BCBA/BCaBA Supervision

For Applicants that are taking the BACB exam after January 2022, the hour requirements for supervision are as follows:  Supervised Fieldwork (2000 hours BCBA, 1500 hours BCaBA). A supervisory period is one month. In general, activities that count towards Fieldwork experience are listed below:

• • Conducting assessments related to the need for behavioral intervention or for evaluating behavioral interventions (e.g., stimulus preference assessment, functional assessment, staff performance assessment) 

  • Designing, implementing, and systematically monitoring skill-acquisition and behavior reduction programs 

  • Writing behavior/treatment plans, progress summaries, clinical notes, transition summaries, and professional correspondence

  • Overseeing the implementation of behavior-analytic programs by others 

  • Training others, designing behavioral systems, and performance management 

  • Communicating and collaborating effectively with caregivers and other professionals 

  • Other activities normally performed by a behavior analyst that are directly related to behavior analysis such as attending planning meetings regarding the behavior-analytic program and researching the literature that is relevant to a current client’s programming