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Assistant Behavior Analyst License

Oregon assistant behavior analyst licensure, requiring BACB assistant certification and supervision by an Oregon-licensed behavior analyst.

Licensing authority: Oregon Health Authority, Health Licensing Office / Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board · Application information

Reapplication after expiration with BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant on or after January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of BACB January 1, 2022 credentialing requirements.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Expired Authorization
The former Oregon license has been inactive for more than three years; reapply and meet OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020 current requirements.
Fees
Pay the $125 application and $175 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Supervision
Be supervised by a behavior analyst licensed by the Oregon Board.
Reapplication after expiration with BACB certification before January 1, 2022
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant before January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of the BACB requirements in force on the certification date. The rule applies retroactively to applicants since October 16, 2014.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Expired Authorization
The former Oregon license has been inactive for more than three years; reapply and meet OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020 current requirements.
Fees
Pay the $125 application and $175 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Supervision
Be supervised by a behavior analyst licensed by the Oregon Board.
Renewal of inactive authorization within three years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal application form.
Background Check
Pass a state criminal background check under OAR 331-030-0004.
Continuing Education
10 CE hours each licensure year, including at least one hour of ABA ethics; attest compliance on renewal, retain evidence for two years, and respond to HLO audit requests.
Existing Authorization
The Oregon authorization is inactive for no more than three years; the holder cannot use the professional title while inactive.
Fees
Pay the $50 late renewal fee and applicable renewal fee.
Renewal Term
Renewal is valid for one year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure through BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant on or after January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of BACB January 1, 2022 credentialing requirements.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay the $125 application and $175 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Supervision
Be supervised by a behavior analyst licensed by the Oregon Board.
Initial licensure through BACB certification before January 1, 2022
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant before January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of the BACB requirements in force on the certification date. The rule applies retroactively to applicants since October 16, 2014.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay the $125 application and $175 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Supervision
Be supervised by a behavior analyst licensed by the Oregon Board.
Conversion of military temporary authorization to permanent authorization, Pathway 1
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
For BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022, document satisfaction of the January 1, 2022 requirements; for earlier certification, document satisfaction of the requirements at the original award date, as specified in OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.
Conversion Deadline
Submit all conversion documents before the three-month authorization expires.
Conversion Experience
Provide proof of services or teaching in the regulated profession for at least one year during the three years before application.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay all applicable permanent authorization fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Documentation
Provide marriage certificate or domestic partnership registration as applicable and the military orders assigning the member to an Oregon duty station.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Other Jurisdiction Authorization
Provide evidence of authorization in a comparable profession and no related disciplinary action.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Qualification Evidence
Meet OAR 331 division 30 and demonstrate all statutory and rule qualifications of this profession, including its examinations, as required by OAR 331-010-0061.
Supervision
Be supervised by a behavior analyst licensed by the Oregon Board.
Temporary Authorization
Holds the corresponding military temporary authorization under Pathway 1.
Conversion of military temporary authorization to permanent authorization, Pathway 2
BCaBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
For BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022, document satisfaction of the January 1, 2022 requirements; for earlier certification, document satisfaction of the requirements at the original award date, as specified in OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst.
Conversion Deadline
Submit all conversion documents before the temporary authorization expires.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay all applicable permanent authorization fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Documentation
Provide marriage certificate or domestic partnership registration as applicable and the military orders assigning the member to an Oregon duty station.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Other Jurisdiction Authorization
Provide evidence of authorization in a comparable profession and no related disciplinary action.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Qualification Evidence
Meet OAR 331 division 30 and demonstrate all statutory and rule qualifications of this profession, including its examinations, as required by OAR 331-010-0061.
Supervision
Be supervised by a behavior analyst licensed by the Oregon Board.
Temporary Authorization
Holds the corresponding military temporary authorization under Pathway 2.
Restoration after active military service
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing Education
HLO evaluates CE requirements during active duty case by case.
Fees
No fees are due until the following renewal period.
Military Service
Existing Oregon authorization holder was in active military service; renewal and fees were not required during service unless required by the military branch.
Notice
Notify HLO in writing within 60 days of honorable discharge to restore former authorization status.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Annual authorization renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal application form.
