RBT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT · COURSE 15

From Data to Decisions

Collecting Accurate Data That Supports Treatment
De los datos a las decisiones
Cómo recopilar datos precisos que apoyen el tratamiento

A tally counter, stopwatch, interval grid, and blank graph frame represent different measurement tools; the cover does not display clinical outcome data.

About this course

Data allow the clinical team to examine patterns, evaluate progress, and make decisions about treatment. Inaccurate or incomplete data can make those decisions more difficult. This course helps RBTs practice common measurement methods, use observable definitions, summarize basic data, and communicate irregularities to the supervisor.

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

  • Match frequency, duration, latency, and interresponse time to practical observations.
  • Distinguish continuous and discontinuous measurement in fictional data-collection plans.
  • Given a fictional observation timeline, select correct partial-interval, whole-interval, and momentary time-sampling records.
  • Select the operational definition that supports consistent observation and identify why vague alternatives do not.
  • Calculate rate, percentage, and mean duration from sample data and select the correct result with units.
  • Identify missed observations, unclear definitions, and procedural deviations that reduce data reliability.
  • Select an accurate description of a basic graph trend without making an independent treatment change or causal claim.
  • Select a timely supervisor report of missing data, an unusual pattern, or an implementation concern.
  • Distinguish observed data from estimates or reconstructed values and select an honest missing-data record.

Objetivos de aprendizaje

  • Relacionar frecuencia, duración, latencia y tiempo entre respuestas con observaciones prácticas.
  • Distinguir medición continua y discontinua en planes ficticios de recopilación de datos.
  • Dada una línea de tiempo de observación ficticia, seleccionar registros correctos de intervalo parcial, intervalo completo y muestreo momentáneo de tiempo.
  • Seleccionar la definición operacional que permite observaciones consistentes e identificar por qué las alternativas imprecisas no lo permiten.
  • Calcular la tasa, el porcentaje y la duración media a partir de datos de ejemplo y seleccionar el resultado correcto con sus unidades.
  • Identificar observaciones omitidas, definiciones imprecisas y desviaciones del procedimiento que reducen la confiabilidad de los datos.
  • Seleccionar una descripción precisa de una tendencia básica en una gráfica sin cambiar el tratamiento de manera independiente ni afirmar causalidad.
  • Seleccionar un informe oportuno al supervisor sobre datos faltantes, un patrón inusual o una preocupación sobre la implementación.
  • Distinguir datos observados de estimaciones o valores reconstruidos y seleccionar un registro honesto de datos faltantes.

Course outline

  1. Data integrity and clinical decision support: 15 planned minutes
  2. Operational definitions and observation boundaries: 15 planned minutes
  3. Frequency, duration, latency, and interresponse time: 15 planned minutes
  4. Interval recording and momentary sampling: 15 planned minutes
  5. Rate, percentage, and mean-duration calculations: 15 planned minutes
  6. Observation records, discrepancies, and missing data: 15 planned minutes
  7. Graph descriptions and worked reporting feedback: 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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