🎨🧠 #1 RBT Study Tip from ATCC: Turn Your Notes into Art! ✍️🌈

Jun 9 / Barbie Mendoza, BS, RBT
Want to remember what you study instead of just skimming your notes? At ATCC, we recommend a simple but powerful tip: make detailed, artistic, and colorful flashcards. Taking the time to create these cards helps your brain process and retain information better. Plus, making your study materials fun and personal can boost your motivation and focus!

How to Make RBT Flashcards 🖍️

  • Neatly written — clear and easy to read
  • Colorful and creative — add your favorite colors to make them pop
  • Definitions + examples you really understand — make it personal and meaningful
  • Spend about 10 minutes per card (yes, really!)

Why This Works

  • ✍️ Writing by hand helps your brain remember better

  • 🌈 Color and creativity boost recall when you’re taking the test

  • ⏳ Slowing down to make cards helps you process information deeply

Research shows that taking time to write, organize, and personalize your study materials leads to stronger memory and understanding than just passively reading. You’re learning while you create—not just copying!


How Many Cards Should You Make?

Imagine making 150 beautifully detailed flashcards, spending 10 minutes each. That’s 25 hours of focused, high-quality study time! Every minute helps you get ready to pass your RBT® Exam and feel confident in real ABA work.

Sample Flashcard: Negative Reinforcement

FRONT:
🎯 Negative Reinforcement
BACK:
🎯 Negative Reinforcement
✏️ “When something is removed after a behavior that makes the behavior more likely to happen again.”
💡 Example:
👧 A child does the dishes to stop a parent’s nagging.
🧠 Explanation:
  • 🧽 Behavior = doing dishes
  • 📈 Behavior increased or decreased? Increased
  • 🔊 Stimulus = nagging
  • 🧺 Stimulus added or removed? Removed

Pro Tips to Make Your Cards Awesome:

  • 💖 Make them beautiful and fun to look at

  • 🎨 Use markers, highlighters, gel pens—whatever inspires you!

  • 🧘‍♀️ Take your time, about 10 minutes per card

The more time you spend, the more you’ll truly learn!


Share Your Flashcards with Us!

We’d love to see your creative work! Send pics of your RBT flashcards to support@atcconline.com and we’ll feature them here on our blog and share them on ATCC social media.

Happy studying—and keep turning those notes into art! 🌟

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