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The Mount Etna Pathway

One structured route into behaviour analysis, with three doors depending on where you live and where you intend to practise. Every door carries the same three layers: exam preparation, authorized supervision, and a residency or placement. What differs is what each one is built around.

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Where Do You Live and Intend to Practise?

This one question routes you to the right door. It matters: a credential that is right in one place can be the wrong choice in another, and choosing on your own can cost you a year.

If you live inOntario, CanadaOntario route
If you live inCanada outside Ontario, or the United StatesBCBA route
If you live inAnywhere else in the worldIBA route

Ontario route

The Ontario Route

You live in Ontario and intend to practise here.

Built for Ontario's own blueprint. The exam-preparation layer is the wedge, because it is built directly for the OEPPABA, the supervision is the structure that carries the required hours, and the residency is where the practice volume happens.

Leads to: Registration with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO)

Next OEPPABA sitting: October 26, 2026

What the door includes

01Exam preparationThe October Sprint prepares you for the OEPPABA, Ontario's entry-to-practice examination, alongside the JECAABA. It is built for Ontario's blueprint specifically, not adapted from a BCBA course.
02Authorized supervisionTwo hours of individual supervision every two weeks across the qualifying period, from BCBAs whose certification carries through the Ontario change on renewal.
03Residency or placementA structured residency inside a real interdisciplinary clinic, where the required practice hours are accrued with genuine caseload variety rather than a single setting.

At a glance

Practice hours: 1,500 hours over 12 months
Individual supervision: 2 hours every 2 weeks
Examinations: JECAABA and OEPPABA

Cost

The October SprintBookable now
OEPPABA and JECAABA preparation
Supervision and residencyBy discovery call
Scoped to your stage and setting

This is the only route that leads to the Behaviour Analyst title in Ontario. If you intend to practise in Ontario, this is your door, whatever other credentials you may hold.

Book the October Sprint

OEPPABA and JECAABA preparation, next sitting October 26, 2026

BCBA route

The BCBA Route

You live in Canada outside Ontario, or in the United States.

We do not sell BCBA exam preparation. That market is saturated. We sell what is scarce: authorized supervision and structured fieldwork that is already built for the BACB's January 2027 rules, delivered remotely, around a real interdisciplinary clinic.

Leads to: Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BACB)

The 2027 rules take effect: January 1, 2027, determined by application submission date

What the door includes

01Exam preparationNot sold here, on purpose. Reputable exam preparation is widely available and we would add little. We point you to it and focus on what independent supervisors cannot easily offer.
02Authorized supervisionFor a standard-pathway trainee working 130 hours a month, about 6.5 hours of supervision across four contacts, half of it individual, plus the monthly observation, with a timed observation log built for the 2027 rules from day one.
03Structured fieldworkOur supervisors are attached to a real interdisciplinary clinic, which is how we structure the 60 percent unrestricted-activity requirement around genuine clinical work rather than paperwork.

At a glance

Supervision: About 6.5 hours per month, four contacts
Observation: Monthly, duration-based and timed
Delivery: Remote

Cost

Supervision and fieldworkContact us for pricing
Remote, with a 2027-ready observation log built in

Which BACB ruleset applies to you is set by the date you submit your application. If you are close to finishing, submitting before January 1, 2027 keeps you on the current requirements. From that date the monthly hour cap rises to 160, concentrated supervision drops to 7.5 percent, Pathways 3 and 4 are removed, and observation becomes duration-based, 60 minutes monthly on the standard pathway and 90 on concentrated.

The BACB still accepts applications from residents of Canada outside Ontario and the United States, and is leaving Australia on January 1, 2027. Confirm your own eligibility with the BACB before enrolling.

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A refundable deposit holds your place while we scope the fit

IBA route

The International IBA Route

You live and intend to practise outside Canada and the United States.

The global door. As the BACB withdraws country by country, the IBA is becoming the default credential where the BACB no longer operates, which is exactly the Caribbean and Central and Eastern European regions Mount Etna already works across.

Leads to: International Behavior Analyst (IBAO)

What the door includes

01Exam preparationIBA exam preparation, where good options are genuinely scarce, priced for international purchasing power.
02Authorized supervisionAbout 6 hours a month across a 12-month candidacy, the 75 supervision hours that sit inside the 1,500 practice hours, invoiced through Mount Etna from day one.
03Coursework and placementThe 270-hour coursework sequence, taken through an Approved Content Provider or an ABAI verified course sequence, alongside a practice placement toward the 1,500 hours.

At a glance

Coursework: 270 hours (Approved Content Provider or ABAI VCS)
Practice hours: 1,500 hours, including 75 supervised
Assessment: Candidate skills testing and the IBA exam

Cost

IBA supervisionContact us for pricing
About 6 hours a month over a 12-month candidacy
IBA exam preparationContact us for pricing
Priced for international purchasing power
IBAO candidate registrationSet by IBAO
Paid to IBAO, not to Mount Etna

An IBA does not give anyone the right to use the Behaviour Analyst title in Ontario. Ontario requires its own registration route regardless of any other credential. If you intend to practise in Ontario, use the Ontario door instead.

Being confirmed

Being confirmed with IBAO before enrolment: which credentials qualify a person to act as an IBA supervisor, and whether group supervision counts toward the 75 required hours. We will update this door the moment both are confirmed.

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A refundable deposit holds your place while we confirm the details above

One pathway

Why the Three Doors Belong Together

The credential you should hold depends on where you practise, and the landscape is shifting. Ontario now has its own regulator and its own examination. The BACB is tightening its rules and withdrawing from country after country. The IBA is becoming the default credential everywhere the BACB is not. One pathway, three doors, so you enter through the one that is right for you rather than the one that happened to be marketed to you.

Not sure which door is yours? Talk to us

The Ontario Route

You live in Ontario and intend to practise here.

Leads to: Registration with the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO)

The BCBA Route

You live in Canada outside Ontario, or in the United States.

Leads to: Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BACB)

The International IBA Route

You live and intend to practise outside Canada and the United States.

Leads to: International Behavior Analyst (IBAO)

Why the Three Doors Belong Together