ABA training: which course you need, and what it costs
ABA training teaches you to use applied behavior analysis. You learn to observe a behavior, record what you see, teach a new skill in small steps, and reduce a behavior that is getting in the way. Which course you take depends on who you are, so pick your door below. Every course here is online, and people take them in 140+ countries.
Parents and family caregivers
Start with Level 1
The Level 1 ABA Online Training Course (Autism Basic) is written for families, not clinicians. It covers what ABA is, how reinforcement works, how to take data at home, and how to follow a plan your child's team wrote. $199. You don't need a credential to enrol.
When you want more: Level 2 (Intermediate) and Level 3 (behavior intervention plans), $199 each.
All three levels open with a free 7-day trial that covers the first 2 sessions, so you can see the teaching before you pay.
Not sure ABA is what your child needs yet? Start with the complete guide for parents. It's free.
Behavior technicians and RBTs
Free tools first, and a straight answer
Five free RBT PDU tools and the RBT PDU requirements explainer cover the continuing-education side at no cost. The RBT exam changed in 2026, and that page explains what moved.
Working out whether the RBT route is for you? The RBT Readiness Webinar walks the RBT landscape and the certification pathway, $39. It isn't RBT training and it doesn't count toward the BACB 40-hour requirement. We don't currently offer the 40-hour course itself, and we'd rather say so than sell you the wrong thing.
Training a team of technicians rather than yourself? Take the organizations door.
Behavior analysts (BCBA, BCaBA)
Continuing education that counts
Special Learning is a BACB Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) Provider, number OP-14-2437. The CE Library for Behavior Analysts gives you twelve months of CE sessions for $199.
All Access is one library of field-tested autism tools and training (visual schedules, data sheets, courses) for twelve months, $299.
Both open with a free 7-day trial that unlocks the webcast library, so you can watch a session before you pay.
Agencies, schools and universities
Train a whole team, and prove it
Our learning management system for ABA organizations assigns training, tracks every technician and analyst to completion, and issues certificates anyone can verify. Your own training goes in beside ours.
Sold by the seat, per year. The organizations page carries the pricing and the call booking.
Outside the United States
The courses are online and the same everywhere, but who regulates ABA, what a technician is called, and whether anyone pays for it are all local questions. Our country pages answer those: India, the Philippines, South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia and more. Spanish-speaking families start at Recursos de ABA en Español.
Certification rules differ by country. Check your own regulator before you enrol in anything for a credential.
Common questions about ABA training
- What is ABA training?
- ABA training teaches you to use applied behavior analysis: how to observe behavior, record what you see, teach a new skill in small steps, and reduce a behavior that is getting in the way. Courses run from introductory training a parent can take at home to the credential coursework a behavior technician or behavior analyst needs for certification.
- Can a parent take ABA training, or is it only for professionals?
- A parent can take it. Special Learning's Level 1 ABA Online Training Course (Autism Basic) is written for families and costs $199, and nothing about it requires a credential to enroll. Most of the parents who take it are learning to run at home what their child's team does in session.
- How much does ABA training cost?
- At Special Learning, the introductory ABA course for families is $199, Levels 2 and 3 are $199 each, the CE library for behavior analysts is $199 for twelve months, and the All Access library of autism tools and training is $299 for twelve months. The free RBT tools, the glossary and the parent guides cost nothing.
- Does ABA training give me CEUs?
- The continuing education courses do. Special Learning is a BACB Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) Provider, number OP-14-2437, so CE sessions in the library carry BACB continuing education units for BCBAs and BCaBAs. Introductory family training is not CE coursework and does not carry CEUs.
- Can I try ABA training before I pay for it?
- Yes. The Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 ABA training courses each open with a free 7-day trial that covers the first 2 sessions, and the CE Library for Behavior Analysts and All Access each open with a free 7-day trial that unlocks the webcast library. The free ABA tools and the free resource library need no trial and no account at all.
- Is ABA training available outside the United States?
- Yes. Special Learning's courses are online and are taken in 140+ countries; the country pages cover how ABA works where you live, and the Level 1 course is also offered with Spanish subtitles. Certification rules differ by country, so check your own regulator before enrolling for a credential.
Free, before you buy anything
The free ABA tools (token boards, social story maker, data sheets) and the free resource library are open to everyone, with no account.