Background Check
Pass a state criminal background check under OAR 331-030-0004.
Continuing Education
10 CE hours each licensure year, including at least one hour of ABA ethics; attest compliance on renewal, retain evidence for two years, and respond to HLO audit requests.
Existing Authorization
Holds this Oregon authorization.
Fees
Pay the applicable renewal fee before entering inactive status: $175.
Renewal Term
Renewal is valid for one year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Behavior Analyst License

Oregon behavior analyst licensure through the BACB certification or legacy criteria. An affidavit from other jurisdictions is required when applicable within the ordinary BACB route; the rules do not establish a separate general endorsement credential.

Licensing authority: Oregon Health Authority, Health Licensing Office / Behavior Analysis Regulatory Board · Application information

Reapplication after expiration with BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant on or after January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of BACB January 1, 2022 credentialing requirements.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Expired Authorization
The former Oregon license has been inactive for more than three years; reapply and meet OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020 current requirements.
Fees
Pay the $150 application and $200 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Reapplication after expiration with BACB certification before January 1, 2022
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant before January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of the BACB requirements in force on the certification date. The rule applies retroactively to applicants since October 16, 2014.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Expired Authorization
The former Oregon license has been inactive for more than three years; reapply and meet OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020 current requirements.
Fees
Pay the $150 application and $200 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Renewal of inactive authorization within three years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal application form.
Background Check
Pass a state criminal background check under OAR 331-030-0004.
Continuing Education
16 CE hours each licensure year, including at least one hour of ABA ethics; attest compliance on renewal, retain evidence for two years, and respond to HLO audit requests.
Existing Authorization
The Oregon authorization is inactive for no more than three years; the holder cannot use the professional title while inactive.
Fees
Pay the $50 late renewal fee and applicable renewal fee.
Renewal Term
Renewal is valid for one year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure through BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant on or after January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of BACB January 1, 2022 credentialing requirements.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay the $150 application and $200 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Initial licensure through BACB certification before January 1, 2022
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
BACB certified the applicant before January 1, 2022; document satisfaction of the BACB requirements in force on the certification date. The rule applies retroactively to applicants since October 16, 2014.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay the $150 application and $200 license fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Legacy licensure for timely declarants
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Coursework
Official transcripts for 270 classroom hours: 45 ethics/professional conduct, 45 principles, 45 research methods/analysis, 105 applied ABA and 30 discretionary.
Declaration
Submitted the declaration of active practice to HLO on or before April 30, 2016. The current rule retains this route for that declarant cohort; the declaration deadline is not a new-application deadline.
Degree
At least a master's degree in education, psychology or applied behavior analysis.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Experience
At least ten years of full-time ABA experience; submit a letter describing experience and competencies in measurement, experimental design, behavior change procedures, principles, presenting issues, case management, supervision, assessment and intervention.
Fees
Submit the completed application and required licensing fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Older Coursework
If coursework is more than ten years old, document 50 CE hours, including 12 ABA ethics hours, obtained within the three calendar years before application.
Recommendations
Three recommendation letters based on observation and client progress reports; none from a Board member or family member; two from BCBAs; no more than one from a licensed health-care professional; no more than one from the applicant's practice, a current client or the client's family.
Supervised Experience
Document 1,500 supervised hours including 75 directly supervised hours, or 75 directly supervised hours with a BCBA who signs off on ABA competency.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Conversion of military temporary authorization to permanent authorization, Pathway 1
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
For BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022, document satisfaction of the January 1, 2022 requirements; for earlier certification, document satisfaction of the requirements at the original award date, as specified in OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Conversion Deadline
Submit all conversion documents before the three-month authorization expires.
Conversion Experience
Provide proof of services or teaching in the regulated profession for at least one year during the three years before application.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay all applicable permanent authorization fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Documentation
Provide marriage certificate or domestic partnership registration as applicable and the military orders assigning the member to an Oregon duty station.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Other Jurisdiction Authorization
Provide evidence of authorization in a comparable profession and no related disciplinary action.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Qualification Evidence
Meet OAR 331 division 30 and demonstrate all statutory and rule qualifications of this profession, including its examinations, as required by OAR 331-010-0061.
Temporary Authorization
Holds the corresponding military temporary authorization under Pathway 1.
