The BCBA Residency™

What is in it

A 21-chapter clinical reasoning curriculum for behavior analysts. Currently under university review.

Most ABA training teaches concepts. This teaches judgment — how experienced clinicians actually think through treatment planning, prioritization, and the decisions between two competent BCBAs who disagree.

The standard it is built against

Each chapter is self-contained and ready to teach:

A case manuscript, written as a clinical narrative rather than a scenario
Slides for classroom or in-service delivery
A discussion guide for supervision or seminar
An examination

Chapters cover assessment reasoning, goal prioritization, treatment selection, the ethics of scope, data interpretation, and the decisions that do not have a right answer in the task list.

Could a competent BCBA who has never met your client reconstruct your reasoning from what you wrote?

Not whether they can read it. Not whether it is compliant. Whether they can tell why you chose that goal over the other four, why now, and what would have to be true for you to change course.

That question is the whole curriculum.

For faculty and program directors

Chapters are available for review at no cost for programs considering them for a graduate sequence, practicum, or supervision curriculum. Tell me which area you teach and I will send the relevant chapters.

The Residency Notes

Occasional notes on clinical reasoning. Not a newsletter, not a funnel — a single question worked through properly, roughly monthly. Nothing is for sale.

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