RBT Training Courses

The final group you'll likely see in a 40-hour certification course for future RBTs are students who have already decided to instead pursue certification as either a Board Certified Behavior Analyst or a Board Certified Assistant Analyst . These students don't plan to work as RBTs for long, if at all.  They see the RBT course as a stepping stone to a more advanced certification that requires a college degree. Thus these students have already decided to pursue a degree in psychology or a related field. (An RBT, by comparison, only needs a high school diploma.) As a result, these students may want to consider taking their 40-hour online course through a university, despite the higher cost. For example, if you're enrolled in a psychology program at the City College of New York, you might want to pay $995 for the 40-hour course. Or if you're a student at the University of Kansas, you might want to pay the $149 that school charges. But for anyone else -- like the folks we ...

Continuing our earlier discussion on the types of people who take a 40-hour RBT course, today let's consider the most obvious group: students who plan to seek certification as Registered Behavior Technicians. Unlike the first group -- which is interested in learning about Applied Behavior Analysis but not necessarily working in the field -- these folks are on a career path. Most of these people tend to already be employed by, or are otherwise associated with, non-profit agencies, schools or for-profit companies that offer Applied Behavior Analysis services. Many are DSPs (Direct Support Professionals) working in group homes with people with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Others are working in special education in a school system. RBT certifications can lead to pay increases and promotion opportunities for such people. Another group of these students have seen how family members have benefited from Applied Behavior Analysis and wish to make a career of helping others. Som...

 If you're worked in Applied Behavior Analysis for awhile, or if you or your child is a consumer of ABA services, you know that a wide variety of people take the 40-hour course that's the first step in becoming a Registered Behavior Technician. You may also have noticed that those people break into three distinct groups.  In this blog post we'll talk about the first (and potentially the largest) of those groups: Parents and or practitioners (educators) who intend to use knowledge from the course but are not interested in pursuing of registration. If you're one of those people, you likely wonder if the materials and information presented in the videos and instructional materials in a 40-hour course are in a format that is can be used by you to work with your child and or student.  The answer is that many, but certainly not all, of the 40-hour courses offered online are perfect for people who want to learn Applied Behavior Analysis techniques, but don't want a career ...