Adel Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D
Los Angeles, CA and Flower Mound, TX
(term ends August 2026)
Adel C. Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D (she/her) is a Full Professor and the Director of the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program at Pepperdine University. Dr. Najdowski has over 20 years of experience providing ABA-based services to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She has over 50 publications including her books Flexible and Focused! Teaching Executive Function Skills to Individuals with Autism and Attention Disorders and A Workbook of Ethical Case Scenarios in Applied Behavior Analysis.
She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Analysis in Practice, and as a guest editor for a special issue of Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. She previously served on the board of directors for the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA). Her current research interests include topics related to teaching higher-order skills to children and teens diagnosed with ASD, and topics related to social justice.