Verbal Behavior CEUs for BCBAs
Verbal behavior: mands, tacts, intraverbals, autoclitics, and language programming.
Talks
Practical RFT
Upskill ABA
Language Changes the Game (Part 2)
Upskill ABA
The Four Function Paradigm (Part 1)
Upskill ABA
NET in the Wild Natural Environment Teaching & In-Vivo Data Collection
Hickory Learning Group
When the Foundations Are Right: Unlocking Advanced Verbal Repertoires
The Behaviorist Bookclub
The Use of Matrix Training to Teach Multi-Component Tacting Through Telehealth
Copper Consulting Group
Getting the Right Answer Isn’t Enough: Establishing Speaker–Listener Repertoires for Complex Learning
The Behaviorist Bookclub
Multiple Exemplar Instruction (MEI): Training for Generalization
Copper Consulting Group
Teaching WH-Questions Isn’t Enough: Building True Conditional Discrimination
The Behaviorist Bookclub
genArete: To Teach or not to Teach!
The Behaviorist Bookclub
5 Days of Manding Mastery
The Behaviorist Bookclub
Solving Clinical Challenges with Research
The Behaviorist Bookclub
Key concepts
All 28 Verbal Behavior guides →Plain-English guides written from the transcripts of the talks above.
- VB-MAPPVB-MAPP: What It Measures and How Experts Use It
The VB-MAPP tracks early language milestones from birth to about age four. Learn its parts, its limits, and how BCBAs use it well.
- motivating operationsMotivating Operations (MOs): How BCBAs Use Them
A motivating operation changes how much a reinforcer is worth right now. See how BCBAs read, track, and use MOs with learners, families, and staff.
- relational frame theoryRelational Frame Theory: How Language Builds Meaning
Relational frame theory explains how people relate things through language. Learn derived relations, entailment, and what RFT means for ABA practice.
- augmentative and alternative communicationAugmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in ABA
What AAC is, how ABA teams teach it, why BCBAs and SLPs must share one system, and what research says about AAC for autistic learners.
- multiple exemplar trainingMultiple Exemplar Training: Teaching Skills That Stick
Multiple exemplar training teaches with varied examples so skills carry over to new people, places, and materials. See how experts use it in ABA.
- private eventsPrivate Events in ABA: Teaching the Body's Warning Signs
Private events are thoughts, feelings, and body signals treated as behavior. Learn how BCBAs spot them and teach learners to name them.
- echoicEchoic in ABA: What It Is and Why It Comes First
An echoic is vocal imitation of a heard sound or word. See how BCBAs assess echoics, use echoic prompts, and build self-echoic skills.
- error correction procedureError Correction Procedure in ABA: Fixing Errors Well
What an error correction procedure is in ABA, how the steps work, when a wrong answer may not be wrong, and what research says about it.
- establishing operationEstablishing Operations in ABA: Motivation Explained
An establishing operation makes a reward more valuable and drives behavior. Learn how EOs shape mand training, trust, sleep, and the research behind them.
- mandingManding in ABA: Teaching Kids to Ask
A mand is a request for what a person wants right now. Learn why BCBAs teach manding first and how they build it into real communication.
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)PECS: How the Picture Exchange Communication System Works
PECS teaches people to ask for what they want by handing over a picture card. See how BCBAs choose it, teach it, and coordinate it with speech therapy.
- rule-governed behaviorRule-Governed Behavior: When Rules Help and When They Hurt
Rule-governed behavior is acting on a stated rule, not direct experience. See how rules help, when they go rigid, and how BCBAs build flexibility.
Speakers in Verbal Behavior
Providers hosting Verbal Behavior
Common questions
- Do free verbal behavior CEUs count for BCBAs?
- Yes. BCBAs need 32 CEUs every 2-year certification cycle, and most can be general learning CEUs. Free CEUs from an ACE provider count the same as paid ones. Every course here is presented through a verified BACB ACE provider, and your certificate lists the ACE provider number the BACB needs.
- What does the verbal behavior topic cover?
- Verbal behavior: mands, tacts, intraverbals, autoclitics, and language programming. Every talk in this hub is a recorded session from a verified ACE provider, and the guides below are written from those talks' transcripts.
- How do I get the certificate?
- Watch the recording and answer the attendance checks as they appear, then pass the short quiz. Your certificate is emailed instantly, with an audit PDF that documents your attendance if the BACB ever asks.
- How many verbal behavior CEUs can I earn here?
- Right now there are 12 courses in this topic worth 16.5 total credit hours, and new events are added as ACE providers host them on openceu.