School-Based RBT Training for Teaching & Education Assistants
A 40-hour RBT course designed to meet the BACB's 2026 RBT training eligibility requirement and built specifically for EAs, TAs, SEAs, and school staff in K-12 schools. Live BCBA-led cohort with 2 months of post-course support.
Built for School Staff Who Work With Challenging Behaviours
This course is for the people supporting students in real classrooms: EAs, TAs, SEAs, and other school staff who want practical, evidence-based strategies that fit the school day.
Two Paths into This Course
The same school-based training can support certification goals or standalone professional development.
Path 1 — You're working toward RBT certification
This course provides 40 hours of training designed to meet the BACB's 2026 RBT training eligibility requirement. After completing the course, you'll still need to pass the Initial Competency Assessment and the RBT exam — but the 40 hours of training are done, and you'll have the foundation to do well on both.
Path 2 — You just want stronger behaviour skills
You don't need to pursue RBT certification to take this course. Many EAs enroll purely as professional development — they want concrete, evidence-based strategies for the challenging behaviours they see every day in real classrooms. The 40 hours stand on their own. You'll leave with a certificate of completion for the 40-hour training that you can share with your school or district.
What You'll Learn
Every Saturday, 8:00–9:30 AM PST via Zoom. Miss a session? All live sessions are recorded and available in Thinkific.
Foundations: ABA in Your Classroom
By the end of Week 1, you'll be able to explain what ABA looks like in a school day and where your role fits within the service delivery model.
Introductions, community building, ABA foundations applied to the school day, service delivery role-play, and Q&A with Amanda.
Becoming a Data Detective
By the end of Week 2, you'll be collecting ABC data confidently during real classroom sessions and graphing it in a way your team can act on.
Live data collection practice with school scenarios, hands-on graphing workshop, preference assessment demos, functional assessment discussion.
Building Skills: Teaching Procedures
By the end of Week 3, you'll be able to set up a reinforcement system for a classroom and use prompting and fading to teach a new skill.
Reinforcement systems for classrooms, DTT/naturalistic teaching/chaining demos, prompting and fading practice, token economy design workshop.
Reducing Challenging Behaviour
By the end of Week 4, you'll have a toolkit of antecedent and differential reinforcement strategies for reducing challenging behaviours — and you'll know when to use each one.
Differential reinforcement role-play, extinction discussion, antecedent interventions for classrooms, crisis response planning.
Documentation, Reporting & Ethics
By the end of Week 5, you'll be able to write a clean session note, navigate FERPA/PIPA confidentiality questions, and recognize ethical edge cases before they become problems.
Session note writing practice, FERPA/PIPA confidentiality scenarios, ethics case studies, cultural humility and neurodiversity-affirming practice.
Your RBT Journey & Exam Prep
By the end of Week 6, you'll have a concrete plan for next steps — whether that's pursuing RBT certification or applying what you've learned in your existing role.
Certification walkthrough, mock exam review, competency assessment prep, course celebration, community connection, and ongoing support planning.
Amanda Broadway, BCBA, PhD
Amanda has spent over two decades working directly in schools, as a teacher and BCBA. She's worked in both public and independent schools, as a university instructor, and has trained hundreds of education staff. Every example in this course is set in a school — classroom schedules, IEP goals, lunch duty, hallway transitions, and other real classroom situations.
ABA Teacher is an authorized continuing education provider.
July 11 – Aug 15, 2026
Every Saturday, 8:00–9:30 AM PST · Limited to 20 participants
University Programs vs. ABA Teacher
The difference is not just price. It is whether the examples, support, and practice fit a real school day.
University RBT Training
- Often taught from a research or general-service perspective
- Typically $1,500–$2,977
- Limited school context
- Post-course support varies or may not be included
ABA Teacher
- School-based examples throughout
- $799 USD
- BCBA-led live cohort sessions
- 2 months of direct BCBA support after the course
Frequently Asked Questions
This course uses real school scenarios — classroom schedules, IEP goals, hallway transitions, lunch duty, and challenging behaviour situations. You're being trained to work confidently as part of a school team.
No prior experience required. This course starts from foundations and builds up. Some basic familiarity with behavior analysis concepts is helpful but not required.
University programs cost $1,500–$2,977 and are often taught from a research perspective. Our course is practical, school-focused, and costs $799 USD. You also get direct BCBA access for 2 months after the course.
All live sessions are recorded and posted to Thinkific within 24 hours. You can watch asynchronously and ask questions in the community forum.
Yes — we include PIPA/FIPPA confidentiality content specific to Canadian schools, which most US-based courses don't cover. Please check with your provincial body regarding RBT credential recognition in your province.