ABAT Curriculum
Our comprehensive 40+ hour curriculum covers all essential ABA Technician topics as per QABA guidelines, preparing you for certification and real-world practice.
- Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Core deficits and characteristics
- DSM-V diagnostic criteria
- Comorbidities and associated conditions
- Impact on families and caregivers
- QABA Code of Ethics
- Scope of practice for ABATs
- Professional boundaries
- Confidentiality and privacy
- Working within supervisory relationships
- Operant and respondent behavior
- Reinforcement (positive & negative)
- Punishment procedures
- Extinction
- Schedules of reinforcement
- Stimulus control and discrimination
- Environmental modifications
- Visual supports and schedules
- Priming and pre-teaching
- Choice making
- Strategies to increase socially valid behaviors
- Discrete Trial Training (DTT)
- Shaping and chaining
- Natural Environment Teaching (NET)
- Prompting and prompt fading
- Task analysis
- Generalization and maintenance
- Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
- Functions of behavior
- Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs)
- Replacement behaviors
- Crisis prevention and intervention
- Measurement methods (frequency, duration, latency)
- Data collection systems
- Skill tracking
- Graphing for progress monitoring
- Making data-based decisions
Practicum & Fieldwork
Gain hands-on experience with online supervision using the role-play model, plus optional in-person therapy room access at Sunflower Institute (2 to 3 days x 2 hours each day).
Role-play
Supervision Model
Important Disclaimer
While we strive to deliver high-quality training, the ultimate effectiveness of the program depends significantly on the candidate's personal commitment, punctuality, and discipline.
Certification officially confirms the completion of the coursework. However, becoming a successful ABA Therapist—whether for autism or other roles—requires much more than just the certification. Crucial elements include:
- Extensive hands-on practice.
- Learning to effectively manage a wide range of behaviors.
- Gaining experience working with diverse age groups of children.
- Consistently practicing goals as outlined by a BCaBA, QASP-S, BCBA, or QBA.
The ABAT course serves as a foundational pathway for a successful therapeutic career. A candidate's true competency is determined by their cognitive capacity, professional ethics, accountability, and the number of practice hours they accumulate following the certification process.
Jey Special Needs Centre and RxPIN Spectrum Pathways cannot guarantee the candidates' quality of service or job security.