Session notes are more than paperwork. They're the record of how ABA was actually delivered, and they carry real weight for clinical continuity, funding and compliance, and legal protection. Honestly, a solid note should be able to stand on its own: someone who wasn't in the room should be able to read it and understand why the service was needed, what happened, and how it ties back to the treatment plan.
This live training is built for the folks doing the work every day, our RBTs and BTs. We'll cover the administrative essentials (exact session location, 15-minute time increments with a 7-minute rounding threshold, and starting a new session at each location so geotagged signatures match), documenting reinforcers and environmental variables, and writing an objective narrative that captures the learner's observable behavior, the interventions you implemented, and the learner's response, at a minimum of 3–4 sentences per hour. We'll practice swapping subjective labels for professional, strengths-based clinical language, talk through micro-documentation during down-times (with safety and the BIP always coming first), and review RBT, caregiver, and BCBA signature requirements. Knowledge checks throughout and a small-group audit-and-rewrite activity give you practice you can use at your very next session.
LOCATION / FORMAT: In person at The Underground, and streamed live to virtual attendees (stream link to be announced).
PRESENTERS: Sean Yocum, MA, BCBA, LBA (main presenter, BACB #1-22-57936); Siera Johnson, RBT (co-presenter, student analyst); Kayley Lor, MA (co-presenter, student analyst).
CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST DISCLOSURES:
- Sean Yocum is the owner/CEO of Hickory Learning Group, the ACE provider offering this event, and the ACE Coordinator.
- Siera Johnson and Kayley Lor are student analysts at Hickory Learning Group.
- No presenter has a financial relationship or commercial interest in any product or service discussed. The training references publicly available blog articles from Raven Health and Motivity (ABA practice-management/data-collection software companies) as sources only; neither company sponsored or reviewed this training, and no software product is endorsed.
- No commercial support was received for this event.
ACE PROVIDER STATEMENT: Hickory Learning Group (OP-24-10923) is an Authorized Continuing Education (ACE) Provider through the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). This event offers 1.0 PDU for RBTs. The BACB does not sponsor, approve, or endorse Hickory Learning Group, the materials, information, or sessions for which PDUs are earned.
ATTENDANCE AND COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To earn 1.0 RBT PDU, you'll need to:
1. Attend the full live session (sign-in at the start and sign-out at the end; partial credit is not awarded).
2. Participate in the knowledge checks and the small-group audit-and-rewrite activity during the session.
3. Pass the post-test with a score of 80% or higher.
4. Complete the event evaluation.
Your certificate will be issued through OpenCEU once all requirements are met.
