BCaBA Requirements
What is BCaBA Certification?
The Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst® (BCaBA®) is an undergraduate-level certification in behavior analysis. Professionals certified at the BCaBA level may only provide behavior-analytic services under the supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst® (BCBA®). BCaBAs may supervise the work of Registered Behavior Technicians® (RBTs®).
How do I become a BCaBa?
1. Bachelor’s degree or higher from an ABAI accredited program
(You must have obtained a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2015 or later, and the degree must have been obtained while the program was accredited. For example, your degree would meet the degree requirement if you received your bachelor’s degree in 2018 from a program that was accredited from 2016 to 2022).
a. Fieldwork Practical fieldwork in applied behavior analysis (1,300 hours)
2. Undergraduate degree
a. Behavior-analytic content Behavior-analytic coursework
b. Practical fieldwork in applied behavior analysis (1,300 hours)
