Most ABA agencies say they’re ethical. Some are. Some aren’t. Families and clinicians used to have no way to tell.
The Ethics Standards Board for ABA Providers (ESBAP) changed that. Publicly available information — credentials, lawsuits, payor records, ownership — now lives in one directory at esbap.org. Anyone can look up an agency before they refer, accept a job offer, or sign their child up.
For agency owners, this is a feature, not a threat. Three reasons:
- If you run a clean shop, ESBAP is your proof. Claim your profile. Add your credentials, certifications, and verified ownership. When a family or BCBA Googles you, the receipts are right there.
- It changes who you compete with. Agencies that hide behind marketing copy stop being able to. You compete on actual track record, not LinkedIn pages.
- It changes how you hire. BCBAs entering the field check ESBAP. If you want talent, you need to be visible there. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to lose.
ABA Business Growth helps agency owners think about the operational infrastructure that makes good ethics visible — supervision systems, hiring frameworks, documentation that holds up to scrutiny.
Special Learning provides the training infrastructure that gets practitioners ready to deliver the work. Together with ESBAP, the field gets what it has always needed: real information, in public, that families and clinicians can act on.
Claim your ESBAP profile. See ABA Business Growth services for owners.