Like a good chat with a close friend, the BACB Blog offers helpful tips, answers to your burning questions, and key insights into the BACB—all in a down-to-earth, conversational format.
RBT Professional Development: In-Service and ACE Events
Types of PDUs | In-Service vs. ACE Events | RBT PD Event Requirements UPDATED: June 29, 2026 Earning professional development ...
Fieldwork: Getting It Right
What Is the Purpose of Fieldwork? You may wonder, “Why is fieldwork even required?” or “Why does it have to ...
When Supervising Fieldwork Doesn’t Go as Planned
The goal of fieldwork supervision is to help trainees successfully meet requirements and build the foundational skills and competencies they ...
When to Establish an RBT Requirements Coordinator Structure within an Organization
UPDATED: June 29, 2026 Are you at an organization with RBTs and want to ensure they meet their monthly supervision ...
When Supervising RBTs Doesn’t Go as Planned
UPDATED: June 29, 2026 Being an RBT Supervisor can be rewarding. After all, you’re directly impacting someone’s professional development and ...
When RBT Certification Doesn’t Go as Planned
UPDATED: June 29, 2026 In a perfect world, your experience as an RBT would be free of roadblocks and complications—and ...
7 FAQs for RBTs Pursuing BCBA or BCaBA Certification
Nearly half of all recently certified BCBAs and BCaBAs were RBTs when they applied. What does that tell us? For ...
How to Represent Your BACB Certification Status
What’s in a name? When it comes to representing your certification status, the answer is everything. At some point, you’ve ...
5 Must-Know RBT Application Tips
UPDATED: June 29, 2026 Whether you’re submitting an RBT Initial Certification Application or completing your RBT Recertification Application, we understand ...
FAQs About the 2023 International Changes
On January 1, 2023, a number of changes to our international focus that we first announced in December of 2019 ...
Commonly Asked Questions About BACB Supervised Fieldwork Requirements
UPDATED: December 30, 2024 When our subject matter experts designed the BCBA and BCaBA supervised fieldwork requirements, they had one ...
The Life Cycle of BCBA and BCaBA Applications
UPDATED: June 29, 2026 Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes after you submit your ...
Documenting Fieldwork: Helpful Answers to Your FAQs
Updated April 2026, this blog is based on the 2027 requirements. Documenting fieldwork is a critical but sometimes tedious task ...
Tips for New Certificants
UPDATED: January 2, 2026 First things first—congratulations! You met your eligibility requirements, passed your examination, and earned your certification. You ...
The BACB: What It Is, What It Does, and Why
It doesn’t matter if you have been a BACB certificant for many years, are newly certified, or are just starting ...
The 2022 Transition: What You Need to Know
Please note that the 2022 requirements are now in effect, so some of the information in this blog may be ...
Debunking Myths About BACB Examinations
Note: The information in this blog may be outdated. An effective RBT, BCaBA, or BCBA examination is: Reliable Valid Fair ...
Tips for a Smooth RBT Certification Application
Note: The information in this blog may be outdated. Please see the 5 Must-Know RBT Application Tips blog post for ...
5 BACB Resources You May Not Know About
Note: The information in this blog may be outdated. "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but ...
ASD Practice Guidelines Find New Home with CASP
Note: The information in this blog may be outdated. There’s no place like home – although sometimes it takes a ...
BCBA and BCaBA Exams: Immediate Results and Year-round Availability
Note: The information in this blog may be outdated. Convenience and immediate results: We seek both in virtually every aspect ...