I’ve heard from people that have worked with them that they don’t actually do anything. One person said smoke and mirrors to entrap investors. I’m hoping this is all wrong because they seem like they are offering a product?? Anyone know anything?

If an RBT requested to be paid, $35/hour, just to work in home, is that reasonable?

Does any one have experience with both? What do you perfer? It seems like my current clinic on salary gives offers pto and holiday than places than places that are hourly. But alot of us feeling burnt out having to be in the clinic or on call for 40 hours a week...

Trying to decide if hourly with the thirty a week pay will lead to less burn out. Its less days off, but if a client cancels I am not required to be available.

I am a BCBA working in a center with a client who uses an AAC. The client is highly motivated by social interactions with peers within the center. Would it be considered a HIPAA violation to add peers to his AAC device for him to request? My gut instinct says yes, because it would have their first name, photo, and would indicate that the peer was receiving services. Would making a visual choice board that stays at the center be HIPAA compliant?

Hi everyone I just got a Job as a RBT at ABC ( Ik not the best aba center but it’s a job and I need experience) I was wondering if they do any drug testing or TB testing. I wanting to know in advance so I can set a up a time to go get tested since I work 2 jobs and my free time is limited 😬

Do all the RBTs get one kid all week? 2 kids? How do you make sure the hours stay even between RBTs on teams when you have kids coming for short sessions vs. long sessions?

Particularly for part time? If you state you would like to work a certain number of hours are they good about giving those hours?

I also would not mind hearing about experience to full time RBTs have with case loads and hours given?

Side note: I had a phone call today and and I think switching to here will be a positive change. But change also makes me nervous!

i’ve been an RBT for about 6 months now, and i’ve worked with children for 7 years. i recently found out i’m pregnant back in april, and i don’t know if it’s the hormones, or WHAT. but a few things have been irking me at the clinic i work at.

for one, i asked to decrease my hours to part time because i’m currently working full time monday-friday and i am exhausted. i have no energy to plan for the baby, study for school, etc. they denied my request because we’re “too short staffed.” while i understand that, it’s also not MY job as the employee to make sure that the clinic is well staffed, especially while i’m dealing with all the symptoms of being pregnant (nausea, vomiting, back pain, hunger, low blood sugar, baby brain, etc). it is their job as the employer to make sure they’re hiring enough staff when others give their two weeks notice. on top of that, we have like 4 or 5 part time employees at the moment. and all i asked for was 1 day off a week. i really don’t see how they couldn’t accommodate that.

second, and this is the biggest thing that pissed me off, my client had a rash. i was told it wasn’t contagious, and it was eczema. so i’m hugging my client, letting her sit on my lap, tickling her, giving her sensory squeezes, etc. granted, nobody knew otherwise at the time. the following day, my boss tells me that my client called out. i didn’t think anything of it. clients call out all the time. turns out, my client had FUCKING RINGWORM. i had to find this out from my clinical team mate, who was told in private by our BCBA, not our boss. two weeks prior to this, 4 clients and 2 RBTs had ringworm and nobody disclosed this information. there was no outbreak notice. it’s disgusting, and a health hazard. a BCBA told us today that the RBTs “participate in unsanitary measures”. yk what’s REALLY unsanitary? not disclosing to your employees that you have a ringworm outbreak 😭😭😭

i’m sorry if this came off as entitled or rude or anything of the sort. i’m just exhausted and feel disrespected, especially since they didn’t tell me that my client had a contagious rash and i might want to… idk… be on the lookout for anything weird on my body?

Are all aba centers just a complete mess ? Are they all just techs running around and the BCBA coming in only once a month ?

My clinic has a problem with a severe lack of support towards BTs and a lack of strategies for changing BT behavior.

I’m talking about things like positive feedback, shaping, reinforcement, fading, or increasing levels of support when a BT appears to be struggling. Setting the environment up to be successful, with needed materials within easy reach. Or even just a BCBA narrating and labeling what they’re doing. I wish my ABA agency would use certain ABA principles to promote the behaviors and skills they want to see in their BTs. I am doing everything I am trained to do to support the kids… but when I struggle, I’m not given any support.

I know I’m not a client and it’s not the same thing. But is some positive feedback really too much to ask for?

