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.
When to Establish an RBT Requirements Coordinator Structure within an Organization
UPDATED: January 28, 2025 Are you at an organization with RBTs and want to ensure they meet their monthly supervision ...
When Supervising RBTs Doesn’t Go as Planned
Being an RBT Supervisor can be rewarding. After all, you’re directly impacting someone’s professional development and growth! But the journey ...
When RBT Certification Doesn’t Go as Planned
In a perfect world, your experience as an RBT would be free of roadblocks and complications—and for the record, we ...
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: January 2, 2025 Whether you’re submitting an RBT Initial Certification Application or completing your annual RBT Renewal Application, we ...
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, 2025 When our subject matter experts designed the BCBA and BCaBA supervised fieldwork requirements, they had one ...
The Life Cycle of BCBA and BCaBA Applications
Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes after you submit your BCBA or BCaBA application? ...
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 ...
Documenting Fieldwork: Helpful Answers to Your FAQs
Keeping up with documentation can be hard—but it doesn’t have to be! With a solid plan in place to track ...
Tips for New Certificants
First things first—congratulations! You met your eligibility requirements, passed your examination, and earned your certification. You just successfully finished what ...
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 ...
BCBA and BCaBA Applicants: 5 Tips for a Smoother Application Process
We get it: Life is short, time is precious, and waiting really is the hardest part. Particularly when you’ve got ...
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 ...