Idaho Association of Behavior Analysis – 2025 Annual Report

By Audrey Kennedy

The Idaho Association of Behavior Analysis (IdABA) is the Idaho affiliate chapter of ABAI. We became an affiliate chapter in 2022. IdABA closed out its 2024 membership with a total of 90 members and continues to do great things for behavior analysis in Idaho. IdABA has hosted an annual conference since 2021. In 2024, we hosted a conference in which attendees learned how to program for client assent. We had about 100 attendees come together from across the state to benefit from the great content and skills of our speaker, Liz Lefebre. In 2025, in an effort to increase conference accessibility, the association will be hosting its first hybrid conference.

IdABA’s committee membership and activity continue to grow. Our CEU committee is very active and continues to offer free quarterly CEUs to our members. Professional development is a core value of IdABA. It is important to the association to be able to offer members high quality free CEUs. Our mentorship committee meets regularly to support the growing BCBA population in Idaho. Being a rural state with a high percentage of newly certified behavior analysts, some of our practitioners can feel isolated and alone. Through the dedicated work of our mentorship committee, the association has supported and grown the capacity and skills of our newer analysts. New this year, our mentorship committee has also hosted regular journal club meetings in which members can come together virtually, read and discuss journal articles, and obtain CEUs, if applicable.

IdABA continues to work hard to disseminate behavior analysis and remove barriers to practicing applied behavior analysis in the state. A key objective of the association this coming year is to continue to work with insurers to ease the credentialing and billing processes of private insurance, grow association membership and participation, and collaborate with community stakeholders and professional partners to build awareness, understanding, support of behavior analysis.