ABA Professional Development Curriculum

A highly structured, time-tested curriculum with tests has been developed by Dr. Martinez-Diaz and is used for each course. The curriculum carefully covers each of the tasks in the BACB examination Task List under the author’s supervision.

To see the tasks covered in each of the professional development ABA courses, please feel free to look at the Content Grid linked below. 

Course Descriptions*

BEHP 5000—CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
Covers concepts, principles and processes derived from the experimental analysis of behavior, definition and characteristics of applied behavior analysis. Introduces behavior change procedures.

BEHP 5001—BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION
Covers behavior assessment, measurement of behavior, data display and interpretation. Introduces the experimental evaluation of interventions.

BEHP 5002—BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROCEDURES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Covers behavioral change procedures, systems support and ethical considerations for behavior analysts.

BEHP 5003—ADVANCED TOPICS IN APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
Covers advanced topics in all content areas of behavior analysis as needed for independent behavior analysis practitioners.

BEHP 5004—SPECIAL TOPICS IN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS
Covers current topics in behavior analysis, such as the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, and parent and staff training.

*Please note, each course is to be taken one at a time, in sequential order.  Each course is three months long.