# Operation Optimize — ABA Team Intelligence

> Free, no-login tools and guides for RBT, BCaBA and BCBA professionals: supervision percentage, professional development units, continuing education planning, and RBT competency assessment preparation. Results can be saved into a permanently free Professional Passport that stays with the professional across employers.

Content is cross-checked against published BACB sources on a recurring schedule. Each tool page lists its sources, the effective date of the rule and the date it was last verified. These pages summarize publicly published certification requirements and are not legal, regulatory or certification advice.

## Free tools

- [RBT supervision percentage calculator](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-supervision-calculator): How do I calculate RBT supervision percentage? — RBT supervision percentage is calculated per calendar month: divide the hours of supervision you received by the hours of behavior-analytic service you delivered that month, then multiply by 100. An RBT must receive supervision on at least 5% of the hours spent delivering behavior-analytic services each month, including at least two face-to-face contacts, one of which must include observation of the RBT working directly with a client.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-supervision-calculator.md
- [RBT PDU calculator](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-pdu-calculator): What is the best way to track RBT PDUs? — The most reliable way to track RBT PDUs is to work backwards from your recertification date: record your cycle start, the total units required, and every unit as you earn it, then divide the remaining units by the months left to get a monthly pace. RBTs certifying or recertifying from 1 January 2026 must complete 12 professional development units in each 2-year recertification cycle.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-pdu-calculator.md
- [BCBA CEU planner](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/bcba-ceu-planner): How do I plan BCBA CEUs before recertification? — A BCBA must complete 32 continuing education units in each 2-year recertification cycle, including at least 4 CEUs in ethics, plus 4 CEUs in supervision for any certificant who supervises others. BCaBAs need 20 CEUs on the same cycle length. Plan by dividing the units you still need by the months left in your cycle and booking the ethics and supervision content first, because those are the categories people run short on.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/bcba-ceu-planner.md
- [RBT competency readiness checker](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-competency-readiness): What tools help with the RBT competency assessment? — The most useful preparation tools for the RBT Competency Assessment are a readiness self-check that shows where your practice is thin, rehearsal scenarios you can talk through with your supervisor, and a date calculator so the assessment happens inside the required window. This readiness checker covers six preparation areas and gives practical next steps — it is a preparation aid, not the official assessment, which must be conducted by a qualified assessor.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-competency-readiness.md
- [RBT practice scenarios](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-practice-scenarios): How do I practice for the RBT competency assessment? — Practice for the RBT Competency Assessment by rehearsing out loud in the same formats the assessment uses — interview questions you answer verbally and role-play situations you act through — then reviewing what a supervisor would look for in each. This generator produces original scenarios in both formats with discussion points, and a built-in AI coach reads the answer you write and tells you what was strong, what was missing and what to rehearse next. Nothing is scored and no official assessment content is reproduced.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-practice-scenarios.md
- [RBT assessment date calculator](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-assessment-date-calculator): When does my RBT competency assessment need to be completed? — Enter your 40-hour training completion date, competency assessment date and intended application date, and the calculator shows how they sit against the usual timing windows — training must be completed before the assessment, and the assessment and application must fall inside the windows the certifying body specifies. It is planning guidance; only the certifying body determines eligibility.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-assessment-date-calculator.md
- [RBT assessment path finder](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-assessment-path-finder): Which RBT certification pathway applies to me? — Which RBT pathway applies depends on whether you have never certified, hold a current certification approaching renewal, or let a certification lapse. The path finder asks a short set of questions and returns the pathway that fits — initial certification, renewal, maintenance or re-entry — with the steps and timing that usually go with it. It is an orientation aid; the certifying body sets and interprets the requirements.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/rbt-assessment-path-finder.md
- [BCBA task list checklist](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/bcba-task-list): What is on the BCBA task list, and how do I track what I have studied? — The current BCBA exam is built on the Test Content Outline (6th ed.), which organizes examinable content into nine domains: philosophical foundations, concepts and principles, measurement and data display, experimental design, ethics, behavior assessment, behavior-change procedures, selecting and implementing interventions, and personnel supervision. This checklist lets you rate your confidence on every topic and shows which domains need the most study, and a built-in AI study coach reads your ratings so you can ask what to study first, have a concept explained in plain language, or check your own explanation of it. Your progress saves in your browser — no account needed until you want to keep it permanently.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/bcba-task-list.md
- [AI competency coach](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/ai-competency-coach): Can AI help me study for the BCBA exam or the RBT competency assessment? — Yes — for explaining concepts, checking your own reasoning and deciding what to study next. The Operation Optimize coach is an AI study assistant built around the BCBA Test Content Outline and the RBT task areas. Ask it a question in your own words, or paste an answer you wrote, and it responds to what you actually said: what was right, what was missing and one follow-up question to test yourself. It is deliberately limited to study support — it will not write behavior plans, treatment goals or clinical recommendations, and it never replaces your supervisor. You get one free answer signed out and three in total with a free account; unlimited coaching is a $9 per month or $79 per year add-on.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/ai-competency-coach.md
- [Ethics Code self-review for behavior analysts](https://operation-optimize.com/tools/ethics-code-self-review): How do I review my own practice against the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts? — The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts covers your conduct as a professional, how services are designed and delivered, what you owe clients and stakeholders, how you supervise and delegate, what you say publicly, and how you handle research. This free review turns those areas into a rating exercise: you rate how confidently you handle each everyday practice, see which area to work on first, and then work through invented ethical dilemmas — dual relationships, billing pressure, assent, social media, supervision shortcuts — writing your own response and having an AI coach press on your reasoning. Nothing is scored, nothing is reported, and it is not a compliance determination.
  - Markdown: https://operation-optimize.com/tools/ethics-code-self-review.md

