Starts 16 January 2027 • Enrollment open

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International QABA® accreditation For master’s degree holders

Internationally Certified Behavior Analyst (QBA® / IBA®)

A QABA®-accredited program for master’s degree holders: more than 270 training hours, streamed live in Arabic with leading Arab experts, preparing you — after your supervision hours — for the internationally certified behavior analyst credential (QBA® / IBA®).

Certified instructor Mahmoud Al-Shayyab

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Total duration 270 hours

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Trainees 0

Arabic content with standard English terminology; the international exam is in Arabic or English

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Program overview

The QBA® program is for specialists with a master’s degree who provide specialized services to people with autism and developmental disorders. Participants learn to design and carry out treatment plans based on evidence-based practices with proven clinical results for people with autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay.

ABA Resources is accredited by the Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA®) to deliver this program, meeting the requirements of more than 270 training hours. Once your supervision hours are complete and the international exam is passed, you earn the internationally certified behavior analyst credential, to lead assessment and program design and to supervise and train specialists.

The program is taught by a team of leading Arab experts with more than 15 years of experience, including Mahmoud Al-Shayyab, Dr. Laith Odeh, Noor Abu Al-Rub, Duaa Yaseen, Dana Ghresi, Dr. Hany Diab, Asmahan Saleh Khalil and Dr. Mervat Amira.

task_alt The curriculum

check_circle Growth and development: influencing factors, principles and educational considerations, and motor, emotional, cognitive and social development from childhood to adulthood.

check_circle Autism, its history and the latest science: definition and characteristics, diagnostic criteria, early signs, risk factors and prevalence.

check_circle Basic concepts of Applied Behavior Analysis and its brief history.

check_circle Selecting, defining, measuring and evaluating target behaviors, and the quality of behavioral measurement.

check_circle Evaluating and analyzing behavior change: graphs, multielement designs, and planning and evaluating behavior-analytic research.

check_circle Consequences of behavior: positive and negative reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement, positive and negative punishment, and extinction.

check_circle Antecedents of behavior: stimulus control and motivating operations.

check_circle Building behaviors and skills: stimulus equivalence, imitation and modeling, chaining, shaping, discrete trial training, verbal behavior and VB-MAPP.

check_circle Non-punitive ways to reduce behavior: extinction, differential reinforcement and antecedent interventions.

check_circle Generalization and maintenance of behavior change: concepts and strategies.

check_circle Advanced and selected topics: ACT, self-management, RFT, BST, group therapy, the VB-MAPP, DTT and PRT protocols, the Early Start Denver Model, the ethics code and supervision standards.

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Extra training and benefits

Included in the program

Alongside the curriculum, the program includes:

The latest assessment tools Training on VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, AFLS, FAST, QABF and MAS.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Level 1 training.

Treatment and teaching protocols Based on the latest research and the ethics code: a roadmap for designing and running individual programs.

Protected exams with instant results Exams are taken online on the site, with the result shown as soon as they are finished.

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Who is this program for? Credential requirements

Master’s and doctoral degree holders

In Applied Behavior Analysis, psychology, special education, education, rehabilitation sciences or a related field.

Clinical specialists

Those who provide specialized services to people with autism and developmental disorders and want to lead assessment and program design.

QBA® / IBA® credential candidates

Those seeking the internationally certified behavior analyst credential.

fact_check Requirements for the QBA® / IBA® credential:

1 A master’s or doctoral degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, psychology, special education, education, rehabilitation sciences or a related field.

2 More than 270 accredited training hours (included in the program).

3 Supervision hours with an internationally certified behavior analyst (BCBA or QBA): 100 hours for QBA® (5% of 2,000 work hours), or 75 hours for IBA® (5% of 1,500 work hours), started with the program, midway or after it.

4 Passing the international board exam, offered in Arabic and English.

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Curriculum and specialized units

The program’s modules and lessons will be added soon.

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Supervising instructor’s academic profile

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Mahmoud Al-Shayyab

Internationally Qualified Behavior Analyst

General Manager and co-founder of ABA Resources Academy, with 18+ years of clinical experience designing comprehensive behavioral programs.

+4,200 specialists and practitioners trained

151 cohorts and courses completed

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1510 Jordanian Dinar (JOD)

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categoryCategory: Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
cast_for_educationFormat: Interactive live stream (Live)
stairsLevel: Clinical expert
translateLanguage: Arabic
eventStart date: 16 January 2027
verifiedAccreditation: Accredited by the QABA® board

More than 270 QABA®-accredited training hours

Interactive live online sessions in Arabic

The program lasts 7 to 8 months

Free resources and references, and free mock exams in both languages

Installments over 4 to 6 payments: contact us

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Available payment methods:

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