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Behavior Analyst License

License under SDCL chapter 36-38. The 2023 legislature repealed the original July 2024 sunset. Assistants and paraprofessionals supervised under SDCL 36-38-5(6) are exempt from this license and do not receive a separate Board license under that provision. Academic, trainee, short-term visiting and other practice exemptions in SDCL 36-38-5 are exemptions, not separate license types. The current implementing article is ARSD 20:85.

Licensing authority: South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Automatic reinstatement at the end of an ordered suspension
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Scope
This finding covers automatic reinstatement under such an order, not subsequent ordinary annual renewal and not discretionary written reinstatement.
Suspension order
Available only when the Board’s suspension order provides for automatic reinstatement after its fixed period under the final sentence of SDCL 36-38-17.
Time and terms
The Board order determines the period and its terms. This statutory alternative does not use the written application establishing existing licensing requirements that the first sentence assigns to discretionary reinstatement.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Licensure by endorsement under SDCL chapter 36 1D
BCBA Certification Examination
Application verification
If ever licensed to practice applied behavior analysis elsewhere, request official verification directly from that licensing board to the South Dakota Board.
Board application
Submit the Board-prescribed witnessed and notarized application, identifying and education information, five-year employment history, requested criminal and disciplinary disclosures, and applicable fees.
Board careers education instruction
The DSS Behavioral Health Careers page states: "Master’s degree or higher from an APBA-accredited program". SDCL 36-38-7(1) instead requires an earned master’s or doctoral degree without that program restriction; this lower-ranked instruction is retained for the applicant.
Board certification instruction
Current BCBA certification from BACB or its successor is required. BACB must send proof with the applicant’s name, certification number, issue date and expiration date. A previously passed, currently offered BCBA examination remains an examination leaf; the certification’s current status is an applicant condition.
Board education instruction
SDCL 36-38-7(1): earned a master’s or doctoral degree; official transcripts must be sent directly by the college to the Board under ARSD 20:85:01:02(3) and the application.
Board fee instruction
The pinned Board page states: "Initial application fee - $350.00" and "Annual licensing fee - $300.00"; it asks an initial applicant to pay $650 total. ARSD 20:85:01:04 also labels $350 as the initial application fee and $300 as the annual fee. These lower-ranked labels conflict with the statutory caps and are retained as the Board’s instructions.
Competency
Demonstrate competency through methods determined by the Board under SDCL 36-1D-1(2). The Board’s behavior-analyst application, which expressly covers applicants licensed elsewhere, requires current BACB certification. That identified BCBA examination is retained; any additional unidentified Board competency method is a condition, not an invented examination.
Conduct
No refusal, suspension or revocation grounds unless the Board determines the act should not impede licensure.
Existing license
Hold a current license, certificate, registration or permit from another state, territory or country; the Board must determine its requirements substantially equivalent to or exceeding South Dakota requirements under SDCL 36-1D-1(1).
Fee
Pay applicable Board fees under SDCL 36-1D-1(5); the conflicting current Board fee labels and statutory caps are stated in the initial-licensure conditions.
Good standing
Good standing and no discipline by the issuing jurisdiction unless the Board determines that discipline should not impede licensure.
Statutory fee caps
SDCL 36-38-8 caps the application fee at $300; SDCL 36-38-10 caps the initial-licensure fee at $350.
Initial licensure by current BCBA certification
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed witnessed and notarized application, identifying and education information, five-year employment history, requested criminal and disciplinary disclosures, and applicable fees.
Board careers education instruction
The DSS Behavioral Health Careers page states: "Master’s degree or higher from an APBA-accredited program". SDCL 36-38-7(1) instead requires an earned master’s or doctoral degree without that program restriction; this lower-ranked instruction is retained for the applicant.
Board fee instruction
The pinned Board page states: "Initial application fee - $350.00" and "Annual licensing fee - $300.00"; it asks an initial applicant to pay $650 total. ARSD 20:85:01:04 also labels $350 as the initial application fee and $300 as the annual fee. These lower-ranked labels conflict with the statutory caps and are retained as the Board’s instructions.
Criminal history
No felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, as defined by SDCL 22-1-2(25), during the past five years under SDCL 36-38-7(3); disclose criminal history on the application.
Current certification
Current BCBA certification from BACB or its successor is required. BACB must send proof with the applicant’s name, certification number, issue date and expiration date. A previously passed, currently offered BCBA examination remains an examination leaf; the certification’s current status is an applicant condition.
Discipline
Verify that no disciplinary proceeding or pending complaint exists before another licensing board unless this Board considers it and agrees to licensure under SDCL 36-38-7(4). Provide the application’s requested disclosures and supporting decisions.
