Observe with purpose.
Learn to define behavior, choose the assigned measure, record what happens, and read patterns in a graph.
Learn the work.
Take your first step
toward becoming an RBT.
A self-paced, 40-hour course connecting ABA concepts to the things behavior technicians do: collect data, follow teaching plans, and support clients under supervision.
$99 once · Public enrollment is not open yet.
From understanding a term
to knowing your part in a session.
The course focuses on technician decisions: what to observe, which written procedure to follow, what to record, and when to ask for help.
Follow the plan accurately.
Study teaching sequences, prompts, reinforcement, and behavior-support procedures within your supervised role.
Know when to speak up.
Practice objective documentation, protecting privacy, and asking your supervisor for direction.
Watch. Work through it.
Check your understanding.
The learning sequence combines recorded instruction, written explanations, worked examples, and fictional practice cases. Required checkpoints help you revisit misunderstandings before moving on.
- Study around your schedule
- No live-class commitments. Make time for the required instruction and activities within the training window.
- Connect ideas to decisions
- Work through examples involving observation, teaching, documentation, and professional boundaries.
- Know what completion takes
- Required lessons, eligible training time, and assessments all count toward course completion.
Course content and learning activities are undergoing final review before public enrollment.
See what
you’ll study.
Eight areas take you from the foundations of ABA to the responsibilities of a supervised behavior technician.
Explore the current 80-lesson outline. Content is subject to final review.
View the BACB curriculumABA foundations4 lessons
Understand behavior, learning, and your contribution to a supervised service team.
- Your role in behavior-analytic services
- Describe behavior and its context
- Recognizing reinforcement from its effect
- Communication, verbal operants, and phases of learning
Preparing for service delivery2 lessons
Prepare yourself, the environment, and the person for a productive session.
- Prepare the plan, materials, and yourself
- Build rapport and support participation
Measurement and graphing6 lessons
Observe carefully, record accurately, and turn records into useful information.
- Definitions, count, rate, and duration
- Measure latency and interresponse time
- Observe with interval and momentary sampling
- Choose records carefully and calculate accurately
- Construct and update graphs
- Describe patterns and protect data integrity
Assisting with assessments6 lessons
Follow assessment protocols and preserve the difference between observation and interpretation.
- Understand assessment purposes and preference evidence
- Present and record paired choices
- Track multiple-stimulus arrays
- Observe free-operant engagement and respond to complications
- Assist with a skills assessment
- Assist with a functional assessment
Behavior-change interventions42 lessons
Practice implementing teaching and support procedures under an assigned plan.
- Follow a discrete-trial teaching sequence
- Record independent, prompted, and incorrect responses
- Use the assigned error-correction procedure
- Arrange a discrimination trial
- Monitor position bias and stimulus control
- Teach within everyday activities
- Create natural opportunities for communication
- Respond to motivation and participation changes
- Follow an individualized task analysis
- Implement forward chaining
- Implement backward chaining
- Implement total-task teaching
- Distinguish stimulus and response prompts
- Use a prescribed least-to-most hierarchy
- Use a prescribed most-to-least hierarchy
- Fade assistance using the stated criterion
- Understand errorless teaching and transfer trials
- Apply stimulus fading without changing the target
- Deliver reinforcement at the programmed time and amount
- Implement ratio and interval schedules
- Develop and maintain conditioned reinforcement
- Run a token earning and exchange sequence
- Distinguish reinforcement from bribery and coercion
- Shape successive approximations
- Selectively reinforce the assigned alternative response
- Follow an other-behavior reinforcement interval
- Recognize incompatible-response arrangements
- Implement functional communication teaching
- Follow a noncontingent reinforcement schedule
- Use a high-probability request sequence as written
- Provide meaningful choices
- Use activity schedules and transition supports
- Understand extinction and its limits
- Recognize possible secondary effects of extinction
- Understand punishment and its limits
- Monitor adverse effects and report concerns
- Programmed generalization across people and places
- Support maintenance and programmed thinning
- Teach self-monitoring with accuracy checks
- Follow crisis procedures within your training
- Measure procedural integrity
- Integrate teaching, data, participation, and escalation
Documentation and reporting6 lessons
Produce objective records and communicate useful information at the right time.
