BCBA Fellowship

Helping Hands Family

Frederick, MDFull-timePosted Apr 7, 2026

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Job Description

or the BCBA exam.

Responsibilities
• Restricted/Direct Activities:
• Build a positive and trusting relationship with clients through social interaction.
• Encourage the development of communication, social skills, and problem-solving by guiding clients towards safe and acceptable behaviors.
• Gradually reduce prompts to promote independent responses while ensuring success.
• Increase the occurrence and duration of desirable behaviors by providing positive reinforcement.
• Accurately collect unbiased behavior data.
• Communicate proactively with fellow RBTs, BCBAs, families, and Clinical Directors to support the clients’ needs.
• Unrestricted Activities:
• Observe and collect data.
• Train staff and caregivers on behavior-analytic programs.
• Conduct behavior-analytic assessments (e.g., functional analyses, stimulus preference assessments).
• Research literature relevant to a current client’s programming.
• Write and revise behavior-analytic programs.
• Maintain BACB Ethical Compliance Code for RBTs and client dignity.
• Work with BCBA Mentor on guided practice of the BCBA role throughout Fellowship.

Qualifications

✔ Enrolled or graduated from a BACB approved Master’s or Certification Program. To meet HHF's criteria: Program

must have BACB reported exam pass rate of 60% of higher for 3 consecutive years OR be ABAI/APBA accredited program.

✔ Pass the RBT exam within 30 days of employment (if not already certified)

✔ Must be active RBT for 60 days with HHF

✔ Strong verbal and written communication for speaking with clients’ families and recording session notes.

Fellowship Benefits

- Program is FREE to accepted applicants

- 70% of supervision hours

Qualifications

  • ✔ Enrolled or graduated from a BACB approved Master’s or Certification Program
  • To meet HHF's criteria: Program
  • must have BACB reported exam pass rate of 60% of higher for 3 consecutive years OR be ABAI/APBA accredited program
  • ✔ Pass the RBT exam within 30 days of employment (if not already certified)
  • ✔ Must be active RBT for 60 days with HHF
  • ✔ Strong verbal and written communication for speaking with clients’ families and recording session notes

Benefits

  • Fellowship Benefits
  • Program is FREE to accepted applicants
  • 70% of supervision hours

Responsibilities

  • Fellows will be eligible to complete unrestricted activities, as defined by the BACB, to help meet requirements to sit for the BCBA exam
  • Restricted/Direct Activities:
  • Build a positive and trusting relationship with clients through social interaction
  • Encourage the development of communication, social skills, and problem-solving by guiding clients towards safe and acceptable behaviors
  • Gradually reduce prompts to promote independent responses while ensuring success
  • Increase the occurrence and duration of desirable behaviors by providing positive reinforcement
  • Accurately collect unbiased behavior data
  • Communicate proactively with fellow RBTs, BCBAs, families, and Clinical Directors to support the clients’ needs
  • Unrestricted Activities:
  • Observe and collect data
  • Train staff and caregivers on behavior-analytic programs
  • Conduct behavior-analytic assessments (e.g., functional analyses, stimulus preference assessments)
  • Research literature relevant to a current client’s programming
  • Write and revise behavior-analytic programs
  • Maintain BACB Ethical Compliance Code for RBTs and client dignity
  • Work with BCBA Mentor on guided practice of the BCBA role throughout Fellowship


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