Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
3
Supervision CEUs required
Credentialing Body
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). ACE Provider #OP-14-2437.
Requirements
- 32 continuing education units (CEUs) every 2-year cycle
- Must include 4 Ethics CEUs and 3 Supervision CEUs
- Remaining 25 CEUs can be in any approved content area
- CEUs can be earned through BACB ACE Provider events, qualifying behavior-analytic graduate coursework, or BACB certification activities
How Special Learning Helps
Special Learning is an ACE Provider (#OP-14-2437). The CE Library ($199/yr) carries 32.5 CEUs including 4.0 Ethics and 3.5 Supervision. Check your own total and cycle dates against your BACB account — we can only see the hours you have taken with us.
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Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA)
Credentialing Body
Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).
Requirements
- 20 continuing education units (CEUs) every 2-year cycle
- Must include 4 Ethics CEUs
- Must maintain ongoing supervision by a BCBA
- CEUs can be earned through BACB ACE Provider events, qualifying behavior-analytic graduate coursework, or BACB certification activities
How Special Learning Helps
Special Learning's CE Library ($199/yr) carries 32.5 CEUs, including 4.0 Ethics. Check your own total and cycle dates against your BACB account — we can only see the hours you have taken with us.
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Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
Jan 2026
PDU requirement started
In effect now: Since 1 January 2026 the BACB requires all RBTs to earn 12 Professional Development Units (PDUs) per 2-year certification cycle. Nothing is due in 2027. Your own 12-PDU window opens when you certify or recertify in 2026, so the deadline that applies to you runs from your own date - January 2028 is the first deadline for RBTs who recertified in 2026. This is a new requirement.
PDU Pathways
- ACE Provider courses: Courses from an ACE provider that are designated as Professional Development (PD). Note: CE-designated courses do NOT count as PDUs.
- In-service training: Training facilitated by a BCBA, BCaBA, or BCBA-D at your workplace.
- University coursework: Relevant courses from accredited universities.
Important
CE and PD are mutually exclusive per BACB rules. A course cannot offer both. The Build Your Own (BYO) Library contains CE-designated courses, which count for BCBAs but NOT for RBT PDUs.
Free Resources
For the RBT 40-Hour training course, we recommend Dan Dube's program through ABA Growth Team (partner link — Special Learning may earn a commission at no extra cost to you).
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