- Write an objective session note
- Separate data, interpretation, and incident reporting
- Report changes that may affect progress
- Request direction and relay team concerns
- Protect records during storage and communication
- Correct documentation without hiding the original record
Ethics and professionalism12 lessons
Protect dignity, maintain boundaries, and respond to professional challenges.
- Apply the ethics codes to daily decisions
- Protect dignity and useful goals
- Recognize competence and scope limits
- Navigate gifts and multiple relationships
- Maintain confidentiality in everyday situations
- Practice cultural humility
- Communicate professionally under disagreement
- Receive feedback and improve implementation
- Recognize and report professional misconduct
- Make accurate public statements and protect identity
- Advocate for effective supervision
- Integrate ethics into a difficult session
Certification next steps2 lessons
Understand the remaining certification steps and ongoing professional responsibilities.
- Complete the remaining certification steps
- Maintain certification and effective supervision
One course.
One clear price.
Plan your training with a clear view of the cost, the course requirements, and what comes afterward.
Purchasing for a team?Meridian RBT training
$99USD · one-time course payment
- Self-paced course instruction and required activities
- Worked examples and fictional practice cases
- Section checkpoints and integrated assessments
- Completion certificate after all requirements are met
Separate costs: exam prep, competency assessment, examination, and certification fees. Applicable tax will be shown at checkout.
Start trainingCreate your account to continue to training. Course enrollment is not open yet.
Training is the beginning.
Know the steps that follow.
Your course certificate and your RBT credential are different milestones. Plan for both before choosing a start date.
- 1
Complete your training.
Meet the required instruction, activity, assessment, and completion-time requirements to earn the course certificate.
- 2
Arrange your competency assessment.
Work with a qualified assessor. This assessment is separate from Meridian’s course and is not included in its price.
- 3
Apply and take the examination.
Meet the BACB’s eligibility and application requirements, then follow its examination process. Certification is awarded by the BACB.
Before you begin.
Can I enroll today?
Not yet. The course is in preparation, and public enrollment remains closed while final content, training-time verification, and Responsible Trainer review are completed. Ask us about availability before planning your start date.
What does the $99 price include?
The planned one-time course price includes required course activities and a completion certificate after all course requirements are met. Any applicable tax will be shown at checkout. Exam-prep subscriptions, the competency assessment, examination fees, and certification fees are separate.
Is this a live class?
No. The course is designed for online, self-paced study, with recorded instruction and required learning activities rather than scheduled live classes. Self-paced does not mean you can skip required work or training time.
How long will I have to complete it?
Meridian’s training window is 180 days after starting. Training must span at least five calendar days, counting the start and end dates in UTC, and include at least 40 hours of eligible training. Required section time, lessons, and assessments must also be completed.
Will completing the course make me an RBT?
No. A course completion certificate documents training; it is not RBT certification. You must separately meet the BACB’s eligibility, competency assessment, application, and examination requirements. Check the current BACB requirements for your circumstances.
Does this include RBT exam preparation?
Exam preparation is a separate Meridian product. Practice questions, mock tests, and flashcards can support your exam study, but an exam-prep subscription is not included in the $99 course price.
Can my employer purchase the course for me?
We are preparing training-seat purchasing for organizations. Employers will be able to assign course seats to individual learners. Team purchasing is not open yet; visit For Employers to discuss your learner count and intended start date.
Is the course approved by the BACB?
Meridian is independent of the BACB and is not endorsed by it. The current course outline is organized around the eight areas of the 2026 training curriculum. An aligned outline alone does not establish training compliance; final review and training-time verification must be completed before enrollment opens.
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