Education
SDCL 36-38-7(1): earned a master’s or doctoral degree; official transcripts must be sent directly by the college to the Board under ARSD 20:85:01:02(3) and the application.
Other jurisdiction verification
If ever licensed to practice applied behavior analysis elsewhere, request official verification directly from that licensing board to the South Dakota Board.
Statutory fees
SDCL 36-38-8 caps the application fee at $300; SDCL 36-38-10 caps the initial-licensure fee at $350.
Reapplication after the nonrenewal restoration deadline
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed witnessed and notarized application, identifying and education information, five-year employment history, requested criminal and disciplinary disclosures, and applicable fees.
Board careers education instruction
The DSS Behavioral Health Careers page states: "Master’s degree or higher from an APBA-accredited program". SDCL 36-38-7(1) instead requires an earned master’s or doctoral degree without that program restriction; this lower-ranked instruction is retained for the applicant.
Board deadline instruction
The renewal form states: "Applicants who fail to renew their license within 180 days from the date of expiration will be required to reapply for licensure". The controlling rule instead specifies before January 1 of the next year; its calendar deadline governs this route, and the Board’s 180-day wording is retained as an instruction.
Board fee instruction
The pinned Board page states: "Initial application fee - $350.00" and "Annual licensing fee - $300.00"; it asks an initial applicant to pay $650 total. ARSD 20:85:01:04 also labels $350 as the initial application fee and $300 as the annual fee. These lower-ranked labels conflict with the statutory caps and are retained as the Board’s instructions.
Criminal history
No felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, as defined by SDCL 22-1-2(25), during the past five years under SDCL 36-38-7(3); disclose criminal history on the application.
Current certification
Current BCBA certification from BACB or its successor is required. BACB must send proof with the applicant’s name, certification number, issue date and expiration date. A previously passed, currently offered BCBA examination remains an examination leaf; the certification’s current status is an applicant condition.
Discipline
Verify that no disciplinary proceeding or pending complaint exists before another licensing board unless this Board considers it and agrees to licensure under SDCL 36-38-7(4). Provide the application’s requested disclosures and supporting decisions.
Education
SDCL 36-38-7(1): earned a master’s or doctoral degree; official transcripts must be sent directly by the college to the Board under ARSD 20:85:01:02(3) and the application.
Lapsed license
Written restoration application and fee were not received before January 1 of the year following nonrenewal suspension.
Other jurisdiction verification
If ever licensed to practice applied behavior analysis elsewhere, request official verification directly from that licensing board to the South Dakota Board.
Reapplication
Pay the initial application fee and licensing fee required in ARSD 20:85:01:04 and submit a new written application meeting ARSD 20:85:01:02.
Statutory fees
SDCL 36-38-8 caps the application fee at $300; SDCL 36-38-10 caps the initial-licensure fee at $350.
Expedited licensure for transferred active duty military members and spouses
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board form certification demand
The general behavior-analyst form asks military-spouse questions and states "Current certification in good standing by the BACB is required for licensure." That lower-ranked demand is retained here as an applicant-facing Board instruction; the statutory mandatory issuance route governs the examination tree.
Complete application
The Board must receive all documentation necessary to process the application; absent disciplinary grounds, it shall issue within thirty days after receiving a completed application.
Existing license
Hold in good standing the same or similar valid license, certificate, registration or permit issued by another state or the District of Columbia; this existing state credential is an applicant condition, not another state’s examination leaf.
Fees
SDCL 36-1B-4 prohibits application and other fees payable to the licensing body for this statutory route.
Higher ranked eligibility
SDCL 36-1B-1 begins "Notwithstanding any other provision in law" and sets the mandatory issuance conditions on an existing state credential; it does not identify a current examination as a condition of this special issuance route.
Military status
Active-duty member of the United States armed forces or spouse of such a member, subject to military transfer to South Dakota.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Renewal of an expedited military or military spouse license
BCBA Certification Examination
Annual deadline
Renew annually by July 1; failure to renew by July 1 constitutes suspension under ARSD 20:85:01:05.
Application
Complete the renewal form, report requested contact, employment, criminal and disciplinary information since the preceding application, and sign its declaration.
Continued eligibility
Renewable only until transfer out of South Dakota, loss of good-standing equivalent out-of-state credential, nonadherence to applicable South Dakota maintenance requirements, or termination of full-time active-duty status of the member stationed in South Dakota under SDCL 36-1B-2.1.
Current certification
The renewal form requires current BACB certification in good standing. The registered current BCBA examination remains a leaf because the route involves certification by that examination; an applicant holding certification need not retake it merely to renew.
Fee exemption
SDCL 36-1B-4 forbids fees payable to the licensing body for the special license; the general renewal form’s $300 fee instruction is subordinate to that statute.