Conversion of military temporary authorization to permanent authorization, Pathway 2
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the prescribed completed and signed HLO application, legal name, address, telephone number, date of birth, application date, Social Security number or accepted taxpayer identification number, and required disclosures under OAR 331-030-0000.
Background Check
Successfully complete the fingerprint-based state and nationwide criminal records check.
Certification Date Requirements
For BACB certification on or after January 1, 2022, document satisfaction of the January 1, 2022 requirements; for earlier certification, document satisfaction of the requirements at the original award date, as specified in OAR 824-030-0010 or -0020.
Certification Evidence
Arrange for official BACB documentation to be sent directly to HLO proving satisfaction of the requirements for Board Certified Behavior Analyst.
Conversion Deadline
Submit all conversion documents before the temporary authorization expires.
Disciplinary Review
Disclose active and inactive authorizations and disciplinary actions; HLO determines the effect of adverse actions and applicant fitness under OAR 331-030-0000.
Fees
Pay all applicable permanent authorization fees.
Identity
Provide two acceptable government-issued identification documents in the current legal name, at least one photographic; mail applicants provide legible front and back copies.
Military Documentation
Provide marriage certificate or domestic partnership registration as applicable and the military orders assigning the member to an Oregon duty station.
Military Training
If seeking to use military training or experience as a qualification, submit a Joint Services Transcript demonstrating substantial equivalency under OAR 331-010-0070.
Other Jurisdiction Authorization
Provide evidence of authorization in a comparable profession and no related disciplinary action.
Prior Licensure
If applicable, arrange an affidavit of licensure from each jurisdiction where the applicant holds or has held an active or inactive license in this profession.
Qualification Evidence
Meet OAR 331 division 30 and demonstrate all statutory and rule qualifications of this profession, including its examinations, as required by OAR 331-010-0061.
Temporary Authorization
Holds the corresponding military temporary authorization under Pathway 2.
Restoration after active military service
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing Education
HLO evaluates CE requirements during active duty case by case.
Fees
No fees are due until the following renewal period.
Military Service
Existing Oregon authorization holder was in active military service; renewal and fees were not required during service unless required by the military branch.
Notice
Notify HLO in writing within 60 days of honorable discharge to restore former authorization status.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Annual authorization renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal application form.
Background Check
Pass a state criminal background check under OAR 331-030-0004.
Continuing Education
16 CE hours each licensure year, including at least one hour of ABA ethics; attest compliance on renewal, retain evidence for two years, and respond to HLO audit requests.
Existing Authorization
Holds this Oregon authorization.
Fees
Pay the applicable renewal fee before entering inactive status: $200.
Renewal Term
Renewal is valid for one year.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

BCaBA Certification Examination

Provider
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB); delivered by Pearson VUE in person at authorized Pearson VUE testing sites
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination, continuously available and offered only in English; each question has 4 possible answers and only 1 correct answer; all questions are equally weighted and the result is based on overall performance
Exam questions
175 multiple-choice questions: 150 scored and 25 unscored
Time limit
4 hours
Passing score
Pass/fail; criterion-referenced passing score established by the modified Angoff method
Exam fee
$175 certification application (BACB) plus $125 examination appointment (Pearson VUE)
Examination outline
  • A. Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations (10 of 150 scored questions) (7%)
    • A.1. Explain the goals of behavior analysis as a natural science (i.e., description, prediction, control).
    • A.2. Explain the philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis (e.g., selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism).
    • A.3. Describe and explain behavior from the perspective of radical behaviorism.
    • A.4. Distinguish among behaviorism, the experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis.
    • A.5. Identify and describe dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968).
  • B. Concepts and Principles (18 of 150 scored questions) (12%)
    • B.1. Identify and distinguish among behavior, response, and response class.
    • B.2. Identify and distinguish between stimulus and stimulus class.
    • B.3. Identify and distinguish between respondent and operant conditioning.
    • B.4. Identify and distinguish between positive and negative reinforcement contingencies.
    • B.5. Identify and distinguish between positive and negative punishment contingencies.
    • B.6. Identify and distinguish between automatic and socially mediated contingencies.
    • B.7. Identify and distinguish among unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized reinforcers and punishers.
