ACBS Chicago
Affiliated 2010
Type of Chapter:
Local
Describe the geographic (or language) boundaries of the Chapter:
Chicago-land area (includes suburbs of Chicago)
Mission/Objectives:
- Serve as a scientific and professional reference group
- Promote research and scholarship
- Identify and promote the development and dissemination of principle based interventions that are firmly rooted in functional contextual science
- Advise interested bodies of the work that we do
- Support our members in their efforts to gain ongoing training and further develop their competencies
- Organize and sponsor forums, conferences, newsletters, journals, websites, list serves and other such activities for the accomplishment of the purposes of the organization
Description of Membership:
- Members of the Association shall be persons committed to advance the mission of ACBS Chicago chapter, which serves the Chicago-land area (includes suburbs of Chicago).
- The types of membership shall be Professional and Student.
- The minimum standard for election to professional membership shall be completion of a terminal degree (Masters and/or Doctoral level) relevant to the purposes of the Association.
- Student members shall be currently enrolled at the undergraduate or graduate level in an region of relevance to the purposes of the Association.
- All members of the ACBS Chicago chapter must be members in good standing of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
- Members shall be regarded without discrimination on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, political affiliation, or mental or physical disability.