Fieldwork supervision & caregiver training

Your next chapter.Someone’s everyday life.

BCBA fieldwork with a purpose.
Caregiver support completely free.

I’m a future BCBA.

Receive a caregiver-client, individualized BCBA supervision, and predominantly unrestricted fieldwork.

Find my fieldwork path

I’m a caregiver.

Caregiver services, completely free. Families need no insurance or diagnosis, and they never receive a bill.

Explore caregiver support Behavior Science for Real Life

Your supervision fees fund the caregiver services our practice provides completely free.

Purposeful work. Personal guidance.

A clear plan for unrestricted fieldwork—with room for your ideas.

Start with a structured library of practice-approved activities built for our caregiver-training model. These activities can be applied across the families we serve, with your work tailored to your assigned caregiver’s goals, circumstances, and progress.

You have a practical starting point for each stage of fieldwork: what to explore, what to produce, and what to discuss with your BCBA. The activities are designed to support a full monthly fieldwork plan through meaningful work connected to your client.

Your next step is clear

Learn it.
Use it.
Make it matter.

A shared structure. Work shaped around the caregiver in front of you.

Explore each step →
01Start with a personUnderstand your caregiver

Get to know your assigned caregiver’s goals, daily routines, and priorities. Those real needs give your fieldwork its direction.

Your focus: a meaningful client connection
02Follow a thoughtful planChoose structured activities

Use practice-approved suggestions for research, data analysis, caregiver coaching, and planning. Tailor the activity and what you create to your caregiver.

Your focus: useful work with a clear purpose
03Grow through feedbackReview with your BCBA

Bring your work to individual supervision. Reflect, practice, and refine your next steps with your ongoing BCBA. Have a different activity in mind? Ask for approval before completing it for fieldwork.

Your focus: stronger professional judgment

Why this model exists

Meaningful fieldwork for students. Completely free support for families.

Applied Behavior Analysts was created to address two problems together. Families were being excluded from support because of diagnosis, insurance, age, cost, and long waitlists. Future BCBAs were completing fieldwork that too often failed to prepare them to assess real situations, collaborate with caregivers, or explain behavior science in a way people could actually use.

For families

Support without an insurance or diagnosis requirement

Families receive our caregiver services completely free. They do not need insurance coverage, a qualifying diagnosis, prior authorization, or the ability to pay before someone is willing to listen and help.

For future BCBAs

Fieldwork connected to people, not artificial assignments

Trainees work with a real caregiver-client under individualized BCBA supervision. They learn to analyze behavior, use research, interpret data, develop practical recommendations, communicate clearly, and adjust their work based on what happens next.

Another path to BCBA fieldwork

Fieldwork beyond the RBT role

Getting BCBA fieldwork does not have to mean leaving your current job to become an RBT or starting over at an ABA clinic. Our program provides a client through our practice and individualized online BCBA supervision, giving qualified candidates another way to complete meaningful, predominantly unrestricted fieldwork while continuing to manage work, school, family, and everyday life.

Explore your BCBA fieldwork options

The model

One model designed to serve families and develop future BCBAs

The work is real because the people are real. Trainees receive premium supervision and a structured fieldwork experience while their participation helps keep caregiver services free.

  1. 01

    One Caregiver-Client

    You are assigned one primary caregiver-client through our practice, giving you the time to understand the family, build trust, and connect your fieldwork to a real person.

  2. 02

    Predominantly Unrestricted BCBA Fieldwork

    Complete client-specific activities involving assessment, research, data analysis, caregiver training, treatment planning, documentation, and behavior-analytic decision-making.

  3. 03

    Individual Supervision and Practice

    Work with one assigned BCBA who reviews your recorded caregiver meetings, gives individualized feedback, and practices difficult conversations with you through role-play and behavioral skills training.

  4. 04

    Free Services for Families

    The fees trainees pay for BCBA supervision fund the caregiver services our practice provides completely free, without requiring insurance coverage, a qualifying diagnosis, prior authorization, or the ability to pay.

