PDU Courses

They're two separate BACB® designations, and they are NOT interchangeable.

• CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are for BCBA®s and BCaBA®s renewing their certification.
• PDUs (Professional Development Units) are for RBT®s renewing their certification.

A CEU course does not count toward your PDU requirement, and a PDU course does not count toward BCBA®/BCaBA® recertification — even if the topic looks similar. This is a BACB® rule, not ours. If you're an RBT®, you need PD-designated courses (this section!). If you're a BCBA® or BCaBA®, head to our CEU courses.

Quick gut check: your supervisor's CEU courses do not count toward your RBT® renewal. You need your own PD-designated training.

Since January 1, 2026 ... this is brand new. Previously, RBT® renewal was an annual competency assessment signed off by your supervisor. The BACB® replaced that with a 2-year recertification cycle requiring 12 PDUs. Once you certify or recertify in 2026 or later, your 2-year PDU clock starts. The first renewals that actually require the 12 completed PDUs happen in 2028, but the earning window is now, so don't wait until month 23!

12 PDUs every 2-year certification cycle.

• 1 PDU = 50 instructional minutes
• 0.5 PDU = 25 instructional minutes
• PDUs are only awarded in 0.5 or 1.0 increments (no rounding up — BACB rule)

So 12 PDUs work out to about 10 hours of training over two years. That's roughly 25 minutes a month. Totally doable. #getitdone

After you complete a course, you'll receive your official documentation from us (ACE Providers use the BACB®'s RBT® Professional Development: ACE Event form). You upload your completed documents to your BACB® portal account. Keep copies of everything — your supervisor and the BACB® may need them, and audit-proof record keeping is your friend.

You'll receive your documentation from us immediately upon completion of a course.

If you do not receive an email immediately after the course has been completed, first follow the steps in this task analysis to find and download your certificates. Make sure to download from "my certificates" instead of the course itself. You want to avoid going through the course again to obtain the new certificate; otherwise, you will have to resubmit the final quizzes. Then, if you are still having problems, please email us at ceu@studynotesaba.com, and we will get it sorted out.