guidance
  • Institutional defense
  • Management and compliance tools
  • Guidance support for audits

For owners, executive directors and managers of ABA agencies.

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Institutional Exclusive

$500

/ Year
  • Priority legal advice
  • Personalized strategic guidance
  • Preferential participation in committees
  • Early access to guides and tools
  • Increased institutional visibility

Selective category subject to approval by the Board of Directors.

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Honorary

$0

/ Year
  • Institutional recognition
  • Honorary association with APAA
  • Distinction for merit and impact
  • No financial obligations
  • Symbolic and reputational character

Awarded exclusively by decision of APAA's governing body.

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Allies and Collaborators

$200

/ Year
  • Strategic alliances
  • Participation in institutional activities
  • Inter-agency collaboration
  • Linkage with the ABA ecosystem
  • Strengthening of the sector

For professionals, organizations and companies related to the ABA sector.

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Legal Services

To receive legal services directly with the lawyer, you can contact him directly by completing the corresponding form or by calling his office. This channel allows for personalized, confidential attention aligned with the specific legal needs of the Applied Conduct Analysis sector and service provider agencies.  Miami: 305-412-4443, Jax: 904-595-9531 

Counseling Request Form

If you wish to learn more about his background, practice areas and legal services, you can visit his official website at the following link: 

https://www.marineslaw.com
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RBT Membership

This membership is recommended for RBTs, aspiring RBTs, and individuals interested in beginning or strengthening their professional development within the field of ABA.

Its purpose is to provide professional guidance, educational resources, ethical guidelines, regulatory updates, institutional communications, and training opportunities that support growth, preparation, and responsible practice.

APAA recognizes the importance of supporting those who provide or wish to provide direct ABA services by promoting solid training, ethical commitment, regulatory compliance, and a sense of professional belonging.

To participate, members must hold an active RBT credential, be in the process of obtaining it, or demonstrate an interest in training within the ABA field, accept APAA’s principles, comply with its code of conduct, and complete the corresponding membership payment when applicable.

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BCBA / BCaBA Membership

This membership is recommended for BCBAs, BCaBAs, analysts in training, and professionals who wish to strengthen their clinical, ethical, supervisory, and organizational development within the field of ABA.

Its purpose is to provide professional guidance, educational resources, ethical guidelines, regulatory updates, institutional communications, and training opportunities that support responsible, evidence-based practice aligned with applicable standards.

APAA recognizes the importance of the role of analysts in clinical supervision, decision-making, documentation, treatment coordination, and advocating for the medical necessity of ABA services, while promoting professional leadership, regulatory compliance, and clinical excellence.

To participate, members must hold an active BCBA or BCaBA credential, be in the process of obtaining one, or demonstrate advanced training in the field of ABA; they must also accept the principles of the APAA, comply with its code of conduct, and pay the applicable membership fee when required.

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Membership for Agency Owners and Leaders

Designed for owners, chief executive officers, and administrators of ABA agencies. This membership provides strategic, regulatory, and organizational information, public policy analysis, collaborative work, and networking spaces aimed at strengthening the sector’s institutional advocacy before insurers and governmental entities. It also offers access to management, compliance, and business-strengthening tools, with a clear focus on sustainability and provider protection.

It also includes active participation in sector advocacy actions, access to technical and regulatory committees, best practice guidelines, general orientation regarding audits and administrative procedures, courses, training, professional updates, invitations to institutional events, and educational spaces aimed at strengthening ABA agencies. In addition, it provides greater visibility and positioning within the Alliance as part of an organized and professional front.

Benefits

Benefits include strategic support, public policy analysis, access to management and compliance tools, participation in technical and regulatory committees, best practice guidelines, informational support regarding audits and administrative processes, access to courses, training, sector updates, educational activities, and invitations to events promoted or supported by APAA, without constituting individualized legal advice.

To be eligible, the applicant must demonstrate a leadership role within a legally established ABA agency and alignment with the ethical, clinical, and regulatory standards promoted by APAA. Duties include responsible participation in the collective actions of the Alliance, respect for institutional decisions, ethical use of collective representation, and fulfillment of the established financial obligations.

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Exclusive Membership for Agency Owners and Board Participants

This membership is designed for ABA agency owners who want to take a more active role within APAA and contribute to the collective strength, visibility, and sustainability of the ABA sector. It is intended for leaders who share APAA’s vision and are committed to advancing a stronger, more organized, and better-represented provider community.

This membership offers a higher level of institutional participation, strategic orientation, regulatory information, compliance resources, and access to support connected to the Alliance’s collective advocacy efforts. Members may receive direct or indirect legal support through the attorneys representing or assisting APAA, particularly in matters related to sector advocacy, regulatory challenges, insurer-related issues, administrative processes, and provider protection.

Benefits include participation in strategic committees, access to institutional planning spaces, early access to guides, official positions, compliance tools, provider defense resources, and coordinated support in complex situations involving insurers, governmental agencies, or regulatory matters. This membership also provides greater visibility and institutional positioning within APAA as part of a leading group of agencies committed to the collective defense and professional advancement of the ABA sector.

Members are expected to support APAA’s ethical, regulatory, and clinical principles, participate responsibly in the Alliance’s initiatives, use institutional representation appropriately, and maintain professional conduct that strengthens the credibility, unity, and purpose of the organization.

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Honorary Membership

Conceived as an institutional distinction and not as an ordinary administrative or economic ordinary membership of administrative or economic participation. It is awarded to individuals for their professional trajectory, extraordinary contribution, ethical leadership, historical support or significant or significant contribution to the development, defense or strengthening of the ABA sector, deserve special recognition. ABA, deserve special recognition by the organization. This category This category may include highly respected professionals, academics, community leaders, advocates, strategic allies, and advocates, strategic allies or figures who have had a relevant and positive impact on the protection of ABA. impact on the protection of applied behavior analysis services or the populations they serve. the populations they serve.

Benefits

Symbolic and reputational, including public recognition and honorary association with the organization. and honorary association with the organization. Eligibility is determined exclusively by decision of APAA's governing body, based on criteria of merit, impact and ethical merit, impact and ethical consistency. This membership does not generate economic, labor or administrative obligations, nor does it confer voting rights, internal decision making or legal representation, and may internal decision making or legal representation, and may be granted, suspended or revoked by a revoked by a well-founded decision in accordance with institutional principles and values.

$0 USD
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Membership for Allies and Collaborators

Designed for professionals, organizations or companies directly or indirectly related to the ABA sector, such as providers of complementary services, psychiatrists, doctors, psychologists, consultants, lawyers, accountants or educational entities. Its objective is to foster strategic alliances, inter-institutional collaboration and the strengthening of the ecosystem Its objective is to foster strategic alliances, inter-institutional collaboration and the strengthening of the ecosystem surrounding the ethical, legal and clinical delivery of ABA services.

Benefits

The possibility of establishing strategic alliances, participating in institutional activities defined by APAA and collaborating activities defined by APAA and collaborate in the strengthening of the ecosystem that surrounds the ethical, legal and clinical ethical, legal and clinical delivery of ABA services. Eligibility criteria criteria require a demonstrated professional affinity with the industry and a track record consistent with the Alliance's values. consistent with the Alliance's values. Their obligations are limited to respect for institutional identity, ethical and transparent collaboration, and compliance with the specific conditions established for this specific conditions established for this category.

$200USD
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