For the Lighthouse BCBAs...

The Fieldwork Exchange Collective

A new model for gaining verified, ethical fieldwork hours.
In August 2025, the BACB highlighted some key reminders which left many BCBAs and trainees realizing they may have misinterpreted the allowable fieldwork activities.
Specific clarifications include:
What does this mean? The BACB’s clarifications mean fieldwork must reflect what BCBAs actually do: assess, design, implement, and refine behavior-analytic programming for real clients.
-> The challenge: Many trainees are short on real clients, and therefore short on ethical, BACB-aligned fieldwork hours.

The Fieldwork Exchange Collective was built to bridge this gap.

This is a peer-based program designed to offer structured, ethical opportunities to accrue both unrestricted and direct client hours.
  • You’ll gain access to real clients by joining a peer coaching triad where you ethically opt in to holding a behavior coach role and the role of an active client.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to practice Behavior Analytic principles and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) processes with real, defined client roles.
  • You’ll accrue both unrestricted and direct client hours that are ethical, in-scope, and in alignment with all BACB requirements — no questions asked.

For aspiring or new BCBAs

This is for you if...
✦ You’re looking to build more confidence and fluency through direct client-facing practice.
✦ You want to strengthen your competence and integrate ACT more seamlessly into applied work.
✦ You desire meaningful, applied practice across traditional and non-traditional contexts.
✦ You're short on real clients and, therefore, short on ethical, BACB-aligned fieldwork hours.
✦ You're seeking an ethical way to obtain unrestricted fieldwork hours that doesn't make you feel uncertain.

✓ A clear structure to practice across multiple domains of competence
✓ Clinical empathy & perspective-taking
✓ Skill fluency with core skills, ACT processes, and self-management programs
✓ Confidence in caregiver coaching
✓ Real-time data collection & refinement skills
✓ Professional communication & collaboration skills
✓ Ethical safeguard through intake, consent, and fade-out policies
✓ A log of verified hours with clear ethical safeguards that hold up under BACB standards

Submit your intake form: availability, experience, and client role info
Sign the fieldwork contract: formally opt in as both coach and client, acknowledge BACB guidelines, and agree to confidentiality and ethical participation
Get matched: meet your triad within 1 week (5 business days)
Schedule sessions: set recurring times + 1 backup session monthly
Begin accruing hours: log, track, and build applied competencies

  • This program is not a replacement for supervision. 
  • This program is a supplement to supervision, designed to provide ethical, BACB-aligned applied practice opportunities.
  • Supervisors remain responsible for verifying activities align with BACB standards.

What's Included

Peer Coaching Triad Match – structured triad model designed for meaningful, ethical hour accrual
Monthly Client-Facing Sessions – count toward both direct client and unrestricted hours
Fieldwork Exchange Collective Tracking Log – designed to support verified hour accrual with clear session tracking and summaries
Ethical safeguards – built-in consent, continuity of care commitments, and BACB aligned standards
Monthly Office Hours – live support for troubleshooting and guidance
Access to the Collective Resource Hub – 50+ applied tools and references to support accrual of unrestricted hours including:

Investment

This offer is valued at $400+ per month including verified client-facing hours, structured peer coaching, a complete ACT and ABA-aligned resource library, and documentation tools designed to support BACB compliance.
Founders Rate: $97/month
locked in for the first 10 people only!
Standard Rate: $129/month
Spaces are limited.
Join the waitlist today to secure your spot early at the lowest possible rate.

No, this is a common misconception. Per the BACB, a "client" is defined as "any person (or group of people) for whom behavior-analytic services are appropriate. However, the trainee may not be related to the client, be the client's primary caregiver, or be related to the client's primary caregiver." A diagnosis is not required, and the science of ABA is for everyone!

No. The coaching relationship is non-reciprocal to reduce bias and role confusion. You'll coach one partner and be coached by a different one. This structure supports clearer boundaries, stronger data, and a more authentic client experience.

No. This is not a supervision experience, this is a supplemental program designed to help you gain BACB-aligned applied experience. Your supervisor remains responsible for approving activities and overseeing your fieldwork hours.

While there's no financial lock-in, we ask for a minimum 3-month commitment to support ethical continuity of care — aligned with BCBA ethics on not abandoning clients. You may withdraw at any time, but we require a 2-week notice to implement an appropriate fade-out plan with your triad.

Yes, absolutely. All participants are required to sign a Client Observation Consent Form which allows supervisors to attend sessions live or view the recordings to ensure adequate supervision.

Not at all! This is for anyone desiring to build skill fluency and confidence in applying the science of ABA across traditional and non-traditional settings. 

You're in the right place! This is the perfect opportunity to work 1:1 with clients and integrate ACT processes as a supplemental intervention. We have an entire Resource Hub dedicated to enhancing your understanding of the six core processes. In this space we focus on equipping you with a clear understanding on how to integrate ACT into your clinical practice while staying within your scope as a BCBA.

We ask for a minimum one-month trial before requesting a re-match. If barriers arise, we'll support troubleshooting first. If a re-match is needed, we'll do our best to reassign you, but timelines may vary depending on availability.

You'll need to identify, or be open to identifying, a specific, observable behavior that you'd like to change or strengthen. It should be:

  • Behavior-analytic in nature
  • Measurable and clearly defined (with your coach's support)

This might include but is not limited to:

  • Self-management: creating a study plan, following a morning routine, decreasing social media use, increasing active hours
  • ACT-based: enhancing behavioral repertoires, reducing avoidance, increasing committed actions rooted in personal values
  • Caregiver coaching: increasing follow-through with a specific behavior plan, using reinforcement strategies, shaping new skills, teaching appropriate prompting

You do not need to come in with an operational definition, just a meaningful area of change. Your coach will guide the assessment and help shape it into a valid target.

Yes. You are not paying for access to a client. You are paying for access to as structured, ethically guided program that includes:

  • A clearly defined peer coaching model
  • Consent-based client participation
  • Ethical safeguards (contracts, fade-out plans, documentation, BACB-aligned standards)
  • A robust resource library and tracking tools
  • Ongoing support and administrative matching

All participants voluntarily opt in as both coach and client, and all hours must still be approved by your supervisor. This program supports — but does not replace — supervision.

A threshold for the behavior analysts expanding the edges of our field with integrity and care.
ACT with Care | Shannon Weller M.S., LBA, BCBA
shannon@actwithcare.org
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