Completing this graduate certificate provides the knowledge and skills needed to design interventions and develop supports for individuals with challenging behavior. Using the science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), graduate students will learn how to conduct behavioral assessments and design interventions that make problem behavior unnecessary and preferred behavior easy. The Behavior Analyst Certification Board ®, Inc. has verified the courses in the PBS Graduate Certificate program as meeting the coursework requirements to take the Board Certified Behavior Analyst® (Option 1) examination. In addition to completing the PBS Graduate Certificate program, the BACB specifies other requirements that must be met before being deemed eligible to take the exam.