Structured coursework
Theoretical foundations reinforced through lectures, case-based learning, video examples, quizzes, and assignments.
QABA-Approved Course
QCB-498
Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Ltd. (BPCL)
Advanced ABAT Coursework & 40/60-Hour Practicum
A QABA-approved, competency-based program that connects ABA theory with supervised, ethical, practice-focused clinical experience.
40/60Supervised practicum hours
08Modules including orientation
43Specified lecture hours
QCB-498QABA provider number
From knowledge to competent practice
Led by Sabikun Nahar Keya, the program bridges structured ABA coursework with supervised, practice-based learning. Trainees build practical skills in behavioral assessment, skill acquisition, behavior reduction, data collection, documentation, caregiver collaboration, and ethical professional practice.
Practice-based skills
Observation, role-playing, data collection, behavioral assessment, documentation, and intervention implementation.
Ethical decision-making
Professional boundaries, confidentiality, advocacy, collaboration, and supervision, guided by the QABA Code of Ethics.
QABA-approved coursework
Approved by the QABA Credentialing Board
Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Ltd. is an approved coursework provider of the Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis (QABA) Credentialing Board. This Advanced ABAT Coursework is delivered under that approval.
Every module maps to the QABA ABAT competency standards, from ASD core knowledge (A1–A7) through ethics, assessment, and behavior reduction.
Provider numberQCB-498
Approval typeQABA Approved Coursework Provider
Approved providerBangladesh Psychiatric Care Ltd.
Standards coveredABAT competencies A–G
Program leadership
The coursework and practicum combine local clinical leadership with professional supervision and monitoring.
Program Lead
Sabikun Nahar Keya
Lead Trainer & Supervised Instructor
QASP-SABATIBT
Assistant Clinical Psychologist & ABA Program Supervisor
Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Ltd.
Coursework modules
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00IntroductionProgram orientation
Course description
A structured, competency-oriented introduction to the foundational and advanced practical skills required for effective Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) service delivery. The program integrates didactic coursework, case-based learning, skills practice, ethical decision-making, data collection, behavioral assessment, intervention planning, caregiver collaboration, and supervised practice.
Course structure
- Online and offline lectures
- Observation
- Role-playing
ABAT competency standards
- B1 Scope and role of practice for the ABAT
- B2 QABA Code of Ethics, policies, and procedures
- B3 Limitations of confidentiality
01ABA Foundations, Concepts and Principles I5 lecture hours
Course description
Introduces the science and practice of applied behavior analysis. Topics include behaviorism, behavior modification, operant and classical conditioning, conditioned and unconditioned reinforcement and punishment, the three-term contingency, extinction, spontaneous recovery, deprivation, satiation, discriminative stimuli, stimulus control, motivating operations, establishing operations, and setting events.
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 5 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- C1 Basic assumptions in behaviorism and behavior modification
- C2 Classical and operant conditioning; conditioned and unconditioned reinforcement and punishment
- C3 Three-term contingency: antecedents, behaviors, and consequences
- C4 Foundational behavioral terminology
- F2 Name the four functions of behavior and define FBA
02ABA Foundations, Concepts and Principles II6 lecture hours
Course description
Builds practical knowledge of reinforcement and punishment schedules, contingent and noncontingent procedures, primary and secondary reinforcement and punishment, prompts, prompt dependence and fading, demand fading, pairing, modeling, errorless learning, and contingency interventions such as token economies.
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 6 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- C5 Principles and types of reinforcement and punishment schedules
- C6 Contingent and noncontingent; primary and secondary reinforcement and punishment
- E3 Types of prompts
- E4 Prompt dependence and fading
- E5 Demands and demand fading
- E7 Modeling
- E12 Errorless learning
- F3 Contingency interventions: token economy, positive practice, overcorrection, response cost, and time-out
03Compassionate and Effective Behavior Change10 lecture hours
Course description
Develops techniques for teaching skills to learners with autism. Coverage includes effective goals, task analysis, imitation, verbal operants, motor behavior, error correction, stimulus control and transfer, discrete-trial teaching, discrimination training, shaping, chaining, natural-environment teaching, generalization, maintenance, pivotal response training, positive behavior support, the Premack principle, behavioral momentum, priming, functional communication, PECS, TEACCH, social stories, video modeling, and visual schedules.
