FABA's
Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about : CBA Continuing Education

Questions about : Behavior Analyst Certification

How Do I Get Information: To/From FABA Members?

What about : Advertisements/Announcements/Newsletters?

What about : ABA verifying membership status?

Questions about CBA Continuing Education

Q. CBA CE credits for all events at a FABA conference are handled exactly the same way, right?

A. NO! Pre-Conference Workshop and general session continuing education credits are handled separately.

 Pre-Conference Workshops (held the day before the conference, require additional fees) include the cost of CE credits and provide you with your official documentation of attendance (workshop certificate) immediately following the event. You are provided with a ticket that gains your entrance to the workshop. The ticket is collected when you enter and you are presented with the certificate at the end of the workshop. Make sure you get this certificate on-site. If you mail us a workshop ticket after the conference, we can only assume you did not actually attend the workshop. The certificate is yours to keep until you are ready to renew your certification. Once you have your certificate not send it back to FABA! We will only mail it right back to you and you risk losing it in the mail.

 

General Conference Sessions (the rest of the Thu/Fri sessions) do not have their CE fees included in the conference registration costs. You may pre-pay for them during pre-registration at the price of $8 per credit or after the conference at $10 per credit. When you attend approved sessions, you collect a hole punch on your way out. At the end of the conference, your punch card must be turned back in along with payment. FABA then issues to you a signed letter as proof of the credits you earned.

Q. Why are those darned session hosts such sticklers about people who come late/leave early?

A. All guidelines pertaining to Behavior Analyst continuing education state that for every 50 minutes a certified person spends in an approved event, he/she may receive 1 CE credit. 50 minutes = 1 credit. The session hosts are doing exactly what's been requested of them when they refuse to give punches to latecomers/early leavers. Even if you're five minutes late, asking one of these folks to give you a CE coupon is asking them to break established guidelines. Please do not put our kind volunteers in such a predicament! If you disagree with the guidelines, please contact your certifying organization and discuss it with them.

Q. Why should I keep the carbon copy of my punch card?

A. The CBA CE instructions tell you to keep one copy of your 2-part punch card. This copy will very important if ever your CE materials are lost. Even if all traces of your credits earned are gone, if you still have that copy you will still be able to receive proof of your credits.

Q. I never turned in my materials! May I still do so?

A. Yes! Send in the completed CE instructions/cover sheet, your punch card (or coupons) and payment ($12/credit) the same as if you'd turned it in at the conference (all items loose in the envelope - no staples please!). If you've lost the cover sheet, a full size sheet of paper with your name, address, phone number and email will do just as well.

Q. How long can I wait before turning in my coupons?

A. At present, there is no deadline for turning in CE information. You may wait as long as you like before turning your coupons in. However, CE materials turned in at the conference or immediately following are processed much more quickly than the ones that are received throughout the year. Turning in credits from more than one conference together is likely to slow down the processing time, not speed it up.

Waiting until shortly before a certification renewal deadline is strongly discouraged!

Keep in mind that holding on to your materials will not allow you to obtain a more recently dated CE letter. Each letter is dated about one month after the conference occurred and this will be the date on your letter for credits obtained at that conference, regardless of when you send them to us.

Q. Help! I turned in my coupons but lost my letter!

A. In most cases, we can produce another letter for you. Contact FABA and provide your name and conference date. As long as we have your records on file, we should be able to create another letter.

Please note that both the Florida Certification program and the BCBA are aware that we do this. Your new letter will bear the same date as the old letter. If both are turned in with your renewal packet, only one will be accepted.

Q. Help! I lost my punch card (coupons)!

A. This is your only record of your attendance at general conference sessions. (Once you send your punch card to us, your copy is a back-up record in case something is lost in the mail.) If you lose your card before submitting it with payment to FABA, there is no way to prove your attendance at those sessions.

Q. I have a question about CBA CE credits from an event that was not at a FABA conference.

A. You must contact the organization that sponsored the event. If FABA did not sponsor and run the event, we cannot answer your question or do anything for you regarding these CE credits.

Questions about Behavior Analyst Certification

Q. I want to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst^TM or Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst^TM (no states, including Florida, currently certify new behavior analysts).

A. You should go to the "Becoming Certified" page of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®‚ website, www.bacb.com, for all information on eligibility requirements and applications for examination. If you have specific questions after studying the website, please email the BACB®‚ at info@bacb.com.

Q. I am certified as a BCBA®‚ or BCABA®‚ by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and have a question about my certification.

A. You should contact the Behavior Analyst Certification Board at info@bacb.com.

Q. I am certified as a FL-CBA or FL-CABA by the State of Florida Department of Children and Families and have a question about my certification.

A. You should contact the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®‚ at: info@bacb.com

Q. Can I obtain a mailing list of Certified Behavior Analysts? If so, how do I go about doing this?

A. Visit the Behavior Analyst Certification Board web site (www.bacb.com)
for a searchable list of Board Certified Behavior Analysts and Associates.

Q. Can I obtain a mailing list of FABA members? If so, how do I go about doing this?

If you are interested in a listing of FABA members (see Membership Info for information about the people likely to be included in this listing), FABA sells its entire mailing list for a fee of $75. To purchase this information, contact amprestemon@gmail.com. Membership directories are always available at the conference store, and sometimes through the FABA Store (dawnib@earthlink.net).

Q. How do I place an advertisement with FABA?

A. Use the Advertiser Agreement. Fill it out and submit it as instructed. You may advertise on the web site, in the newsletter, and at the annual conference.

Q. How do I place an event on the FABA Calendar of Events?

A. Email the information about your event to info@fabaworld.org at least two weeks prior to the event. Include the name of the sponsoring organization, the name of the event, whether the event offers continuing education for CBAs/CABAs, and a contact name and email/phone number.

Q. What is the FABA Newsletter Policy?

A. Submission of Copy: Readers are invited to submit articles and information of general interest to FABA members. Preference is given to submissions that are emailed to the address below. Other submissions should be typed, double-spaced and not exceed two pages. Press release style writing is preferred. The Editor reserves the right to edit copy to conform with newsletter style and with space limitations. Please submit materials to:

Cara Phillips , FABA Newsletter Editor

caraphill@aol.com

Questions about ABA membership verification

Q. How will my membership be verified with ABA?

A. All faba members who renewed or joined before January are on a list that ABA has. ABA refers to that list for verification of their membership status, please do not contact the FABA Office. Those who joined or renewed after 1/1/06 should submit the membership letter sent them by FABA to ABA.