    • B.8. Identify and distinguish among simple schedules of reinforcement.
    • B.9. Identify examples of operant extinction.
    • B.10. Identify and distinguish between types of stimulus control.
    • B.11. Identify and distinguish between discrimination and generalization.
    • B.12. Define and identify examples of unconditioned motivating operations.
    • B.13. Identify and distinguish between rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
    • B.14. Identify and distinguish among elementary verbal operants.
    • B.15. Define and identify examples of processes that promote emergent relations and generative performance.
  • C. Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation (20 of 150 scored questions) (13%)
    • C.1. Define and identify dimensions of behavior (e.g., count, duration, magnitude).
    • C.2. Describe the form (i.e., topography) and develop operational definitions of behavior.
    • C.3. Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
    • C.4. Develop and implement continuous measurement procedures (e.g., duration recording, event recording).
    • C.5. Develop and implement discontinuous measurement procedures (e.g., interval recording, time sampling).
    • C.6. Evaluate the validity and reliability of measurement procedures.
    • C.7. Select a measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
    • C.8. Graph data to communicate relevant quantitative relations (e.g., equal-interval graphs, bar graphs, cumulative records).
    • C.9. Interpret graphed data.
    • C.10. Develop and evaluate mastery criteria.
  • D. Experimental Design (10 of 150 scored questions) (7%)
    • D.1. Distinguish between dependent and independent variables.
    • D.2. Distinguish between internal and external validity.
    • D.3. Identify the defining features of single-case experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).
    • D.4. Identify strengths of single-case experimental design.
    • D.5. Distinguish among and implement single-case experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).
    • D.6. Distinguish among and implement comparative, component, and parametric analyses.
  • E. Ethical and Professional Issues (18 of 150 scored questions) (12%)
    • E.1. Identify and apply core principles underlying the ethics codes for BACB certificants (e.g., benefit others; treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect; behave with integrity).
    • E.2. Identify the risks to oneself, others, and the profession associated with engaging in unethical behavior (e.g., misuse of social media, misrepresentation of one’s credential, making confidential information public).
    • E.3. Identify one’s area(s) of competence and when to seek a supervisor’s guidance.
    • E.4. Identify professional development activities that strengthen and expand areas of competence (e.g., attend conferences, read literature, seek consultation, establish mentors).
    • E.5. Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.
    • E.6. Identify steps that should be taken when transitioning clients or supervisees to another professional or when a BCaBA transitions to a different supervisor.
    • E.7. Identify types of and risks associated with multiple relationships, and how to mitigate those risks when they are unavoidable.
    • E.8. Identify and apply interpersonal and other skills (e.g., accepting feedback, listening actively, seeking input, collaborating) to establish and maintain professional relationships.
    • E.9. Engage in cultural humility in service delivery and professional relationships.
    • E.10. Apply culturally responsive and inclusive service and supervision activities.
    • E.11. Identify and apply the legal, regulatory, and practice requirements (e.g., licensure, jurisprudence, funding, certification) relevant to the delivery of behavior-analytic services.
  • F. Behavior Assessment (17 of 150 scored questions) (11%)
    • F.1. Review relevant information in available records and data (e.g., educational, medical, historical) at the outset of a case.
    • F.2. Identify conditions that warrant behavior-analytic services.
    • F.3. Identify and prioritize socially significant, client-informed, and culturally responsive behavior-change goals.
    • F.4. Implement assessments of relevant skill strengths and deficits, and contextual fit (e.g., client values, cultural variables, social validity, environmental resources).
    • F.5. Implement preference and reinforcer assessments.
    • F.6. Implement functional assessments of behavior, including indirect, descriptive, and experimental analyses.
  • G. Behavior-Change Procedures (22 of 150 scored questions) (15%)
    • G.1. Develop and implement positive and negative reinforcement procedures, including contingent and noncontingent applications.
    • G.2. Develop and implement procedures to establish and use conditioned reinforcers.
    • G.3. Develop and implement procedures that incorporate motivating operations and discriminative stimuli.
    • G.4. Develop and implement procedures to teach simple and conditional discriminations.
    • G.5. Develop and implement procedures using stimulus and response prompts that include appropriate fading procedures (e.g., errorless, least-to-most, stimulus fading).