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 10 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- C7 Terms and definitions of Applied Verbal Behavior (AVB)
- D1 Define and identify positive behavior support systems
- D2 Premack principle, behavioral momentum, priming, and forced choice
- D3 Environmental and visual supports, including FCT, PECS, TEACCH, social stories, video modeling, and visual schedules
- E1–E2 Effective goals and objectives; task analysis
- E8–E15 Imitation, verbal operants, motor behavior, errorless learning, error correction, stimulus control, and transfer trials
- E16–E23 DTT, discrimination training, shaping, chaining, NET, generalization, maintenance, pivotal behavior, and PRT
04Behavior Reduction10 lecture hours
Course description
Examines ethical and evidence-based approaches to behavior change. Learners study behavioral terminology, positive behavior support, behavior-reduction interventions, Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP), Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), the four functions of behavior, contingency interventions, and differential reinforcement procedures.
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 10 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- C4 Foundational behavioral terminology
- D1 Define and identify positive behavior support systems
- F1 Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)
- F2 Four functions of behavior and Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
- F3 Contingency interventions: token economy, positive practice, overcorrection, response cost, and time-out
- F4 Differential reinforcement procedures: DRO, DRA, DRI, DRL, and DRH
05Meaningful Assessment in Behavior Analysis3 lecture hours
Course description
Explores the role of assessment in applied behavior analysis, including assessment purposes and types, methods of analysis, socially valid goal selection, environmental context, descriptive and functional analyses, reliability and validity, operational definitions, measurement systems, data recording, graphing, and interobserver agreement (IOA).
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 3 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- G1 Reliability and validity
- G2 Operational definitions
- G3 Preference, self-monitoring, ABC, and environmental assessments
- G4 Frequency, event recording, duration, time sampling, interval recording, and latency
- G5 Continuous and discontinuous measurement; direct and indirect data recording
- G6 Basic graphs: line graphs, scatterplots, and bar graphs
- G7 Define and identify the benefits of IOA
06Ethics in Behavior Practice3 lecture hours
Course description
Emphasizes ethical conduct when providing behavior-intervention services to individuals with autism and related conditions. The module covers the QABA Ethical Code of Conduct, confidentiality, professional scope, positive-practice procedures, overcorrection, response cost, time-out, HIPAA, advocacy, collaborative intervention, IEP, and IDEA.
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 3 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- B4 Scope and role of practice for the ABAT
- B5 QABA Code of Ethics, policies, and procedures
- B6 Limitations of confidentiality
- F3 Ethical use of contingency interventions
07Core Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder6 lecture hours
Course description
Introduces the core characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), the primary areas of impairment, early diagnostic red flags, risk factors, diagnostic terminology, pragmatic and receptive-expressive language, sensory-motor development, social skills, joint attention, stereotypy, differential diagnosis, and common co-occurring conditions.
Course structure
- Online or offline lecture: 6 hours
- Video examples
- Online quiz and assignment
ABAT competency standards
- A1 ASD characteristics and common areas of difficulty
- A2 Autism as a spectrum disorder with primary areas of impairment
- A3 Red flags used in early diagnosis
- A4 Risk factors associated with ASD
- A5 Diagnostic terminology: pragmatic, receptive and expressive language, sensory-motor, social skills, joint attention, and stereotypy
- A6 Disorders considered in differential diagnosis, including learning and processing disorders
- A7 Common co-occurring conditions associated with ASD
40/60
Supervised practicum
Real-world exposure. Observable competencies.
The practicum gives learners structured opportunities to apply ABA principles in real or simulated clinical settings under appropriate professional supervision. It emphasizes clinical documentation, observation, data-based decision-making, and the implementation of individualized behavior-support strategies.
Course fee
One fee for coursework and practicum
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- QABA-approved coursework (Provider No. QCB-498)
- 8 modules and 43 specified lecture hours
- 40/60 hours of supervised practicum
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