What is a BCBA?

What is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst?

BCBA stands for Board Certified Behaviour Analyst. A BCBA is a graduate level of certification in behaviour analysis. Professionals certified at the BCBA level are independent practitioners who provide behaviour analysis services.

BCBAs receive their credentials from the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board (BACB) by completing a degree in a related field of study, work experience in the field of applied behaviour analysis (ABA) under the supervision of a qualified BCBA and the completion of a certification exam.

In order to maintain certification BCBAs must complete continuing education and submit a recertification application every two (2) years.

At Lake Ridge Community Support Services in addition to working with clients BCBAs provide clinical supervision of every client’s team of behaviour therapists. We have high number of certified BCBAs on our staff and we constantly have staff members working towards their BCBAs.

There are three (3) levels of BCBAs:

1. BCaBA - Bachelors or undergraduate level

2. BCBA - Master’s level or graduate

3. BCBA-D - Doctoral level (highest)