    • G.6. Develop and implement modeling procedures.
    • G.7. Develop and implement procedures that use instructions and rules.
    • G.8. Develop and implement shaping procedures.
    • G.9. Develop and implement chaining procedures.
    • G.10. Develop and implement procedures to teach elementary verbal operants.
    • G.11. Develop and implement procedures to promote emergent relations and generative performance.
    • G.12. Develop and implement procedures that promote behavioral persistence.
    • G.13. Develop and implement acquisition procedures that are appropriate to the client’s skills and intervention goals (e.g., discrete-trial, free-operant, and naturalistic teaching arrangements).
    • G.14. Develop and implement group contingency procedures.
    • G.15. Develop and implement contingency contracting procedures.
    • G.16. Develop and implement self-management procedures.
    • G.17. Develop and implement procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.
    • G.18. Develop and implement differential reinforcement procedures with and without extinction.
    • G.19. Define and implement positive and negative punishment procedures (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection).
    • G.20. Develop and implement procedures to promote maintenance of behavior change.
  • H. Intervention Development and Monitoring (20 of 150 scored questions) (13%)
    • H.1. State intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
    • H.2. Identify potential interventions based on assessment results and scientific evidence.
    • H.3. Develop intervention goals and procedures based on risks and contextual fit (e.g., client preferences and values, cultural variables, social validity, environmental resources).
    • H.4. Identify alternative behaviors to be established or increased when a target behavior is to be decreased.
    • H.5. Identify possible unwanted effects when using reinforcement, extinction, and punishment procedures.
    • H.6. Evaluate client progress and procedural integrity.
    • H.7. Make data-based decisions about the effectiveness of procedures and the need for modification.
    • H.8. Collaborate with and include others who support and/or provide services to clients.
  • I. Supervisory Relationships (15 of 150 scored questions) (10%)
    • I.1. Use behavior-analytic supervision practices and state the potential risks of ineffective supervision (e.g., poor client outcomes, impaired job satisfaction, employee turnover).
    • I.2. Identify and apply strategies for establishing and maintaining effective supervisory relationships (e.g., active listening, providing reinforcement, reciprocal feedback).
    • I.3. Identify and implement methods that promote equity in supervision practices.
    • I.4. Establish clear performance expectations for the supervisor and supervisee.
    • I.5. Select supervision goals based on an assessment of the supervisee’s skills.
    • I.6. Apply empirically validated and competency-based approaches to train supervisees to perform assessment and intervention procedures.
    • I.7. Identify and apply empirically validated and culturally responsive performance management procedures (e.g., modeling, practice, feedback, reinforcement, task clarification, manipulation of response effort).
    • I.8. Apply a function-based approach (e.g., performance diagnostics) to assess and improve supervisee behavior.
    • I.9. Evaluate the effects of supervision (e.g., on client outcomes, on supervisee repertoires).
Examination sources

BCBA Certification Examination

Provider
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB); delivered by Pearson VUE in person at authorized Pearson VUE testing sites
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination, continuously available and offered only in English; each question has 4 possible answers and only 1 correct answer; all questions are equally weighted and the result is based on overall performance
Exam questions
185 multiple-choice questions: 175 scored and 10 unscored
Time limit
4 hours
Passing score
Pass/fail; criterion-referenced passing score established by the modified Angoff method
Exam fee
$245 certification application (BACB) plus $125 examination appointment (Pearson VUE); $140 examination retake application
Examination outline
  • A. Behaviorism and Philosophical Foundations (8 of 175 scored questions) (5%)
    • A.1. Identify the goals of behavior analysis as a science (i.e., description, prediction, control).
    • A.2. Explain the philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis (e.g., selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism).
    • A.3. Explain behavior from the perspective of radical behaviorism.
    • A.4. Distinguish among behaviorism, the experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis.
    • A.5. Identify and describe dimensions of applied behavior analysis.
  • B. Concepts and Principles (24 of 175 scored questions) (14%)
    • B.1. Identify and distinguish among behavior, response, and response class.
    • B.2. Identify and distinguish between stimulus and stimulus class.
    • B.3. Identify and distinguish between respondent and operant conditioning.
    • B.4. Identify and distinguish between positive and negative reinforcement contingencies.
