School-Based RBT Training for Teaching & Education Assistants
A 40-hour BACB-compliant RBT course built specifically for EAs, TAs, SEAs, and school staff in K-12 schools. Live BCBA-led cohort with 2 months of post-course support.
Built for School Staff Who Work With Challenging Behaviours
This course is for the people supporting students in real classrooms: EAs, TAs, SEAs, and other school staff who want practical, evidence-based strategies that fit the school day.
What You'll Learn
Every Saturday, 8:00–9:30 AM PST via Zoom. Miss a session? All live sessions are recorded and available in Thinkific.
Foundations: ABA in Your Classroom
Introductions, community building, ABA foundations applied to the school day, service delivery role-play, and Q&A with Amanda.
Becoming a Data Detective
Live data collection practice with school scenarios, hands-on graphing workshop, preference assessment demos, functional assessment discussion.
Building Skills: Teaching Procedures
Reinforcement systems for classrooms, DTT/naturalistic teaching/chaining demos, prompting and fading practice, token economy design workshop.
Reducing Challenging Behavior
Differential reinforcement role-play, extinction discussion, antecedent interventions for classrooms, crisis response planning.
Documentation, Reporting & Ethics
Session note writing practice, FERPA/PIPA confidentiality scenarios, ethics case studies, cultural humility and neurodiversity-affirming practice.
Your RBT Journey & Exam Prep
Certification walkthrough, mock exam review, competency assessment prep, course celebration, community connection, and ongoing support planning.
Amanda Broadway, BCBA, PhD
Amanda has spent over two decades working directly in schools, as a teacher and BCBA. She's worked in both public and independent schools, as a university instructor, and has trained hundreds of education staff. Every example in this course is set in a school — classroom schedules, IEP goals, lunch duty, hallway transitions, and other real classroom situations.
July 11 – Aug 15, 2026
Every Saturday, 8:00–9:30 AM PST · Limited to 20 participants
Frequently Asked Questions
This course uses real school scenarios — classroom schedules, IEP goals, hallway transitions, lunch duty, and challenging behaviour situations. You're being trained to work confidently as part of a school team.
No prior experience required. This course starts from foundations and builds up. Some basic familiarity with behavior analysis concepts is helpful but not required.
University programs cost $1,500–$2,977 and are often taught from a research perspective. Our course is practical, school-focused, and costs $799 CDN. You also get direct BCBA access for 2 months after the course.
All live sessions are recorded and posted to Thinkific within 24 hours. You can watch asynchronously and ask questions in the community forum.
Yes — we include PIPA/FIPPA confidentiality content specific to Canadian schools, which most US-based courses don't cover. Please check with your provincial body regarding RBT credential recognition in your province.