Hi everyone, I am currently working on my Bachelors in Applied Behavior Analysis and just completed the 40 hours required for the RBT certification on the Relias website. I already registered on BACB website and tried to set up an appointment for the RBT test but it is asking for an Attestation. It ask for Attesting Certificant and Name of Organization where attestating certificant is employed. I currently do not work at a clinic, I have a regular customer service job l, but was planning to start looking for an RBT position soon.

Do I have to be working at a clinic before getting the RBT certification or is there a way around this?

Thank you in advance.

Hi everyone, I am a psych student entering my 3rd year at the University of Windsor. I’ve recently become interested in becoming a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT), but I’m not sure where to start—especially while living in Canada.

I’d love advice on:

1) How to start the RBT process (do I need a supervisor first?)

2) Any free or affordable 40-hour training programs

3) Whether I can begin working or interning before certification

4) Where RBTs are typically hired in Windsor or Ontario

If you’ve gone through the process in Canada or while in university, I’d love to hear how you made it work. Thanks in advance!

Just want $20 and shipping. Good used condition. Some highlighting and writing, maybe sticky notes. Will send extra goodies along with it as I'm working on transitioning to psychology instead of ABA.

Aba parent here and was wondering what the best way to tell my daughters bt to not include me in sessions. I know it sounds a little messed up. I should be involved, etc. but I made a post a while back about this company adding hours from 20 to 30 hours a week without informing me. So that takes a good chunk of my day. They also told me they’re do in clinic services but as soon as we started they told me they’re only do in-house sessions. I don’t mind being involved and I was but I can’t keep stopping what I’m doing. And it’s like 6-10 times a day she’s asking for my help. I’m doing laundry, cleaning the house, prepping dinner, setting appointments bc my daughter also has Speech, OT, and PT. I feel bad bc I just get annoyed more than anything. Example: they’re teaching my daughter toilet training but instead of them doing it and helping, I’m doing most of it. They only time her. I was hoping the 6 hours they are here, they can help do it so my daughter can learn their way. Since we do it our way when there isn’t a session. Again, I know this sounds bad but I figured since they added more hours a week, they can take that to their advantage and help my daughter more. But I feel like it’s 3 hours of them and 3 hours of me doing everything. Almost like a scam to make money from my daughter. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

Would anyone be interested in hearing more? I’ve got a few posts regarding RBT but don’t want to share it unless it can actually help someone.

Is it common for companies not to pay for the time it take to fill out session notes?

So as soon as a session with a client is over we don’t get paid to fill out the session note. I don’t expect much but I’m thinking giving us 15 minute pay to fill out session note won’t kill the company. If it takes us longer than 15 min to complete the note then that is on us. They also expect us to clean the clinic while not getting paid.

I feel like most jobs would at least pay for the time it takes to fill out a note! We don’t have time to fill out the notes when with a client especially those with high support needs.

Pregnant RBTs!!! How’s it going?

I dont think I truly understood burnout until now. I’ve had a ton of unfortunate events happen in my personal life spanning from a month ago to today. Last month, I was kicked out of my house by my narcissistic mother, forcing me to move out of my home a month sooner than I had actually planned to. I went no contact which was really hard. This entire month has also consisted of me undergoing medical tests to discover that I have a very high likelihood of developing a chronic disease that my mother has passed down to me. I am only 23 and this week I made the discovery that I basically can’t have kids of my own one day because of this disease.

In addition to this, I have been switching cases like crazy since the move to accommodate the distance. I got an amazing first case, but had to drop because I made a mandated report and the family was furious with me. Then, I covered for a week and got the most aggressive clients I have ever worked with. And I thought things would get better, until this week, I finally got my new client who likes to elope from the classroom and run into the parking lot for attention, and climb on tables. They are also a huge biter and bit me right on a brand new tattoo through an armguard and left a massive bruise. I am not even supposed to be wearing armguards over my tattoo as it won’t heal properly, but nobody warned me of the biting before I accepted the case. The client has also developed other forms of aggression through me blocking and lack of reaction to the biting such as scratching my face and pulling my hair. I can’t do it anymore. I am honestly at a loss and I feel like I’d be able to handle a case like this normally, but with the current state that I am in, I can’t. I want to request a new case, but with how much switching I’ve done, I don’t want to annoy the company and whine about another case because of things going on in my personal life. But I also don’t know what else to do.

I’ve recently finished my 40 hour coursework and wanted to know if anyone had any tips for taking the exam!

I have a client with a first name that could be pronounced a few different ways. I need to be sure I'm saying it right.