Special license
Renewal of a license issued under SDCL 36-1B-1.
Annual renewal
BCBA Certification Examination
Annual deadline
Renew annually by July 1; failure to renew by July 1 constitutes suspension under ARSD 20:85:01:05.
Application
Complete the renewal form, report requested contact, employment, criminal and disciplinary information since the preceding application, and sign its declaration.
Current certification
The renewal form requires current BACB certification in good standing. The registered current BCBA examination remains a leaf because the route involves certification by that examination; an applicant holding certification need not retake it merely to renew.
Fees
The Board renewal form states a $300 renewal fee payable by check or money order.
Restoration after nonrenewal before January 1
BCBA Certification Examination
Annual deadline
Renew annually by July 1; failure to renew by July 1 constitutes suspension under ARSD 20:85:01:05.
Application
Complete the renewal form, report requested contact, employment, criminal and disciplinary information since the preceding application, and sign its declaration.
Board deadline instruction
The renewal form states: "Applicants who fail to renew their license within 180 days from the date of expiration will be required to reapply for licensure". The controlling rule instead specifies before January 1 of the next year; its calendar deadline governs this route, and the Board’s 180-day wording is retained as an instruction.
Current certification
The renewal form requires current BACB certification in good standing. The registered current BCBA examination remains a leaf because the route involves certification by that examination; an applicant holding certification need not retake it merely to renew.
Fees
The Board renewal form states a $300 renewal fee payable by check or money order.
Restoration deadline
Submit a written application and annual licensing fee before January 1 of the next year under ARSD 20:85:01:05.
Suspended license
Applies to a license suspended for nonrenewal.
Special restoration after military service
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application window
Apply to the proper licensing agency within six months from separation from service.
Fees
Only fees, dues or charges current in the application year may be required.
Previous status
At induction, enlistment or engagement, regularly licensed in good standing and lawfully practicing in South Dakota; the professional status subsequently was lost.
Restoration
Restore the status held at induction or enlistment notwithstanding contrary law or rules, without submitting to examinations or showing compliance with current licensing requirements, under SDCL 36-1-1.
Scope
This finding covers special restoration after military service; ordinary renewal following restoration is separately recorded.
Veteran status
A veteran under SDCL 33A-2-1: completed the active-duty, reserve or National Guard obligation or received a qualifying early discharge, and separated honorably or under honorable conditions.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Discretionary written reinstatement or reissuance after discipline
BCBA Certification Examination
Application
Submit the Board-prescribed witnessed and notarized application, identifying and education information, five-year employment history, requested criminal and disciplinary disclosures, and applicable fees.
Board careers education instruction
The DSS Behavioral Health Careers page states: "Master’s degree or higher from an APBA-accredited program". SDCL 36-38-7(1) instead requires an earned master’s or doctoral degree without that program restriction; this lower-ranked instruction is retained for the applicant.
Board discretion
The Board may reinstate or reissue for reasons it deems sufficient and for good cause by majority vote under SDCL 36-38-17.
Board fee instruction
The pinned Board page states: "Initial application fee - $350.00" and "Annual licensing fee - $300.00"; it asks an initial applicant to pay $650 total. ARSD 20:85:01:04 also labels $350 as the initial application fee and $300 as the annual fee. These lower-ranked labels conflict with the statutory caps and are retained as the Board’s instructions.
Criminal history
No felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, as defined by SDCL 22-1-2(25), during the past five years under SDCL 36-38-7(3); disclose criminal history on the application.
Current certification
Current BCBA certification from BACB or its successor is required. BACB must send proof with the applicant’s name, certification number, issue date and expiration date. A previously passed, currently offered BCBA examination remains an examination leaf; the certification’s current status is an applicant condition.
Discipline
Verify that no disciplinary proceeding or pending complaint exists before another licensing board unless this Board considers it and agrees to licensure under SDCL 36-38-7(4). Provide the application’s requested disclosures and supporting decisions.
Education
SDCL 36-38-7(1): earned a master’s or doctoral degree; official transcripts must be sent directly by the college to the Board under ARSD 20:85:01:02(3) and the application.
Individual order
Satisfy the Board’s applicable disciplinary and reinstatement terms; no additional named standardized examination is identified by SDCL 36-38-17.
Other jurisdiction verification
If ever licensed to practice applied behavior analysis elsewhere, request official verification directly from that licensing board to the South Dakota Board.
Previous license
The license was canceled, suspended or revoked.
Statutory fees
SDCL 36-38-8 caps the application fee at $300; SDCL 36-38-10 caps the initial-licensure fee at $350.
Written application
A written application must establish compliance with existing licensing requirements.

