Frequently asked questions

Yes. Ripley is free for both supervisees and supervisors, supported by ads. If you prefer no ads, an optional Ad-Free subscription is available, and organizations can set up an Enterprise plan for their whole team. Core hour tracking is never paywalled.

We know several aspiring BCaBAs are using Ripley for their fieldwork tracking. We are aware that the requirements for BCaBAs are different. Ripley is built to track your fieldwork hours to sit for the BCBA exam - but it also works well for BCaBAs, although the various requirements can not be adjusted. Keep that in mind if you choose to use Ripley to track your BCaBA fieldwork hours.

The BACB requires 2,000 hours of Supervised Fieldwork, or 1,500 hours of Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork (each concentrated hour counts as 1.333 supervised-equivalent hours). Each supervisory period must stay within 20–130 hours under the pre-2027 rules or 20–160 hours under the 2027 rules, and meet the applicable supervision minimum. Ripley tracks the selected rule set as you log hours.

You can add entries line by line as far back as you would like. For most users, using the bulk entry makes more sense, as they might have a more detailed account of the hours in a different tracker. If that isn’t the case for you and you would like to make more detailed entries, just use the calendar feature on the Dashboard and choose the appropriate date. Please note that you can’t combine bulk entries with individual entries - you have to choose one strategy.

To edit an entry, simply navigate to the month overview and click the pencil icon next to the entry you would like to edit.

If you want to delete a month, you have to delete every individual entry from that month. Go to the month overview and click the trash can icon next to the entry you would like to delete.

We have a simple solution for that. When you are getting set up in the system, there is a button that allows you to ADD the hours you already have. We call these BULK HOURS. To add bulk hours, click ‘Add a previous month’ in the dashboard or simply click here.

Concentrated hours are multiplied by 1.333, per the BACB. If you complete 1,500 concentrated hours, that will be the equivalent of 2,000 non-concentrated hours (1,500 x 1.333 equals 2,000). Ripley tracks this by multiplying concentrated hours by 1.333 before adding them to the ‘Total Hours Completed’ graph, thus it will be weighted differently than non-concentrated hours and will allow you to track both concentrated and non-concentrated hours over the course of your fieldwork and keep track of how much you have completed - and more importantly - how many hours you still need to complete. Additionally, on the monthly dashboard page, all concentrated months will show the need of additional contacts/observations to fulfill the concentrated month's requirements.

When creating a new month on the dashboard, there is a field that allows you to select the specific fieldwork type (non-concentrated vs concentrated). By default, your previous fieldwork type will automatically be pre-selected. If you need to edit an existing month from non-concentrated to concentrated hours, go to the month overview, scroll down to the bottom, and click ‘Edit Month Details’. You will then be able to toggle between concentrated and non-concentrated fieldwork - as many times as you’d like.

Yes, Ripley will do that for you. You have the ability to print your monthly verification form for the BACB at the end of the month. You can auto-generate a form with all of your data from that month prefilled. Then you can sign the form electronically and have it emailed as a pdf to you, your supervising BCBA, or both.

YES! The purpose of this website is to help you accrue and track your hours, keeping all your documents organized and in one place! When it is time to compile your documents, you can effortlessly download everything you need to submit in a nice tidy package.

For Supervisees:
First, confirm that your supervisor has an active Ripley account. Navigate to the Account Access section under My Profile to send a connection request. Make sure to use the correct email address associated with your supervisor's account. Once you submit the request, if the email you provided matches an existing account, the connection will be established automatically.

For Supervisors:
Only supervisees can initiate the connection request for safety and privacy protection. Ensure your supervisee has an active Ripley account and that they use the correct email address associated with your account when submitting the request. Once they send the request, if the email matches an existing account, the connection will be established automatically.

YES! Our site supports you having multiple supervisors and sites for your ABA hours. We know that your 2,000 hours you need may occur over a period of time and span companies, settings, and supervisors. Our system is set up to easily allow for these scenarios.

Yes, it does! When entering supervision hours, you will be prompted to choose what type of supervision (Non-Observational Contact or Observation with a Client) and the supervision format (In-Person, Online, or Phone Call).

Starting in 2027, the monthly cap rises from 130 to 160 hours, concentrated supervision drops from 10% to 7.5%, and the old contact and observation counts are replaced by 60 cumulative observation minutes for Supervised Fieldwork or 90 for Concentrated. Ripley supports both rule sets, selected by application date. See our full 2027 requirements guide for details.

When Ripley was designed, the software engineers and planners decided that Ripley would not contain any of the 18 identifiers that trigger HIPAA compliance.

In other words, by not having electronic protected health information, or ePHI as it is called it would make the tracker much more simple.

If you review the 18 client patient identifiers below, Ripely Fieldwork Tracker does not for any of those. All these identifiers below are with respect to the Patient being treated.

• Patient Name
• Address (all geographic subdivisions smaller than state, including street address, city county, and zip code)
• Dates (except years) related to an individual (such as birthdate, admission date, discharge date, date of death, and exact age if over 89)
• Telephone numbers
• Fax number
• Email address
• Social Security Number
• Medical record number
• Health plan beneficiary number
• Account number
• Certificate or license number
• Vehicle identifiers and serial numbers, including license plate numbers
• Device identifiers and serial numbers
• Web URL
• Internet Protocol (IP) Address
• Finger or voice print
• Photographic images
• Any other characteristic that could uniquely identify the individual

It is important that users do not add HIPAA-protected ePHI information to the tracker. This approach would apply to all devices, texts, emails, conversations, in which it would be important not to supply this information as a note would not require personal health information.

Please, let us know so we can fix them and improve the site! If you have any issues, technical or otherwise, you can email us by filling out our contact form and talk to a human.

YES! Reach out through our contact form. We would love to hear from you and learn your stories. Plus you can tell us how incredible and life-changing the site is! We do close for a few days around Thanksgiving and the Holidays. Other than that we pretty much work nonstop.

By all means - let us know! You can email us by filling out the form located here.

No. We are not. We are an independent organization providing you with the tools you need to (a) Organize all of your supervision as it occurs and (b) Help you keep track of the hours and documentation needed as you reach the 2,000 required hours to sit for the BCBA exam.

Thank you! We do lots of things. In addition to Ripley, we have a site that helps clinicians complete evaluations quickly, correctly, and efficiently. This evaluation tool will be incredible, but is still in development. When it is done, we are happy to let you know so you can be part of the first pilot group.

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