Mentorship That Moves Your Career Forward
Our Fellowship Program is built to help you grow with confidence, feel supported as you learn, and gain the real-world skills you need to become a strong, capable Behavior Analyst. While many Fellows aim for up to 60 hours of unrestricted hours each month, we will work with you to create a personalized plan based on your goals and your BCBA exam timeline.
Grow Your Career
If you’re looking for a meaningful career working with children, this is where your professional growth begins. Our Fellowship Program is a fully supported, no-cost pathway designed to help you develop into a confident and capable clinician. You’ll receive high-quality training, ongoing mentorship, and consistent opportunities to expand your skills, all while earning a paycheck and progressing within a field that truly values your development. With built-in growth pathways and regular wage increases, you can build a career that grows with you.
Impact Lives
Every day, you’ll have the chance to make a real difference. As a Fellow, you’ll support children and families while building meaningful connections and contributing to life-changing progress. Our team is dedicated to creating an environment where you can focus on what matters most: making a positive impact. And with flexible part-time scheduling and free Telehealth and mental health support for you and your family, you’ll have the balance and well-being you need to keep showing up with purpose and passion.
Earn Your Certification With Confidence
Whether you’re working toward your BCaBA or BCBA, we’re committed to supporting every step of your certification journey. The Fellowship Program provides supervised fieldwork hours, high-quality unrestricted hours, and direct mentorship from experienced clinical supervisors, all at no cost to you. We give you the structure, guidance, and resources needed to move forward with clarity and confidence. From hands-on learning to expert support, you’ll have everything you need to grow into the clinician you aspire to be.
Small Group Learning: Connect, Practice, and Grow
Twice a month, you’ll join an interactive small-group session designed to boost your skills and keep you connected with fellow participants who are growing right alongside you. These sessions provide a supportive space to learn new concepts, practice applied skills, ask questions, and share insights from your fieldwork experience. It’s a collaborative environment where you can build confidence, strengthen your clinical foundation, and feel part of a community that celebrates your progress every step of the way.
We want you to get the most out of every session, so we keep things lively, interactive, and supportive. Joining on camera, jumping into the conversation, and participating in the chat all help create a collaborative learning space where everyone grows together. And if you ever need accommodations, we’re always here to support you.
One-on-One Support: Monthly Meetings
Every month, you’ll also have a dedicated individual meeting to ask questions, explore challenges, and get personalized guidance tailored to your growth.
You can bring anything you’d like to focus on, such as:
Practicing a skill from your UA assignment
Connecting monthly lessons to your real caseload
Troubleshooting clinical concerns with support
Digging deeper into topics you’re curious or passionate about
These meetings are all about you, your goals, and your development. You’ll leave each one feeling supported, encouraged, and ready for your next step.
Unrestricted Activity Assignments: Hands-On Skills, Real Learning
Each month, you’ll complete engaging simulation-based assignments that help you build behavior analytic skills in a practical, stress-free way. These aren’t tests, they’re meaningful opportunities to strengthen your critical thinking and clinical decision-making.
Assignments are designed around the BCBA®/BCaBA® TCO 6th Edition and use mock data, simulated scenarios, and sample cases to help you practice your skills with clarity and confidence.
Here’s what to expect:
Assignments drop into your Unrestricted Activity Assignments folder monthly. You’ll have plenty of time to work through them, and they’re due before the second small group session of the following month. For example, an assignment released on October 1st would be due during your second small group session in November.
These tasks build your comfort, sharpen your skills, and prepare you for real caseloads, all while giving you meaningful, supervised fieldwork hours.
Build Your Skills Side-by-Side With Experienced BCBAs
Fellows are provided valuable opportunities to observe and learn from local BCBAs during supervision sessions and caregiver collaborations, gaining meaningful exposure to high-quality care while accruing unrestricted hours. With your BCBA’s approval, you may also have the opportunity to assist with assessments and contribute to treatment plan updates, strengthening the competencies essential to your future role as a clinician.
Real Stories, Real Growth, Real CARDian Fellowship Experiences
Behind every Fellow is a story of growth, learning, and meaningful impact, and our CARDians have some incredible stories to tell. Don’t just take our word for it! Hear directly from CARDians who have experienced the journey firsthand. Their experiences illuminate the true power of our Fellowship Program.
I don't think I realized how much of a headstart I got until I saw how others did. Whether it was people in my cohort that were outside hires, or from within the company that didn't do it. I see that the fellowship helped me understand programming and has helped me move faster in how I work as a clinician. I do feel more rehearsal is needed in CC dept. This has been my weakest area and I felt thrown in with no idea how to speak to parents or what to say. With new clients I feel I have a guide of what to do, but with parents it was like "here you go!" I'm glad I was able to have the opportunity to review CDT/CPMs and it's def made a difference in what I use when programming.
I believe that the Fellowship is crucial to any mid-level supervisor who seeks to become a BCBA. It provided me with new ways of thinking and a form of guidance that is a little less achievable or realistic on-sight. The Fellowhip's greatest quality is The Brittney. She is the kind of educator that addresses multiple learning styles, expands on content with her experience and enthusiasm, and she creates an environment where being challenged feels productive. Lastly, the BST sequence that structures the program is amazing and there really is power in watching your peers present and explain their thinking. The Fellowship has my heart forever.
