RBT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT · COURSE 09

Am I Reinforcing It Without Realizing It?

Reinforcement in Everyday RBT Practice
¿Estoy reforzando la conducta sin darme cuenta?
El reforzamiento en la práctica diaria del RBT

An original illustration connects a communication bubble, a planned consequence, and a magnifying glass: observe the relationship rather than assume reinforcement.

About this course

RBTs often provide attention, preferred items, activities, breaks, and other consequences throughout a session. These consequences may affect future behavior in ways that are not immediately obvious. This course helps RBTs recognize the relationship between behavior and its consequences, apply reinforcement procedures as written, and communicate observations to their supervisor. Participants will practice identifying what happened before and after a response without assuming that a consequence is a reinforcer until its effect on future behavior is known.

Learn through bilingual explanations, illustrations, fictional cases, and multiple-choice activities. These selected-response activities assess knowledge and case judgment; they do not demonstrate observed clinical implementation, authored-document skill, or crisis-response competence.

What you will learn

  • Select the definition of reinforcement and classify positive and negative reinforcement in practical examples.
  • Identify the response and immediate consequence in at least three fictional home, school, or community cases.
  • Select the evidence needed to determine whether a preferred outcome functions as a reinforcer.
  • Given a fictional written program, select the reinforcement delivery that matches its timing, response requirement, and schedule.
  • Identify delayed delivery, reinforcement of a non-target response, and an unauthorized schedule change in case examples.
  • Select the RBT action that follows a supervisor-directed preference assessment and appropriately reports changed interest.
  • Select the correct token delivery, exchange, and response record under a fictional token system without modifying its rules.
  • Choose when to seek supervisory guidance rather than infer behavioral function or change a reinforcement plan.

Objetivos de aprendizaje

  • Seleccionar la definición de reforzamiento y clasificar ejemplos prácticos de reforzamiento positivo y negativo.
  • Identificar la respuesta y la consecuencia inmediata en al menos tres casos ficticios del hogar, la escuela o la comunidad.
  • Seleccionar la evidencia necesaria para determinar si una consecuencia preferida funciona como reforzador.
  • Dado un programa escrito ficticio, seleccionar la entrega de reforzamiento que cumple el momento indicado, el requisito de respuesta y el programa de reforzamiento.
  • Identificar en ejemplos de casos la entrega tardía, el reforzamiento de una respuesta distinta de la conducta objetivo y un cambio no autorizado del programa de reforzamiento.
  • Seleccionar la acción del RBT que sigue una evaluación de preferencias dirigida por el supervisor e informa de manera adecuada los cambios de interés.
  • Seleccionar la entrega de fichas, el canje y el registro de respuesta correctos según un sistema ficticio, sin modificar sus reglas.
  • Elegir cuándo solicitar orientación del supervisor en lugar de inferir una función de la conducta o cambiar un plan de reforzamiento.

Course outline

  1. Behavior, consequences, and future responding: 15 planned minutes
  2. Positive and negative reinforcement in context: 15 planned minutes
  3. Preference, changing interest, and supervisor reports: 15 planned minutes
  4. Timing, contingency, amount, and schedules: 15 planned minutes
  5. Token systems and implementation-error audits: 15 planned minutes
  6. Three-setting case decisions: 15 planned minutes
  7. Worked corrections and guided synthesis: 10 planned minutes

Assessment and completion: Complete all seven modules and their multiple-choice activities, pass the 20-question final assessment with at least 16 correct answers (80%), and confirm your learner information. Submit the course evaluation as directed. Final assessment time is separate from the 100 planned instructional minutes.

Completion documentation: After all course requirements are met and your learner information is confirmed, Bhavioral Academy automatically generates your completed official BACB PDU form (constancia) with the coordinator’s authorized signature, ready for immediate download. Taking both language versions does not provide duplicate credit.

Professional scope: Designed for RBTs with foundational behavior-analytic training who work under supervision. Follow the individualized plan and your supervisor’s instructions. This course does not replace required supervision, safety training, or direct observation of implementation.

$15.00

Credit: 2 PDUs
Instruction and application: 100 planned minutes
Final assessment: 20 multiple-choice questions; additional time outside the instructional budget
Fee: $15.00 USD, one-time payment
Format: Asynchronous online
Languages: English and Spanish
Audience: RBTs working under supervision
Scored activities: Multiple choice

Instructor and coordinator

Dalgis
Bhavioral Corporation

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English and Spanish versions are included within the same course. The official PDU form is generated automatically for download after the course requirements and learner information are confirmed.

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