GHABA Proficiency II case studies
GHABA Proficiency II · Put your knowledge to work in context.
GHABA Proficiency II is a professional credential for behavior practitioners who already hold foundational training and want to demonstrate readiness for more independent, analytically demanding work. Candidates typically come from applied behavior analysis roles in schools, clinics, homes, or community programs, and are moving from supervised delivery of plans toward designing, monitoring, and troubleshooting them. The GHABA Proficiency II case studies are 5 cases and about 3,217 words.
1Aggression, Restraint Pressure, and a Three-Week IEP Deadline
Marcus is a 9-year-old autistic student in a self-contained classroom. He engages in aggression (hitting, biting) 12–15 times daily and self-injury (head hitting) 3–5 times weekly, with no medical clearance for a functional analysis involving protective equipment.
771 words, about 4 min2Token Economy With 42% Treatment Integrity
Jordan is a 7-year-old diagnosed with ADHD who attends a clinic three days per week for two-hour sessions targeting on-task behavior and aggression. Your token economy specifies a token every two minutes of on-task behavior and 15 tokens exchanged for five minutes of iPad access.
657 words, about 3 min3Interstate Telehealth, Unsupervised Baseline, and Retroactive Hours
Patel is a BCBA-D employed by a multi-state telehealth company. She is asked to take over a case for a 6-year-old who resides in a state where Dr.
624 words, about 3 min4A Sharp Drop That Coincides With a New Data Collector
At a home program for a 5-year-old, tantrums are defined as 'screaming and dropping to the floor for at least 10 seconds.' Baseline over five days averaged 8.2 tantrums per day (range 6–11). After a function-based intervention (functional communication training with break requests), the intervention phase shows a decreasing trend, with the last five days averaging 2.4 per day.
576 words, about 3 min5Supervision Logs, Retroactive Hours, and an AAC Dispute
Lena is an RBT who has accrued 85 fieldwork hours: 60 restricted (direct implementation) and 25 unrestricted. This month she received 4 hours of supervision across 40 direct hours (10%), but 3 of those hours were group supervision with four other RBTs and 1 hour was individual.
589 words, about 3 min