When is my BCBA recertification due? Find your date in 30 seconds

Your recertification date isn't a mystery — it's printed in your BACB account — but most BCBAs check it twice a cycle: once when they certify, and once in a panic. Here's how to find it now, and what to do with it.

Find your exact date

Your certification cycle and expiration date are in your BACB portal account (BACB.com → your account). Your cycle is two years, and your renewal window opens well before your expiration date.

What your date decides

• More than 6 months out: you're in the cheap, calm zone. Spread your CEUs across normal work months.
• 90 days out: this is when most people start. Still fine — but book the hours now, not the month of.
• 30 days or less: you're in the window where last August one BCBA bought her CEUs five days before her deadline, and another bought on her deadline month. It works — but nobody does their best learning in a panic.

The requirement, plainly

The BACB requires 32 CEUs per 2-year cycle for BCBAs, including ethics CEUs and — if you supervise — supervision CEUs. Your own totals live in your portal; the tracker above shows what you have against what's left.

If you're short, the math worth 60 seconds

One option: piece together individual events at typical market rates of $15–$25 per CEU. The other: a complete library. Our CE Library gives you BACB CE hours, including 3.5 hours of Supervision, for $199, self-paced. The BACB requires 32 CEUs per 2-year cycle, including 4 ethics and, for those who supervise, 3 supervision CEUs through 2026 and 4 from January 1, 2027. Check your own cycle dates against those figures.

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