## Guides

- [RBT supervision requirements](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-supervision-requirements): An RBT must receive supervision for at least 5% of the hours they spend delivering behavior-analytic services each calendar month, across a minimum of two supervision contacts, and at least one of those contacts must include observation of the RBT working directly with a client.
- [RBT supervision percentage calculator](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-supervision-percentage-calculator): Supervision percentage is supervision hours divided by behavior-analytic service hours for the same calendar month, multiplied by 100. The calculator below also shows how many supervision hours are still owed to reach 5%.
- [RBT supervision tracker](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-supervision-tracker): An RBT supervision tracker records service hours, every supervision contact and its format, whether a client was observed, and the resulting monthly percentage — updated during the month rather than reconstructed after it.
- [RBT PDU tracker](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-pdu-tracker): RBT recertification runs on a two-year cycle with a renewal competency assessment and supervisor attestation, and under the requirements effective 1 January 2026 the BACB also requires professional development — 12 PDUs per two-year recertification cycle. A PDU tracker records each activity with its date, title, unit value, category and certificate, then compares the total earned against the cycle so pacing is visible before the deadline.
- [RBT 30/60/90-day review template](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-30-60-90-day-review-template): A 30/60/90-day review gives a new RBT three fixed checkpoints: at 30 days confirm the basics and safety, at 60 days assess independent delivery and consistency, and at 90 days decide readiness for full caseload with a written development plan.
- [RBT Competency Assessment guide](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-competency-assessment-guide): The RBT Competency Assessment is a structured demonstration of the RBT Task List skills, conducted by a qualified assessor, in which the candidate performs each required task to criterion — some of them with a client. The Initial Competency Assessment is required for initial RBT certification. Existing RBTs recertifying during the 2026 transition may also need the Renewal Competency Assessment; certificants who move into the new two-year cycle recertify on that cycle with 12 professional development units, so check which set of requirements your own certification date places you under.
- [Individual vs group supervision for RBTs](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/individual-vs-group-supervision-rbt): Individual supervision is one supervisor with one RBT; group supervision is one supervisor with a small group of RBTs working on shared content. Both can count toward the monthly supervision requirement, but group supervision is limited to a capped share of the total and cannot substitute for the individual contact or the observation with a client.
- [RBT competency assessment preparation checklist](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-competency-assessment-preparation-checklist): Preparing for the RBT Competency Assessment means three things: confirming the logistics are valid (assessor eligibility, timing relative to your training and application), rehearsing each task on the assessment until it can be performed to criterion without prompting, and arranging the tasks that must be demonstrated with a client rather than through role-play.
- [RBT 40-hour training: timing and sequence](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-40-hour-training-timing): The 40-hour RBT training must be completed before the Initial Competency Assessment, and it stays valid for a limited period — so the training, the assessment and the certification application form one timed sequence rather than three independent steps.
- [RBT supervision documentation requirements](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-supervision-documentation-requirements): A compliant RBT supervision record documents each contact — the date, duration, format (individual or group), whether the RBT was observed with a client, the content covered, and the signatures of both the RBT and the supervisor — plus a monthly summary showing supervised hours against service hours delivered.
