LIBRO-RBT-Exam-Workbook-
cortado 2025
, CHAPTER 1
Information and Terminology
MODULE 1:
Registered Behavior Technician™
Training Series
RBTTM Training
Consultants for Children, Inc.
*This training program is based on the Registered Behavior Technician™ Task List and is designed to
meet the 40-hour training requirement for the RBTTM credential. The program is offered independ-
ent of the BACB™
REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING 1
DO NOT DUPLICATE – Property of Consultants for Children Inc.
,What is a Registered Behavior Technician™?
• An RBT™ is a paraprofessional who practices under the supervision of a BCBA™ or BCaBA™.
• The RBT’s primary responsibility is the direct implementation of treatment plans developed
by the supervisor.
• The RBT™ may also collect data and conduct certain types of assessments
• The RBT™ does not design intervention or assessment plans. It is the responsibility of the des-
ignated RBT™ supervisor to determine which tasks an RBT™ may perform as a function of his
or her training, experience, and competence.
Topics cover all areas outlined within the RBT™ Task List
• Measurement
• Assessment
• Skill Acquisition
• Behavior Reduction
• Documentation and Reporting
• Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice
What is the BACB™?
• The Behavior Analyst Certification Board™, Inc. (BACB™) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation
established in 1998 to meet professional credentialing needs identified by behavior analysts,
governments, and consumers of behavior analysis services.
Board Certified Behavior Analyst™ (BCBA™, BCBA-DTM)
• The BCBA™ and BCBA-D™ are independent practitioners who also may work as employees or
independent contractors for an organization
• The BCBA™ conducts descriptive and systematic behavioral assessments, including functional
analyses, and provides behavior analytic interpretations of the results.
• The BCBA™ designs and supervises behavior analytic intervention and is able to effectively de-
velop and implement appropriate assessment and intervention methods for use in unfamiliar
situations and for a range of cases.
• BCBAs supervise the work of Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts™ and others who im-
plement behavior analytic interventions, such as RBT’s.
Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst™ (BCaBA™)
• The BCaBA™ conducts descriptive behavioral assessments and is able to interpret the results
and design ethical and effective behavior analytic interventions for clients
2 REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING
DO NOT DUPLICATE – Property of Consultants for Children Inc.
, • The BCaBA™ designs and oversees interventions in familiar cases (e.g., similar to those encoun-
tered during their training) that are consistent with the dimensions of applied behavior analysis
• The BCaBA™ is able to teach others to carry out interventions and supervise behavioral tech-
nicians once the BCaBA™ has demonstrated competency with the procedures involved under
the direct supervision of a BCBA™.
Chain of service delivery
• Whereas individuals with the BCBA™ and BCBA-D™ credentials are generally responsible for
service-delivery oversight, and individuals with the BCaBA™ credential generally operate in a
position assisting these supervisors, individuals with the RBT™ credential will be responsible
for implementing, not designing, the behavior plans designed by their supervisors
RBT™ role defined
• RBT™ Task List
• RBT™ roles would include but not limited to:
• Prepare data collection, implement measurement and recording procedures, and maintain
data.
• Assist with student assessment procedures (e. g., curriculum-based, developmental, social
skills, assist with functional assessment procedures, observational recording of behavior and
environment).
• Implement a variety of teaching procedures (e. g., discrete trial, naturalistic teaching, stimu-
lus control, stimulus fading, discrimination training, use of contingency reinforcement).
• Understand essential components of a behavior plan and implement behavioral reduction in-
terventions (e. g., differential reinforcement procedures, extinction procedures).
• Responsible for accurate documentation and reporting and effective communication with
supervisor.
• Manage student behavior utilizing de-escalation and support hold training techniques.
• Ability to use computer technology and knowledge of various software programs (e. g., Excel,
Microsoft word) and willingness to lean new software and use of adaptive equipment as ap-
propriate.
• Meet student and environmental needs as required (e. g., lifting, bending, crawling, squat-
ting, reaching, toileting, feeding, self-help skills, assisting with personal hygiene needs, and
other duties as appropriate).
• Openly flexible and responsible in working with multiple children at one time, when neces-
sary.
• Become fluent in the understanding of the appropriate assessments such as the Verbal Behav-
ior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP).
• Assists in the creation of instructional materials.
• Effectively responds to and manages crisis situations which may include physical aggression.
REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING 3
DO NOT DUPLICATE – Property of Consultants for Children Inc.
cortado 2025
, CHAPTER 1
Information and Terminology
MODULE 1:
Registered Behavior Technician™
Training Series
RBTTM Training
Consultants for Children, Inc.
*This training program is based on the Registered Behavior Technician™ Task List and is designed to
meet the 40-hour training requirement for the RBTTM credential. The program is offered independ-
ent of the BACB™
REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING 1
DO NOT DUPLICATE – Property of Consultants for Children Inc.
,What is a Registered Behavior Technician™?
• An RBT™ is a paraprofessional who practices under the supervision of a BCBA™ or BCaBA™.
• The RBT’s primary responsibility is the direct implementation of treatment plans developed
by the supervisor.
• The RBT™ may also collect data and conduct certain types of assessments
• The RBT™ does not design intervention or assessment plans. It is the responsibility of the des-
ignated RBT™ supervisor to determine which tasks an RBT™ may perform as a function of his
or her training, experience, and competence.
Topics cover all areas outlined within the RBT™ Task List
• Measurement
• Assessment
• Skill Acquisition
• Behavior Reduction
• Documentation and Reporting
• Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice
What is the BACB™?
• The Behavior Analyst Certification Board™, Inc. (BACB™) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation
established in 1998 to meet professional credentialing needs identified by behavior analysts,
governments, and consumers of behavior analysis services.
Board Certified Behavior Analyst™ (BCBA™, BCBA-DTM)
• The BCBA™ and BCBA-D™ are independent practitioners who also may work as employees or
independent contractors for an organization
• The BCBA™ conducts descriptive and systematic behavioral assessments, including functional
analyses, and provides behavior analytic interpretations of the results.
• The BCBA™ designs and supervises behavior analytic intervention and is able to effectively de-
velop and implement appropriate assessment and intervention methods for use in unfamiliar
situations and for a range of cases.
• BCBAs supervise the work of Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts™ and others who im-
plement behavior analytic interventions, such as RBT’s.
Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst™ (BCaBA™)
• The BCaBA™ conducts descriptive behavioral assessments and is able to interpret the results
and design ethical and effective behavior analytic interventions for clients
2 REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING
DO NOT DUPLICATE – Property of Consultants for Children Inc.
, • The BCaBA™ designs and oversees interventions in familiar cases (e.g., similar to those encoun-
tered during their training) that are consistent with the dimensions of applied behavior analysis
• The BCaBA™ is able to teach others to carry out interventions and supervise behavioral tech-
nicians once the BCaBA™ has demonstrated competency with the procedures involved under
the direct supervision of a BCBA™.
Chain of service delivery
• Whereas individuals with the BCBA™ and BCBA-D™ credentials are generally responsible for
service-delivery oversight, and individuals with the BCaBA™ credential generally operate in a
position assisting these supervisors, individuals with the RBT™ credential will be responsible
for implementing, not designing, the behavior plans designed by their supervisors
RBT™ role defined
• RBT™ Task List
• RBT™ roles would include but not limited to:
• Prepare data collection, implement measurement and recording procedures, and maintain
data.
• Assist with student assessment procedures (e. g., curriculum-based, developmental, social
skills, assist with functional assessment procedures, observational recording of behavior and
environment).
• Implement a variety of teaching procedures (e. g., discrete trial, naturalistic teaching, stimu-
lus control, stimulus fading, discrimination training, use of contingency reinforcement).
• Understand essential components of a behavior plan and implement behavioral reduction in-
terventions (e. g., differential reinforcement procedures, extinction procedures).
• Responsible for accurate documentation and reporting and effective communication with
supervisor.
• Manage student behavior utilizing de-escalation and support hold training techniques.
• Ability to use computer technology and knowledge of various software programs (e. g., Excel,
Microsoft word) and willingness to lean new software and use of adaptive equipment as ap-
propriate.
• Meet student and environmental needs as required (e. g., lifting, bending, crawling, squat-
ting, reaching, toileting, feeding, self-help skills, assisting with personal hygiene needs, and
other duties as appropriate).
• Openly flexible and responsible in working with multiple children at one time, when neces-
sary.
• Become fluent in the understanding of the appropriate assessments such as the Verbal Behav-
ior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP).
• Assists in the creation of instructional materials.
• Effectively responds to and manages crisis situations which may include physical aggression.
REGISTERED BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING 3
DO NOT DUPLICATE – Property of Consultants for Children Inc.
