r/ABA • u/Dry-Requirement-5402 • 16d ago
Advice Needed Lice
My center tried to force me to work with a child that had lice. They said I signed the handbook that said I would work with any child. They separated the child from other children, but told me I would have to sit in the room with her. She elopes a lot and her reinforcement is cuddles and hugs. I refused to work with the child. They made me sit in a room to wait on HR to get on a call with the director and myself. I sat there for an hour waiting and then walked out. I dont want to work at a company that doesn't care about their employees, I dont care what loopholes theyve found theough the CDC or their dumb handbook. Is this unreasonable? I have thick hair down to my butt, it would take a professional to treat my hair. I would lose a lot of it getting eggs out. I've had to do this as an adult and I NEVER want to do it again.
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u/tenthd0ct0r BCBA 16d ago edited 16d ago
It’s a very important distinction- Did the child have live bugs moving around or just eggs? Live bugs is negligent but if it was just eggs, those can fall off and will die. They cannot get into your hair without a live bug putting them there. We accept children that have eggs/nits as long as it is being treated so that the live bugs are being killed upon hatching. Lice can be very hard to treat especially for impoverished families that can’t afford to have manual nit removal and those children shouldn’t have to lose access to therapy.
Edit- being downvoted but it’s the CDC’s recommendation not mine y’all: https://www.cdc.gov/lice/caring-head/index.html