For RBTs

All 12 PDUs. One price. Done.

The RBT Primer Pack covers your full two-year PDU requirement with twelve short, practical courses from a BCBA-D. Finish a course, pass the knowledge check, and get your signed BACB form.

  • 12 courses, 12 PDUs
  • Self-paced, about an hour each
  • 2 years of access
  • Signed BACB ACE Event form for every course

RBT Primer Pack

What's in the Primer

  • Measuring with Accuracy
  • Do I Really Have to Do These Session Notes?
  • Assess with the Best!
  • Do They Even Like That Anymore? Making the Most of Client Preferences
  • The Only Way Is Up! All About Skill Acquisition
  • Most to Least or Least to Most: Selecting Prompting Strategies
  • Bringing Down the Numbers: How to Reduce Behaviors That Get in the Way
  • How to Keep Your Cool in a Crisis, and What to Do After
  • The Ethical Professional!
  • Keep It to Yourself! Maintaining Boundaries in Community Services
  • Making the Most of It! Supervision Sessions Shouldn't Be Scary
  • The Whole Family Is Home: Working Successfully with Caregivers
$59

One-time payment. That's under $5 per PDU.

Get the Primer Pack

Your agency buying for a team? See Whole School.

RBT Cycle Two Pack

Already finished the Primer?

Twelve different courses for your next two-year cycle, so you never repeat a course you've already taken.

  • Behavioral Skills Training: What Is It and How Can We Use It?
  • Did You Hear About . . . Breaking Down Real-Life Ethical Dilemmas
  • Finding a Groove in Your Sessions: Instructional Control and Flow
  • Tips to Increase Success with DTT
  • NET Is Where It's At! Goals in the Natural Environment
  • What's an Operant? Mands, Tacts, and More
  • Just Ask! Ways to Increase Opportunities for Manding
  • Helping Hands and Caring Hearts: Compassionate Care in ABA
  • Token Economies: Better Than Your Average Sticker Chart
  • What's the Function? Why Identifying Function Matters So Much
  • Beginning with the End in Mind: Everyday Generalization Strategies
  • Accepting Feedback: How to Listen, Grow, and Actually Make a Change
$59

One-time payment. 12 PDUs, 2 years of access.

Get Cycle Two

How it works

From signup to signed form.

1

Enroll

Buy the Primer or start the free course on our course site.

2

Learn at your pace

Each course is about an hour, with knowledge checks along the way.

3

Get your form

We send your signed “RBT Professional Development: ACE Event” form, usually within 48 hours, to upload to your BACB account.

Add your BACB certification number to your profile before you finish a course. The form needs it.

The full RBT catalog

Every course we offer.

Each course earns 1 PDU. Individual courses are available on the course site, and agencies get the whole list with Whole School. Full learning objectives, publication dates and instructor qualifications are on each course page.

RBT Primer Pack · 12 courses

  • Measuring with AccuracyMeasurement: Common measurement barriers and clear, observable operational definitions.
  • Do I Really Have to Do These Session Notes?Documentation: Complete, objective session notes that meet requirements.
  • Assess with the Best!Assessment: The types of assessment RBTs help with, and how to assist well.
  • Do They Even Like That Anymore? Making the Most of Client PreferencesPreference Assessments: Preference assessments, motivating operations, and preferences vs. reinforcers.
  • The Only Way Is Up! All About Skill AcquisitionSkill Acquisition: Matching teaching procedures to developmentally appropriate skills.
  • Most to Least or Least to Most: Selecting Prompting StrategiesPrompting: Prompt types and how to choose a prompting strategy.
  • Bringing Down the Numbers: How to Reduce Behaviors That Get in the WayBehavior Reduction: Functions of behavior, antecedent interventions and DRA.
  • How to Keep Your Cool in a Crisis, and What to Do AfterCrisis Management: What to do during a behavioral crisis and how to document it.
  • The Ethical Professional!Ethics and Professionalism: Key responsibilities under the RBT Ethics Code 2.0.
  • Keep It to Yourself! Maintaining Boundaries in Community ServicesBoundaries: Professional boundaries with clients, caregivers and other professionals.
  • Making the Most of It! Supervision Sessions Shouldn't Be ScarySupervision: Getting real value out of every supervision session.
  • The Whole Family Is Home: Working Successfully with CaregiversCaregivers: Increasing caregiver participation in home-based services.

RBT Cycle Two Pack · 12 courses

  • Behavioral Skills Training: What Is It and How Can We Use It?Behavioral Skills Training: The steps of BST and how to use it in sessions.
  • Did You Hear About . . . Breaking Down Real-Life Ethical DilemmasEthics Code: Matching real dilemmas to the RBT Ethics Code 2.0.
  • Finding a Groove in Your Sessions: Instructional Control and FlowInstructional Control: Barriers to instructional control and strategies to build it.
  • Tips to Increase Success with DTTDiscrete Trial Training: Essential DTT steps and the most common implementation errors.
  • NET Is Where It's At! Goals in the Natural EnvironmentNatural Environment Teaching: Running NET well during community-based sessions.
  • What's an Operant? Mands, Tacts, and MoreVerbal Behavior: Mands, tacts, intraverbals and echoics in everyday sessions.
  • Just Ask! Ways to Increase Opportunities for MandingMand Opportunities: Arranging the environment to create more manding opportunities.
  • Helping Hands and Caring Hearts: Compassionate Care in ABACompassionate Care: Compassionate care alongside treatment fidelity.
  • Token Economies: Better Than Your Average Sticker ChartToken Economies: Building and running a token economy with fidelity.
  • What's the Function? Why Identifying Function Matters So MuchFunctions of Behavior: The four functions and why function drives treatment.
  • Beginning with the End in Mind: Everyday Generalization StrategiesGeneralization: Stimulus, response and maintenance generalization in daily sessions.
  • Accepting Feedback: How to Listen, Grow, and Actually Make a ChangeAccepting Feedback: Receiving feedback and putting it into practice.

Electives · in Whole School or individually

  • ABA Should Be Fun Too! Ways to Increase Creativity in PlayCreativity in Play: More engaging, creative play sessions.
  • It Isn't Just for the Little Ones: Successful Sessions with Preteens and TeensWorking with Teens: What changes when your client is older, including reinforcement.
  • Let's Get Out of Here! Strategies for Successful Community OutingsCommunity Outings: Planning community sessions that go well.
  • Language Isn't All There Is: Daily Living Skills from the RBT's PerspectiveDaily Living Skills: The RBT's role in teaching daily living skills.
  • POV: I'm Terrible at Social Skills and Supposed to Teach Them?Social Skills: Resources and strategies for teaching social skills at any age.
  • Understanding the Role of Stimulus Control!Stimulus Control: Establishing and transferring stimulus control in teaching.
  • How to Tell Your Supervisor Anything, Good or Bad!Communicating with Supervisors: Clear, timely communication, including difficult news.
  • Evaluating Your Own Biases and Improving Cultural ResponsivenessCultural Responsiveness: Recognizing personal bias and increasing cultural responsivity.

Free

  • Can I Post That? Social Media Sharing in ABA · FreeSocial Media: Confidentiality, consent and sharing photos or videos of sessions.

Your instructor

Dr. Angela Hess, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA

More than 20 years training ABA professionals, supervising BCBA candidates, and working with children, teens and families. She owns an in-home ABA agency in Maryland, and she was a classroom teacher first.

Read her full bio

New to the PDU requirement?

Our plain-English guide covers how many PDUs you need, when your cycle starts and what counts.

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