    • B.5. Identify and distinguish between positive and negative punishment contingencies.
    • B.6. Identify and distinguish between automatic and socially mediated contingencies.
    • B.7. Identify and distinguish among unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized reinforcers.
    • B.8. Identify and distinguish among unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized punishers.
    • B.9. Identify and distinguish among simple schedules of reinforcement.
    • B.10. Identify and distinguish among concurrent, multiple, mixed, and chained schedules of reinforcement.
    • B.11. Identify and distinguish between operant and respondent extinction as operations and processes.
    • B.12. Identify examples of stimulus control.
    • B.13. Identify examples of stimulus discrimination.
    • B.14. Identify and distinguish between stimulus and response generalization.
    • B.15. Identify examples of response maintenance.
    • B.16. Identify examples of motivating operations.
    • B.17. Distinguish between motivating operations and stimulus control.
    • B.18. Identify and distinguish between rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
    • B.19. Identify and distinguish among verbal operants.
    • B.20. Identify the role of multiple control in verbal behavior.
    • B.21. Identify examples of processes that promote emergent relations and generative performance.
    • B.22. Identify ways behavioral momentum can be used to understand response persistence.
    • B.23. Identify ways the matching law can be used to interpret response allocation.
    • B.24. Identify and distinguish between imitation and observational learning.
  • C. Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation (21 of 175 scored questions) (12%)
    • C.1. Create operational definitions of behavior.
    • C.2. Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
    • C.3. Measure occurrence.
    • C.4. Measure temporal dimensions of behavior (e.g., duration, latency, interresponse time).
    • C.5. Distinguish between continuous and discontinuous measurement procedures.
    • C.6. Design and apply discontinuous measurement procedures (e.g., interval recording, time sampling).
    • C.7. Measure efficiency (e.g., trials to criterion, cost-benefit analysis, training duration).
    • C.8. Evaluate the validity and reliability of measurement procedures.
    • C.9. Select a measurement procedure to obtain representative data that accounts for the critical dimension of the behavior and environmental constraints.
    • C.10. Graph data to communicate relevant quantitative relations (e.g., equal-interval graphs, bar graphs, cumulative records).
    • C.11. Interpret graphed data.
    • C.12. Select a measurement procedure to obtain representative procedural integrity data that accounts for relevant dimensions (e.g., accuracy, dosage) and environmental constraints.
  • D. Experimental Design (13 of 175 scored questions) (7%)
    • D.1. Distinguish between dependent and independent variables.
    • D.2. Distinguish between internal and external validity.
    • D.3. Identify threats to internal validity (e.g., history, maturation).
    • D.4. Identify the defining features of single-case experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).
    • D.5. Identify the relative strengths of single-case experimental designs and group designs.
    • D.6. Critique and interpret data from single-case experimental designs.
    • D.7. Distinguish among reversal, multiple-baseline, multielement, and changing-criterion designs.
    • D.8. Identify rationales for conducting comparative, component, and parametric analyses.
    • D.9. Apply single-case experimental designs.
  • E. Ethical and Professional Issues (22 of 175 scored questions) (13%)
    • E.1. Identify and apply core principles underlying the ethics codes for BACB certificants (e.g., benefit others; treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect; behave with integrity).
    • E.2. Identify the risks to oneself, others, and the profession as a result of engaging in unethical behavior.
    • E.3. Develop and maintain competence by engaging in professional development activities (e.g., read literature, seek consultation, establish mentors).
    • E.4. Identify and comply with requirements for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing confidential information.
    • E.5. Identify and comply with requirements for making public statements about professional activities (e.g., social media activity; misrepresentation of professional credentials, behavior analysis, and service outcomes).
    • E.6. Identify the conditions under which services or supervision should be discontinued and apply steps that should be taken when transitioning clients and supervisees to another professional.
    • E.7. Identify types of and risks associated with multiple relationships, and how to mitigate those risks when they are unavoidable.
    • E.8. Identify and apply interpersonal and other skills (e.g., accepting feedback, listening actively, seeking input, collaborating) to establish and maintain professional relationships.
    • E.9. Engage in cultural humility in service delivery and professional relationships.
    • E.10. Apply culturally responsive and inclusive service and supervision activities.