- [What counts as RBT supervision](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/what-counts-as-rbt-supervision): RBT supervision counts when a qualified supervisor works directly with the RBT on that RBT's own performance — observing them with a client, reviewing their data and skills, giving feedback, or covering shared clinical content in a capped group format. Training courses, staff meetings, administrative check-ins and unsupervised self-study do not count.
- [How many RBT supervision hours per month](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-supervision-hours-per-month): There is no fixed monthly hour count: an RBT must receive supervision equal to at least 5% of the hours they spend delivering behavior-analytic services that month, which works out to roughly 1 hour for a 20-hour month, 2 hours for a 40-hour month and 8 hours for a 160-hour month.
- [How to become an RBT: requirements and timeline](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/how-to-become-an-rbt): To become an RBT you must be at least 18, hold a high school diploma or equivalent, pass a background check, complete a 40-hour training, pass the RBT Competency Assessment with a qualified assessor, submit an application to the BACB, and pass the RBT exam. Each step has its own timing window, and the order matters: the competency assessment and the background check both have to be current when the application is submitted.
- [RBT renewal: deadline, PDUs and timeline](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-renewal-deadline): RBT certification must be renewed on a recurring cycle, and renewal requires more than paying a fee: you need professional development units earned within the cycle, a current competency assessment where required, and a supervision record that holds up for every month you delivered services. Start the renewal work at the midpoint of the cycle, not in the final month.
- [Lapsed or suspended RBT certification: what to do](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/rbt-certification-lapsed-reinstatement): Check your current status on the BACB certificant registry first — it is the authoritative record and it is public. A certification usually goes inactive because the renewal deadline passed, the required documentation was missing, or a disciplinary action was taken. Recovery depends on which of those it is and how much time has passed, ranging from a late renewal to repeating the training, assessment and exam.
- [How to show a new employer your RBT credentials](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/show-employer-rbt-credentials): Your certification status is public on the BACB registry, so an employer can verify that in seconds. What they cannot verify is everything behind it — supervision history, professional development units, competency documentation and performance reviews. Those belong to you, not to your previous employer, and you should be able to produce them as one organized record rather than a folder of screenshots.
- [BCBA CEU requirements](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-ceu-requirements): A BCBA must complete 32 continuing education units (CEUs) in every two-year recertification cycle, including at least 4 ethics CEUs and — for BCBAs who supervise others — 4 supervision CEUs, all from activities authorized under the BACB's continuing education rules.
- [BCBA supervision CEU requirements](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-supervision-ceu-requirements): A BCBA who supervises others must complete continuing education specifically in supervision within each two-year recertification cycle — the current BCBA Handbook states 4 supervision CEUs — drawn from the 32-CEU cycle total alongside the 4 ethics CEUs.
- [BCBA recertification checklist](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-recertification-checklist): BCBA recertification runs on a two-year cycle requiring 32 CEUs, including at least 4 in ethics and — for those who supervise — supervision CEUs, currently stated as 4 in the BCBA Handbook, together with an attestation and current documentation for every unit claimed.
- [BCBA CEU tracker](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-ceu-tracker): A BCBA CEU tracker records each continuing education activity with its date, units, category and certificate, and displays progress against the individual's two-year cycle by category rather than as a single total.