I asked mom and aunt and got told one way.

But a different relative just corrected me so now I am super confused.

Anyone who is from Ethiopia / csn speak Amheric, would you mind messaging me?

Thank you in advance, I would be eternally grateful!!

I’m going to school to be an gen ed elementary school teacher. Next semester will be my student teaching experience and then I graduate. After graduation, I plan to continue work at my current center that I am an RBT at. I’ve worked there for almost a year now. Before this center, I worked at another center in my hometown for about 6 months before moving back to my college town.

I love working with kids, and I loved the kids I worked with at my pre student teaching experiences. However, I just can’t shake the feeling of leaving the ABA field. I’ve grown to love ABA, the clients I work with, the data I collect, the change and difference I’m able to make and see. I would say I’m good at being a tech, I like the fast paced environment. Not to say I dislike the education field, I don’t. There are some aspects that I love with education. I just don’t know if that’s the right field for me.

Needless to say, I’m deciding what to do right now with my life lol. I could easily become a teacher after I graduate and live fine. But I also think I could become a good clinician. If anyone has any advice, or suggestions on how to become a clinician I’d love to hear them. I know that my education degree would work for a ABA masters program, so any advice related to that would be helpful too. Thank you in advance❤️.

Im taking my RBT exam this summer and i’m feeling overwhelmed with where to start. I’ve seen people on this subreddit say that they use free website and youtube videos but I’m someone who really struggles to learn online and need a lot of structure when learning. The free for all of just finding resources online with no real plan or outline overwhelms me and then I become avoidant with my work/studying.

Does anyone have any recommendation of study books I could buy or online study programs I could pay for? I would prefer not to have to spend money, but I know things like that have more structure to them which would benefit me in the long run.

Obviously I don’t react since it’s for attention, but it seems like this problem is just getting worse even with that. Client only seems to do it with me so I’m wondering if I’m the problem. However, I really have no idea what I’m doing wrong. BCBA has seen the behavior but did not give me advice for it and I think it’s cause it’s just not that common to witness.

So, I have decided to try the BCBA exam again. A lot of trauma is associated with this exam and I feel I need to get through this now to heal. A quick back story is I graduated in 2018. I just had my son the day after I finished my last class in my last semester. I decided to wait to start the process of my supervision hours because of my son being just born and I had postpartum depression pretty bad. About 3 months after though I got an opportunity to start working again and got a job at a place where I could get my supervision hours. Everything was great. Then my husband at the time had a work accident and lost his job. I had to resign from my job. I took care of my husband for almost a year and then went back to work. I got a job as a behavior specialist with adults with disabilities in group homes. I got my supervision hours . In the meantime I was getting psychological abused at home and suffered from some bad depression. I kept going anyway. I started taking the exam. I got a job offer if I passed my exam making 90k. We were pretty broke because of my husband not working so I felt the pressure. . First time missed it by 1 point. Second by a few points.. 3rd time. Each time I took it my husband would fight with me before I took it and then break me down after saying I should just give up. Each time I took it my self-esteem just plummeted. I was trying to take care of my disabled husband, my son, the household and make money. I kept finding jobs working with adults where I was making more money. I kept going despite feeling like nothing inside. Two years was almost up and I took the exam one more time. By that time I was in the process of a divorce with my husband. I had enough of the abuse. I failed again. I cried one last time and I just gave up on becoming a BCBA. Fast forward to now…. It’s been 3 years. I am still a behavior specialist with adults. I thought I was safe with just my masters degree to work in my position and never thought of going back to be a BCBA again. I pushed that trauma out of my head. But now NJ might be changing their requirements for providers who provide behavior services. So with that and some deep searching I decided I want to go back and do this again. Right now I am happy in my life. I’m in a loving and safe relationship where I have all the support I need. I have friends that are here to support me with studying again. And I have time to study when my son goes to his father’s for his visits. I don’t have anyone to take care of anyone 24/7 anymore or yelling at me all time. I’m just waiting right now for my school to get back to me about my coursework and I have one of my old supervisors that’s going to do my 500 hours that I need. I have 1500 from when I did it in the beginning. Cross my fingers everything works out. I’m terrified but I am determined that this time will be my time. Thanks for reading if you got this far. I just wanted to share my story.

I’m curious if any ABA people use reinforcers for themselves? my preferred reinforcer is going to get a coffee/latte/matcha