Provisional Endorsement License — Behavior Analyst

Discretionary provisional form authorized by SDCL 36-1D-2 for an endorsement applicant satisfying remaining requirements. Practice ends upon denial, the Board-established expiration or failure to comply with its terms. No separate published behavior-analyst provisional application or fixed duration is stated in ARSD 20:85.

Licensing authority: South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners · Application information

Provisional endorsement while completing remaining requirements
BCBA Certification Examination
Application verification
If ever licensed to practice applied behavior analysis elsewhere, request official verification directly from that licensing board to the South Dakota Board.
Board application
Submit the Board-prescribed witnessed and notarized application, identifying and education information, five-year employment history, requested criminal and disciplinary disclosures, and applicable fees.
Board careers education instruction
The DSS Behavioral Health Careers page states: "Master’s degree or higher from an APBA-accredited program". SDCL 36-38-7(1) instead requires an earned master’s or doctoral degree without that program restriction; this lower-ranked instruction is retained for the applicant.
Board certification instruction
Current BCBA certification from BACB or its successor is required. BACB must send proof with the applicant’s name, certification number, issue date and expiration date. A previously passed, currently offered BCBA examination remains an examination leaf; the certification’s current status is an applicant condition.
Board discretion
The Board may issue a provisional endorsement license while the applicant is satisfying remaining endorsement requirements; issuance is discretionary under SDCL 36-1D-2.
Board education instruction
SDCL 36-38-7(1): earned a master’s or doctoral degree; official transcripts must be sent directly by the college to the Board under ARSD 20:85:01:02(3) and the application.
Board fee instruction
The pinned Board page states: "Initial application fee - $350.00" and "Annual licensing fee - $300.00"; it asks an initial applicant to pay $650 total. ARSD 20:85:01:04 also labels $350 as the initial application fee and $300 as the annual fee. These lower-ranked labels conflict with the statutory caps and are retained as the Board’s instructions.
Competency
Demonstrate competency through methods determined by the Board under SDCL 36-1D-1(2). The Board’s behavior-analyst application, which expressly covers applicants licensed elsewhere, requires current BACB certification. That identified BCBA examination is retained; any additional unidentified Board competency method is a condition, not an invented examination.
Conduct
No refusal, suspension or revocation grounds unless the Board determines the act should not impede licensure.
Duration
Practice ends on license denial, expiration established by Board regulation, or noncompliance with provisional terms. ARSD 20:85 supplies no numerical provisional term; the Board’s individual terms remain an applicant condition.
Existing license
Hold a current license, certificate, registration or permit from another state, territory or country; the Board must determine its requirements substantially equivalent to or exceeding South Dakota requirements under SDCL 36-1D-1(1).
Fee
Pay applicable Board fees under SDCL 36-1D-1(5); the conflicting current Board fee labels and statutory caps are stated in the initial-licensure conditions.
Good standing
Good standing and no discipline by the issuing jurisdiction unless the Board determines that discipline should not impede licensure.
Pending requirements
The BCBA examination belongs to the underlying endorsement route even when its certification condition remains to be satisfied. The provisional statute permits practice while remaining requirements are pending; this reference does not assert the applicant must retake an examination or finish certification before provisional issuance.
Statutory fee caps
SDCL 36-38-8 caps the application fee at $300; SDCL 36-38-10 caps the initial-licensure fee at $350.

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