- [BCaBA supervision requirements](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcaba-supervision-requirements): A certified BCaBA practices under ongoing supervision from an active BCBA for their entire certification: at least 5% of monthly behavior-analytic service hours for the first 1,000 hours after certification, then at least 2% thereafter, with at least one supervision meeting every month and a signed supervision contract in place.
- [BCBA ethics CEU requirements](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-ethics-ceu-requirements): Every BCBA must complete at least 4 ethics CEUs within each two-year recertification cycle, counted inside the 32-CEU total — and since March 2025 the ethics category explicitly includes content on cultural and contextual responsiveness.
- [Free BCBA CEUs](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/free-bcba-ceus): Free BCBA CEUs exist, but the price is not what makes a unit count — authorization is. A free event earns CEUs only when the provider is authorized under the BACB's continuing education framework for that activity, so verify the provider in the BACB's ACE directory before attending, not after.
- [BCBA CEU cycle timing](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-ceu-cycle-timing): A BCBA's CEU cycle is a two-year window tied to the individual's own certification date — not a shared calendar deadline — and all 32 CEUs, including the ethics and supervision minimums, must have completion dates inside that window to count toward renewal.
- [The BCBA exam content outline, explained](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/bcba-exam-content-outline): The BCBA examination is built on the Test Content Outline (6th ed.), which organizes examinable content into nine domains lettered A through I: behaviorism and philosophical foundations, concepts and principles, measurement and data display, experimental design, ethical and professional issues, behavior assessment, behavior-change procedures, selecting and implementing interventions, and personnel supervision and management. The outline replaced what earlier editions called the BCBA task list.
- [The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts, explained](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/ethics-code-for-behavior-analysts): The Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts sets the conduct standards certificants agree to follow. Its content falls into a few broad areas: responsibility as a professional, responsibility in practice, responsibility to clients and stakeholders, responsibility to supervisees and trainees, responsibility in public statements, and responsibility in research. It applies to BCBA, BCaBA and — through the RBT Ethics Code — to registered behavior technicians in a parallel form.
- [ABA employee onboarding checklist](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/aba-employee-onboarding-checklist): An ABA onboarding checklist should run in four stages — pre-start, week one, first month and first 90 days — with every step carrying a named owner, a due date and a piece of evidence that proves it was completed.
- [ABA clinical director dashboard](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/aba-clinical-director-dashboard): A clinical director dashboard should answer four questions: where supervision is behind, which new hires are blocked, which credentials are at risk, and which supervisors are over capacity — each with a named owner attached.
- [ABA supervisor workload tracker](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/aba-supervisor-workload-tracker): Supervisor capacity is not a headcount. It is the supervision hours a supervisor's caseload will demand this month, compared against the hours they actually have available for supervision.
- [ABA credential tracking software](https://operation-optimize.com/resources/aba-credential-tracking-software): Credential tracking software for ABA organizations needs versioned requirement rules per credential type, evidence stored against each unit, per-person cycles rather than a shared deadline, and renewal warnings with real lead time.

## Structured access (MCP)

The same calculations are available to assistants as structured functions, anonymously and without an API key.
- MCP endpoint (JSON-RPC over HTTP): https://operation-optimize.com/api/public/mcp
- Tool catalog: https://operation-optimize.com/api/public/.mcp/list-tools
- Single tool call: POST https://operation-optimize.com/api/public/.mcp/invoke-tool/{tool_name}
Each result returns a plain-language summary, structured JSON, a renderable card and machine-readable next_actions.

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