    • E.11. Identify personal biases and how they might interfere with professional activity.
    • E.12. Identify and apply the legal, regulatory, and practice requirements (e.g., licensure, jurisprudence, funding, certification) relevant to the delivery of behavior-analytic services.
  • F. Behavior Assessment (23 of 175 scored questions) (13%)
    • F.1. Identify relevant sources of information in records (e.g., educational, medical, historical) at the outset of the case.
    • F.2. Identify and integrate relevant cultural variables in the assessment process.
    • F.3. Design and evaluate assessments of relevant skill strengths and areas of need.
    • F.4. Design and evaluate preference assessments.
    • F.5. Design and evaluate descriptive assessments.
    • F.6. Design and evaluate functional analyses.
    • F.7. Interpret assessment data to determine the need for behavior-analytic services and/or referral to others.
    • F.8. Interpret assessment data to identify and prioritize socially significant, client-informed, and culturally responsive behavior-change procedures and goals.
  • G. Behavior-Change Procedures (25 of 175 scored questions) (14%)
    • G.1. Design and evaluate positive and negative reinforcement procedures.
    • G.2. Design and evaluate differential reinforcement (e.g., DRA, DRO, DRL, DRH) procedures with and without extinction.
    • G.3. Design and evaluate time-based reinforcement (e.g., fixed-time) schedules.
    • G.4. Identify procedures to establish and use conditioned reinforcers (e.g., token economies).
    • G.5. Incorporate motivating operations and discriminative stimuli into behavior-change procedures.
    • G.6. Design and evaluate procedures to produce simple and conditional discriminations.
    • G.7. Select and evaluate stimulus and response prompting procedures (e.g., errorless, most-to-least, least-to-most).
    • G.8. Design and implement procedures to fade stimulus and response prompts (e.g., prompt delay, stimulus fading).
    • G.9. Design and evaluate modeling procedures.
    • G.10. Design and evaluate instructions and rules.
    • G.11. Shape dimensions of behavior.
    • G.12. Select and implement chaining procedures.
    • G.13. Design and evaluate trial-based and free-operant procedures.
    • G.14. Design and evaluate group contingencies.
    • G.15. Design and evaluate procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.
    • G.16. Design and evaluate procedures to maintain desired behavior change following intervention (e.g., schedule thinning, transferring to naturally occurring reinforcers).
    • G.17. Design and evaluate positive and negative punishment (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection).
    • G.18. Evaluate emotional and elicited effects of behavior-change procedures.
    • G.19. Design and evaluate procedures to promote emergent relations and generative performance.
  • H. Selecting and Implementing Interventions (20 of 175 scored questions) (11%)
    • H.1. Develop intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
    • H.2. Identify and recommend interventions based on assessment results, scientific evidence, client preferences, and contextual fit (e.g., expertise required for implementation, cultural variables, environmental resources).
    • H.3. Select socially valid alternative behavior to be established or increased when a target behavior is to be decreased.
    • H.4. Plan for and attempt to mitigate possible unwanted effects when using reinforcement, extinction, and punishment procedures.
    • H.5. Plan for and attempt to mitigate possible relapse of the target behavior.
    • H.6. Make data-based decisions about procedural integrity.
    • H.7. Make data-based decisions about the effectiveness of the intervention and the need for modification.
    • H.8. Collaborate with others to support and enhance client services.
  • I. Personnel Supervision and Management (19 of 175 scored questions) (11%)
    • I.1. Identify the benefits of using behavior-analytic supervision (e.g., improved client outcomes, improved staff performance and retention).
    • I.2. Identify and apply strategies for establishing effective supervisory relationships (e.g., executing supervisor-supervisee contracts, establishing clear expectations, giving and accepting feedback).
    • I.3. Identify and implement methods that promote equity in supervision practices.
    • I.4. Select supervision goals based on an assessment of the supervisee’s skills, cultural variables, and the environment.
    • I.5. Identify and apply empirically validated and culturally responsive performance management procedures (e.g., modeling, practice, feedback, reinforcement, task clarification, manipulation of response effort).
    • I.6. Apply a function-based approach (e.g., performance diagnostics) to assess and improve supervisee behavior.
    • I.7. Make data-based decisions about the efficacy of supervisory practices.
Examination sources