Credentialing Practitioners of Behavior Analysis!

Credentialing

Practitioners of

Behavior Analysis!

James E. Carr, PhD, BCBA-D!

Chief Executive Officer!

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BACB Background!

§  Nonprofit corporation!

§  Founded in 1998 to meet professional credentialing

needs identified by!

•   behavior analysts!

•   state governments!

•   consumers of behavior analysis services!

§  BCBA & BCaBA certification programs accredited by

National Commission for Certifying Agencies!

The Credentials!

BACB Certification!

Eligibility Standards!

Coursework Requirement! 270 classroom hours in behavior analysis!

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•  Ethics – 45 hours!

•  Basic concepts & principles – 45 hours!

•  Behavioral methodology – 45 hours!

•  Applied behavior analysis – 105 hours!

•  Discretionary behavioral content - 30 hours!

Degree Requirement!

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A minimum of a master's degree from an accredited university that was (a) conferred in behavior analysis, education, or psychology, or (b) conferred in a degree program in which the

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)!

Overall # of BCBAs per Year!

17,754

0   2000   4000   6000   8000   10000   12000   14000   16000   18000   20000  

Eligibility Standards!

Coursework Requirement! 180 classroom hours in behavior analysis!

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•  Ethics - 15 hours!

•  Basic concepts & principles – 45 hours!

•  Behavioral methodology – 15 hours!

•  Applied behavior analysis – 90 hours!

•  Discretionary behavioral content – 15 hours!

Degree Requirement!

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A minimum of a bachelor's degree.!

Experience Requirement! 1000 hours of Supervised Independent Fieldwork*!

Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA)!

Overall # of BCaBAs per Year!

2,242

0   500   1000   1500   2000   2500  

Maintaining Certification!

§  BCBA!

•  Recertification every 2 years!

§  32 hrs of Continuing Education (4 in ethics)!

§  BCaBA!

•  Recertification every 2 years!

§  20 hrs of Continuing Education (4 in ethics)!

Tiered Service Systems!

Eligibility & Practice Standards!

Age! At least 18 years!

Education! High school diploma or equivalent!

Background Check!

Verified by supervisor!

Training! Completion of 40-hr training based on RBT Task List!

Competency Test! Completion of the RBT Competency Assessment!

Written Test! Passage of a professional developed exam!

Supervision! BCBA/BCaBA supervision for 5% of services (supervisor listed at BACB.com)!

Annual Renewal! Completion of the RBT Competency Assessment!

Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)!

Registered Behavior Technicians!

3,094

0 250 500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000 3250

Cumulative RBTs

Certification # of Certificants

BCaBA 5

BCBA 10

BCBA-D 4

RBT 14

Data :: South Dakota

Requirements for Supervisors of:!

Trainees, BCaBAs, RBTs!

+3 supervision CEUs every 2 yrs!

The Exam!

BACB Examinations!

§  All examination procedures based on “Standards for

Education and Psychological Testing”!

§  Multiple-choice examinations!

•  BCBA: 150 questions !!

•  BCaBA: 132 questions!

•  RBT: 75 questions!

§  Based on BACB task lists!

•  List of job competencies!

§ Certificant survey for content validation!

§ Subject matter expert review!

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Fourth Edition Task List!

§  Measurement!

§  Experimental Design!

§  Behavior-Change

Considerations!

§  Fundamental Elements

of Behavior Change!

§  Specific Behavior-

Change Procedures!

§  Behavior-Change

Systems!

§  Identification of the

Problem!

§  Assessment!

§  Intervention!

§  Implementation,

Management, &

Supervision!

§  Philosophical

Assumptions of Behavior

Analysis!

§  Operant Conditioning!

§  Respondent Conditioning!

§  Verbal Behavior!

RBT Task List!

§  Measurement!

§  Assessment!

§  Skill Acquisition!

§  Behavior Reduction!

§  Documentation & Reporting!

§  Professional Conduct & Scope of Practice!

Exam Administration!

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Pearson VUE!

•  Worldwide Secure Exam

Administration!

•  Over 400 Testing Sites

Worldwide!

•  4 Exam Windows: February,

May, August, November!

Ethics & Discipline!

Professional and Ethical Compliance

Code for Behavior Analysts!

A.  Responsible Conduct of Behavior Analysts!

B.  Behavior Analysts’ Responsibility to Clients!

C.  Assessing Behavior!

D.  Behavior Analysts and the Behavior-Change Program!

E.  Behavior Analysts as Supervisors!

F.  Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Profession

of Behavior Analysis!

G.  Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues!

H.  Public Statements!

I.  Behavior Analysts and Research!

J.  Behavior Analysts’ Ethical Responsibilities to the BACB!

BACB Disciplinary Actions!

§  Certification/Registration!

•  Suspended!

•  Revoked!

•  Mandated continuing education!

§  Eligibility to become Certified/Registered!

•  Suspended!

•  Revoked!

State Regulation!

Key Features!

§  Requirements based on BCBA and BCaBA

credentials (with verification)!

§  Definition of practice written by behavior analysts!

•  What we do and don’t do!

•  Prohibition against unlicensed practice!

§  Exemptions!

•  Psychologists, technicians, students, etc.!

§  Provision for temporary licenses !

§  Provision for reciprocity between states!

§  Disciplinary sanctions!

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US State Regulation of Behavior Analysts!

Regulation of Behavior Analysts!

23   1  

Licensure  

CerEficaEon  

Regulation of Asst. Behavior Analysts!

16   3  

1   4  

Licensure  

CerEficaEon  

RegistraEon  

None  

Regulatory Authority!

11  

7   3  

1  

2  

Behavior  Analysis  

Psychology  

Mental  Health  

Medicine  

None  

Regulation of Behavior Technicians!

3  

Regulated  

Exempt  

Coordination with State

Licensure Boards!

Coordination Domains!

§  BACB staff verify certificant status for licensure

boards!

§  BACB legal department coordinates disciplinary

action with licensure boards!

§  Behavior Analyst Regulatory Listserv!

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The Process!

Pro je ct C o o rd in a to r !

Oversight

Committee!

Content-Area

Leaders!

Content Writers!

External

Reviewers!

BACB Staff!

BACB

Board of

Directors!

41+9 ^!

Disclaimer!

These standards are provided for informational purposes only and do

not represent professional or legal advice. There are many variables

that influence and direct the professional delivery of Applied Behavior

Analysis (ABA) services. The BACB and authors of these standards

assume no liability or responsibility for application of these standards

in the delivery of ABA services. The standards presented in this

document reflect the consensus of a number of subject matter

experts, but do not represent the only acceptable practice. These

standards also do not reflect or create any affiliation among those

who participated in their development. The BACB does not warrant or

guarantee that these standards will apply or should be applied in all

settings. Instead, these standards are offered as an informational

resource that should be considered in consultation with parents,

behavior analysts, regulators, and healthcare funders and managers.!

The Purpose!

“… to inform decision-making regarding the use of

Applied Behavior Analysis to treat medically

necessary conditions so as to develop, maintain, or

restore, to the maximum extent practicable, the

functioning of individuals with Autism Spectrum

Disorder in ways that are both efficacious and cost

effective.”!

Contents!

Services Authorized!

Treatment Dosage!

Treatment Locations!

Tiered Service Systems!

Case Supervision!

Sample Treatment Plan!

Dosage of Case Supervision!

Caseloads for Behavior Analysts!

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