Behavior Analyst Certification Board history

The organization planned to offer two behavior analyst certification credentials: the Masters-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst® (BCBA®) and the Bachelors-level Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst® (BCaBA®). The initial meeting of the BACB Board of Directors took place on March 16, 1999.

For instance, in the Fall of 2001, Florida contracted with the BACB to provide examination administration services for Floridians.

By 2004, Florida granted the BACB sole ownership of the item bank and all other examination materials, transferred all remaining Florida certificants (more than 300) to the BACB, and terminated the Florida Behavior Analysis Certification Program.

Beginning in Fall of 2005, exams were converted to computer-based format, and administration activities were assumed by Pearson VUE in their worldwide network of standardized high-security test sites.

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The range of activities against which the BACB took disciplinary action gradually increased across versions of the Disciplinary Standards until the 2010 version at which point the Conduct Guidelines and Disciplinary Standards were formally linked.

Retrieved from http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/p/cm/ld/fid=66.Johnston, J. (2011). What is happening to our field? APBA Reporter, February 2011.

The BACB successfully applied for reaccreditation in 2012.