RBT Field Manual: Complete Bilingual Case Study

Most RBT training programs teach you the theory. Nobody puts you in the room.

This manual follows one fictional client — Lucas, a 4-year-old nonverbal boy with autism — from the moment you read his behavior plan all the way to your fifth session note. A BCBA narrator guides you through every page, explaining what each clinical decision means in practice, what to do when things go wrong, and exactly what your supervisor is looking for when he/she reviews your work.

This is the resource that does not exist anywhere else. Not on TPT. Not in any RBT training program. A complete, annotated case study — bilingual English and Spanish — built for the real settings where most South Florida RBTs actually work: home and VPK.

What's inside — 7 parts, 29 pages:

Part 1 — Meet Lucas. Full client profile, family background, daily routine from 6:30am to bedtime, and a complete reinforcer profile. Before you walk into a session, you need to understand who you are walking in to see.

Part 2 — The Complete Behavior Intervention Plan. Three maladaptive behaviors — elopement, self-injurious behavior (head hitting), and tantrum — each with an operational definition, identified function, antecedent strategies, replacement behavior, and consequence procedure written in full. The BCBA narrator explains the parts most RBTs get wrong: what to do when Elena wants to comfort Lucas during a tantrum, why you never chase a child who elopes, and what SIB escalation actually looks like.

Part 3 — Six Skill Acquisition Programs. Manding (PECS Phase 1 and 2), Gross Motor Imitation, Receptive Instructions, Matching, Tolerating No and Delayed Access, and Request Break — each written as a full program block with SD, prompt hierarchy, reinforcement schedule, error correction, mastery criteria, data type, and current targets. Includes a complete guide to STOs and LTOs: what they mean, how you count consecutive sessions, and what a probe trial is.

Part 4 — Data Collection in Practice. Trial-by-trial, frequency, duration, and ABC data — all using Lucas's actual behaviors and programs as the examples. Every data type includes a completed sample table so you can see exactly what your data sheet should look like.

Part 5 — Three Complete Session Walkthroughs. Session 1: pairing only, no demands. Session 5: first skill programs introduced at home. Session 12: full session in the VPK classroom with a self-injury incident and an elopement attempt — minute by minute, with the BCBA narrator telling you what to think, what to do, and what to document.

Part 6 — Five Fully Written 97153 Session Notes. One for each session type: pairing-only, first programs, behavior incident, caregiver training, and low-engagement session. Every note is annotated by the BCBA narrator explaining why each sentence is there, what insurance is looking for, and what would get the note flagged in an audit.

Part 7 — What Your BCBA Reviews. Data trends, prompt level trends, behavior frequency patterns, note-to-data-sheet accuracy, and how to communicate clinical concerns. If you understand what your BCBA is checking between sessions, you will document better without being asked.

Bilingual throughout. Every section includes English and Spanish — the BCBA narrator voice, clinical explanations, program names, and field notes. Built for the South Florida RBT workforce, where most providers work with Spanish-speaking families and deliver services in English-language systems.

Created by a BCBA and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with direct experience supervising RBTs, conducting competency assessments, and navigating insurance requirements across home and school settings in South Florida.

29 pages. Instant digital download. PDF format.

Todo el contenido del cliente es completamente ficticio y fue creado únicamente con fines educativos. Este manual no reemplaza los materiales oficiales de la BACB, la orientación de tu BCBA supervisora ni las políticas de tu agencia.