Find your pathway

Support designed for the work in front of you.

Full fieldwork supervision remains our primary program. Learning groups, mentorship, documentation review, and future continuing education each serve a different need.

For students supervised elsewhere

Caregiver Training Learning Groups

Practical training, guided practice, and feedback for students who already receive their formal fieldwork supervision elsewhere.

Explore learning groups

For first-year BCBAs

In development

First-Year BCBA Mentorship

Individual consulting supervision for BCBAs in their first year who supervise fieldwork trainees, with group learning available only as a supplement.

Explore first-year support

Independent review

Fieldwork Documentation Audit

A detailed, independent review of the records supporting your BCBA fieldwork hours, with written findings and recommended next steps.

Explore the audit

For BCBAs

Coming soon

Continuing Education

Practical learning focused on caregiver support, effective supervision, and behavior-analytic decision-making.

See what is being developed

Who it is for

Who our BCBA fieldwork program is for

Our supervision model is designed for BCBA candidates who need a structured fieldwork experience that can fit alongside their existing work, education, family, and other responsibilities.

We limit intake so every trainee receives individualized, BCBA-led supervision focused on developing professional judgment and independence.

  • Students who want their BCBA fieldwork to help make behavior-analytic support accessible to families who might otherwise go without it.
  • Students beginning or continuing behavior-analytic coursework who need BCBA supervision and a structured fieldwork pathway.
  • Educators who want to pursue BCBA fieldwork without automatically leaving their school-based careers to become RBTs.
  • Candidates who need BCBA fieldwork but cannot or do not want to leave their current jobs solely to obtain supervision.
  • RBTs who already have direct-service experience but need additional unrestricted BCBA fieldwork and individualized supervision.
Matthew Hilley, founder of Applied Behavior Analysts

Program experience

A national model built around service

What began with free parenting classes in Matthew Hilley’s kitchen has grown into a nationwide model serving more than 100 families across three time zones. Families still pay nothing.

Knowing the science and knowing how to sit across from an exhausted parent and explain that science in a way that actually helps them are not the same skill.

Our 20 BCBA supervisors include PhDs and other doctoral-level professionals, university educators, adjunct instructors, and textbook contributors. Each trainee is assigned one BCBA for individual supervision within a larger organization committed to helping trainees listen carefully, coach caregivers, and apply behavior science responsibly.

75

Current Trainees

100+

Families Supported

20

BCBA Supervisors

$0

Charged to Families

Program figures updated September 2026.

  • Free Caregiver Services
  • Clients Provided
  • Individualized BCBA Supervision
  • Recorded-Meeting Feedback
  • Predominantly Unrestricted Fieldwork
  • BACB-Aligned Documentation
Read the story behind the program

Published program pricing

BCBA supervision pricing

Our program requires a minimum of 60 BCBA fieldwork hours per month. Your monthly supervision cost depends on how many fieldwork hours you collect and whether you are completing standard or concentrated fieldwork.

Trainees collecting 100 or more fieldwork hours per month qualify for our reduced supervision rate.

Standard fieldwork starts at $450 per month for 60 hours.

That includes three supervision hours at $150 per hour. The supervision rate is $140 per hour when you complete 100 or more fieldwork hours in a month.

See pricing and what is included

Common questions

Questions about BCBA supervision and fieldwork

Read all remote supervision FAQs
  1. 01

    How do I get BCBA supervision?

  2. 02

    How do I get BCBA fieldwork hours?

  3. 03

    How do I get unrestricted BCBA fieldwork hours?

  4. 04

    Can I complete BCBA fieldwork while working full-time?

  5. 05

    Can I become a BCBA without being an RBT?

BCBA supervision inquiry

Ready to see if remote BCBA supervision is right for you?

Complete the form to request information about availability, pricing, scheduling, and whether our remote BCBA supervision program may be a good fit for your fieldwork goals.

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