The Position Statement

Authority Without Authorization

The full statement documenting CASP's governance structure, financial conflicts, accreditation ownership, credentialing inconsistencies, the private equity context, and what independent governance should actually look like. All claims are sourced from CASP's own public materials and peer-reviewed research.

Full Position Statement — Living Document

Governance, Accountability, and the Question of Authority in Applied Behavior Analysis

Issued March 2026. Updated as new information is documented. The file below always reflects the most current version.

May 2026

Guidelines Development Standards Framework

Documents the pay-to-play structure through which CASP's clinical standards are developed, the guidelines transfer from the BACB, and the case that field standards should be freely available to every provider required to meet them.

Download →

Overview & Media

For journalists, payers, and new readers

Shorter documents for those encountering these concerns for the first time, or for sharing with decision-makers who need the argument in a condensed form.

Executive Brief

Governance, Accountability, and Authority in ABA

A concise summary of the core governance concerns for payers, regulators, and professional bodies encountering this project for the first time.

Read & Download →

Media Statement

For Journalists and Press

A press-ready summary of the documented concerns, the regulatory context, and the specific questions this project is asking professional bodies and payers to address.

Read & Download →

Letters to Professional Bodies

Formal correspondence to the field's governance institutions

Each letter was sent to the named organization and is published here so the field can see what was asked — and await the response.

Letter — Sent April 2026

Letter to the BACB

Asks the BACB to formally review how the ABA Practice Guidelines are being used by CASP — specifically whether CASP's documented position on RBT credentialing is consistent with the consumer protection purpose for which those guidelines were developed.

Read & Download →

Letter — Sent April 2026

Letter to ABAI

Asks ABAI to clarify publicly that CASP's standards and accreditation programs do not carry ABAI's scientific endorsement — and that payers and federal agencies should not interpret CASP's advocacy as reflecting the scientific consensus of the field.

Read & Download →

Letter — Published May 2026

Letter to APBA

Asks APBA's board to examine whether the organization's deepening institutional entanglement with CASP is consistent with APBA's founding purpose: giving credentialed individual practitioners a voice independent of the corporate organizations that employ them.

Read & Download →

Field Versions — Send Your Own Letter

Any credentialed practitioner can send these

These are adapted versions of the institutional letters. Fill in your name and credentials and send directly. The more individual voices these organizations hear, the harder it is to dismiss.

Field Letter — BACB

Write to the BACB

Ask the BACB to account for the contradiction between the guidelines it transferred to CASP and CASP's documented position on enforcing those guidelines' frontline credential. Adapted for any practitioner or family member to send directly.

Download & Send →

Field Letter — ABAI

Write to ABAI

Ask ABAI to clarify publicly that CASP's standards do not carry ABAI's scientific endorsement. Adapted for any practitioner, family member, or concerned citizen to send directly.

Download & Send →

Colleague Outreach

Member Outreach Letter

A letter for sharing with trusted colleagues who may not yet be aware of CASP's governance trajectory. Written for private, professional conversation — not public confrontation.

Download & Share →

All sources cited in the position statement are compiled in a standalone references document. Download Sources & References →