Start Your Independent BCBA Practice

A clear, ethical path for behavior analysts who want to launch and grow an independent ABA practice.

TreSource provides practical tools, training, and resources to help BCBAs transition into independent practice with confidence, from choosing a service model to establishing policies, attracting clients, and navigating funding options.

Exploring Independent Practice

If you're feeling burned out, curious about working independently, or wondering whether starting your own practice is possible, start here. These articles will help you understand what independent practice can look like.
Explore the Basics

Preparing to Launch Your Practice

If you're ready to begin planning your practice, these resources walk through the key decisions you'll need to make before opening your doors, including defining your services and identifying your ideal clients.
Start Planning

Running an Independent Practice

If you've already started practicing independently, these resources focus on the operational side of running a sustainable ABA practice, including funding models and insurance participation.
Explore Business Tools

Start with the Foundations

The Business of Behavior: The Behaviorist’s Roadmap to Independent Practice

If you're considering independent practice, the first step is building a clear understanding of what you want your practice to look like and how to move toward it ethically and sustainably.

The Business of Behavior is designed to help behavior analysts think through the business side of independent practice with greater clarity and confidence. Inside, you’ll explore how to:

  • define the direction and scope of your practice
  • evaluate ethical and viable income opportunities
  • identify likely barriers before they slow you down
  • build habits that support long-term success
  • align your business goals with the life you want to create

When you purchase the book through TreSource, you'll also receive access to the Starter Course, which provides 1.5 BACB CEUs.

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Plan Your Independent Practice

The Independent Behavior Analyst Practice Planner 

If you're ready to move beyond ideas and start planning your practice, the Business of Behavior Workbook helps you turn the book's mile markers into a clear action plan.

You'll work through guided exercises that help you:

  • define your mission and vision
  • identify your ideal client
  • choose a service model
  • plan your business structure
  • outline your marketing strategy
  • build your business plan

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