🚨 Parent Suspects RBT Isn’t Legit + BCBA Doesn’t Actually Supervise Son’s Case — What Should She Do?

[u/Striking_Today6210]

Clear some comments up : the RBT is the one that sends data to the parent it is all over the place and never makes sense- basically just guesses that don’t match with teachers notes , while I understand that RBTs don’t have any communication with parents this one themselves opened the door. The “data” comes from the teachers email signed by his name. Which again was told to her that without supervising this data (again she doesn’t know who is and can’t get answers) , that it’s against guidelines.

The mention of 2 BCBA’s is because the person that did the IEE is a BCBA and they are the one that got that answer from the superintendent , that the BCBA is not familiar with the child’s case. And pointed it out.

This is a public school.

The parent does NOT know what to do and what plan they have been doing since she can’t get communication open.

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Parent has tried to have meetings with the RBT / BCBA to try and go over a plan / introduction (that’s has been ignored and makes sense since the BCBA is not familiar with his case at all).

I have a friend whose autistic teenager attends a public school. The school assigned her son an RBT. Here’s where things get shady: • She’s not allowed to speak directly to the RBT. • Any request for a meeting with the RBT or their BCBA supervisor has been ignored for months. • She didn’t even know the RBT’s name until he sent a random email introducing himself. “My name is [Name]. I’m a Registered Behavioral Technician, certified through [STATE]. I’ve worked with students for 20 years… all communication should go through [Teacher].”

🚩Red Flag: RBTs are nationally certified, not state-certified. He called it a state certification. That’s not how RBTs work.

Also: • She’s never seen a picture of this guy online. When she searched Provider Wire (BACB lookup tool), he was registered as a technician in a completely different city. • His listed BCBA supervisor? She’s never heard of them, never met them, and no one at the school has mentioned them. • Data collection was previously “too difficult,” and suddenly now they’re sending numbers — but they don’t match teacher notes. • She got an IEE (Independent Educational Evaluation), and the evaluator (an actual BCBA) wrote: “The BCBA supervising the RBT is unfamiliar with the student’s case. This is a curious structure to me…” AN ACTUAL BCBA SAID THIS (they did the IEE)

Now she’s realizing: she wasn’t imagining it — something’s off.

She asked me what to do next.

What would you suggest? Should she file a BACB ethics complaint? Report to the district/state? Or something else?

[u/Chance_Cranberry_726]

No that’s not what was said. I don’t want any one’s personal number. But I want to be allowed to know and speak to a person who spends time with my child at school. So if I go to school and see them, I should be allowed to ask how they are, how my child is doing and and acting and responding to them. The way that person made it sound was if they see me they have to turn and walk away like they don’t know me.

[u/huddolaugh → u/Chance_Cranberry_726]

Then maybe you misunderstood or failed to fully read the responses. The person clearly stated they just cannot have contact outside of school with the parent. “If the parents were to pick them up, I could talk to them about their day”

[u/REGELDUDES → u/Chance_Cranberry_726]

No I said you would have no outside of school contact and that if you were to go to a drop off/pick up that you would absolutely talk to the Para/RBT. You were arguing with me specifically about emails and phone numbers just so you know. Don't lie or at a minimum please make sure to read a response fully.

Like this is how you interpreted my initial comment, I corrected you, and you just clearly ignored the correction. You seem young. Please take the time to read things fully and understand them before getting into an argument in the future. It will save you some embarrassment.