I really enjoyed my time in the fellowship. Getting extra unrestricted hours was so helpful and they were quality hours. I also feel like I learned a lot about programming with CARD and this has helped me as a new BCBA immensely.
CARD’s Fellowship program not only gave me the opportunity to meet other clinicians with different perspectives and experiences in the field, it gave me the confidence I needed to problem solve and make clinical decisions on my own! The program is well-designed with clear expectations, focuses on essential clinical skills, and provides valuable practice opportunities.
At the time I started the fellowship, I was a BTL with very limited unrestricted hours. The assignments from the fellowship allowed me to practice basic programming without needing to be an assistant supervisor. Needless to say, the content was incredibly helpful in easing my way into a more clinical role. The fellowship also allowed me to acquire unrestricted hours at a faster rate. Without it, I strongly believe my fieldwork requirement wouldn't have been met as early as it did. Lastly, the 1:1 with Brittney were so helpful. I particularly enjoyed deep diving into programming, getting her opinion on client-specific concern/barriers. She was also a great resource when it came to preparing for my BCBA exam. In sum, the fellowship ROCKS!
The fellowship program gave me tools for success. From study tips, supervision, and fieldwork hours it rounded out my training to pass the exam on the first attempt and come into the role of clinical supervisor at CARD. I enjoyed the group meetings to hear others' perspectives and gain insight on new ideas from other fellows. I am not sure if this is within the scope of the fellowship but getting in contact with others to create a study group would be the only improvement I would mention.
The fellowship helped me reach my unrestricted hours criteria at a rate faster than I would have without it by giving us structured assignments. The regular group and individual meetings were also helpful in gathering these hours as well as getting that focused support and allowed us to expand our clinical knowledge.
The fellowship program gave me extremely helpful practice programming for a wide variety of clients and scenarios!
Start Your Journey at CARD®
Begin your path toward becoming a confident, capable behavior analyst with a Fellowship experience designed to support you every step of the way. At CARD®, you’ll gain hands-on training, personalized mentorship, and meaningful fieldwork hours, all while making a real impact in the lives of children and families. Whether you’re just stepping into the ABA field or actively pursuing your BCaBA or BCBA certification, the Fellowship Program gives you the structure, guidance, and community you need to grow. Your journey starts here, with a team committed to helping you learn, thrive, and build a future full of purpose.
Q & A
We know choosing the right path toward BCBA certification comes with lots of questions, and we’re here to make the process clear and empowering. Our Fellowship Program is built to provide individualized mentorship, concentrated supervision hours, and real-world clinical experience to help you grow with confidence. Below, you’ll find answers to the most common questions about what to expect, how the program works, and how CARD® supports you every step of the way.
To support CARD® employees who are enrolled in ABA programs to become BCaBAs/BCBAs in completing the BACB® requirements by:
- Offering free unlimited access to unrestricted supervised field work hours
- Offering multiple opportunities to work side by side with clinicians at their local center
- Providing the opportunity to potentially complete supervision hours sooner than those not participating in fellowship (Participants report completing their hours up to 6 months faster in comparison to those not in the program)
The fellowship program is part of our supervisor development team with accumulated BCBA experience of 35 years
Leaders within the fellowship program have a minimum of 5 years of clinical practice and supervising others. They are well versed in BACB® fieldwork requirements and will provide ample support and mentorship.
Employees who are pursuing a Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree and completing ABA coursework with the intention of becoming a BCBA® or BCaBA®. They should be eligible to begin their BACB® Supervised Fieldwork Hours or have already started collecting hours.
New or current employees in a Bachelor’s or a Master’s program that have passed their Final Field Evaluation are eligible to join the Fellowship Program. They will be on a 90-day probation period which begins the day of their first Fellowship meeting to ensure they are qualified to remain in the program by meeting and maintaining both clinical and professional goals provide by the Fellowship lead or clinicians at the local office.
Yes, when a candidate is at a particular number of hours completed, a discussion will take place on potentially offering that candidate a contingent offer based on their exam date/passing score. This is usually within 2-3 months of them sitting for their exam.
The fellowship allows for an unlimited amount of unrestricted hours.
The ability to earn paid unrestricted hours depends on your role at CARD®, if unrestricted activities are part of your job description, those hours will be paid. For roles that don’t include unrestricted activities, the Fellowship Program offers you the chance to complete them on your own schedule and at your own pace, completely optional and never added to your required duties.
For example, a Behavior Technician may choose to overlap with their BCBA during a caregiver meeting to gain valuable experience. While these hours are unpaid since they fall outside the BT role, participation is entirely voluntary, there’s no obligation to attend or complete follow-up tasks unless you want to. The goal is to give you meaningful learning opportunities without extra pressure.
The fellowship program allows you to maximize your hours with up to 160 per month, with 60% of those hours eligible to be unrestricted and concentrated. Some fellows have completed their fieldwork in as short as one year, often sooner than those outside of our fellowship program.
Employees at CARD® are offered tuition discounts at the following universities:
- Capella University
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- Daemen University
- Florida Tech
- National University
We’re open to assisting you with your practicum assignments, however, we would need to review details regarding the program and your needs before approval.