Hello fellow BCBAs!

Does anyone know if we can double dip RBT Supervision and BCBA candidacy supervision?

My company requires any staff providing 1:1 supervision to have their RBT. They even make masters level students have and maintain their RBT. My company is somewhat unclear on whether we can double dip. If I am providing 5% supervision for RBT, then would I need to do an additional 5% for BCBA? And would I need to be seeing them 4 times per month??

I wish our company would let them drop the RBT, especially because they are doing school cases and RBT isn’t require. But the company wants to maintain BHCOE accreditation.

Thank you all in advance for your help and opinion on this issue!

So hey guys I need help and opinions so I’ve I’ve been contemplating on if I wanna do ABA or OT because right now I’m working as an RBT and I’m really enjoying the field but all my life I’ve wanted to become an OTA but OTA is more like to much of medical terms or a lot like a&p in a way and even though I passed it in college it was still tuff for me but if you where to ask me questions in a physiological setting or manner I could answer them with ease but I’ve always been pretty smart when it came to physiological things that’s always been my strong suit, it’s like my brain works better when I answer those type of questions…and I’ve took exam practice quizzes for both just to see how it would be for me and I did way better with the ABA questions then the OT ones so I was trying to see what you guys thought ?

I’m considering starting my own business as an experienced BCBA, and would love to see if there’s experienced business owners that would be willing to have a mentorship group online? I’d love to glean wisdom from others!

This is the term for finding a situation in which minimum effort would result in maximum desirable output.

Is this term still used? (I graduated in 1984 while dinosaurs still roamed the earth and am woefully out of date.)

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

Hi I’m doing an assignment for my Collaboration and Consulting class that requires me to ask people some questions on how they effectively collaborate and consulted with co-workers, clients, etc. This is mostly for people who work with children who have special needs. So teachers, Speech and language Therapist, OTs, RBTs, PTs, BCBAs, even program directors! It’s only about 10 questions that I would like to ask on how you effectively collaborate and consult when working with co-workers and new people for a kid or individual!! Thank you

I work with children age 3-10 with level 1 autism, ADHD, ODD, anxiety disorders and adjustment disorders. I would like to stay in this area. And I need places where I don’t need to learn the language. Any tips?

Given the results of the recent election, any suggestions on a good country to relocate to?

I’ve heard Finland and New Zealand so far. Any others?

Sorry if this is not the right place to ask this sort of thing, I was doing "online research" (Googling) and ended up here.

So, I have this classmate, a very social guy, who, once upon a time, used to glance my way every single class since day 1. We ended up becoming "class acquaintances," largely because, despite all the glances, he could never keep a conversation going and would almost never look me in the eye while I was talking to him. So, a few months later I got tired of this and asked him (on social media) if he wanted me to keep my distance, if that would make him feel more comfortable. He took the "I don't know what you mean" road until I mentioned the glances, after which he got mad, blocked me everywhere, and stopped talking to me.

I let him be. The glances continued, though, less often than before, but still there. About one year later, I tried to make amends, since I realized we'd be in the same class for a long time. Found a way to text him, being as friendly as possible, got no reply and when I approached him to ask if he had received my text, he snapped at me in front of other people, saying (among other niceties), "I don't speak to you." I let him be again, despite my wounded dignity. This was about 8 months ago.

Last Friday - surprise! - we were put in the same discussion group of a language class. I was the group's moderator, which, understandably, meant that I received most of the attention of whoever was speaking at any given time. When I arrived at my group and saw that classmate there, I said out loud and in a sarcastical tone, "O-ho, awesome." But that was it from my part. The classmate didn't look at me at first but every time he spoke during the discussion, he would look at me and only me. No hardened expression, no apparent anger or hatred, no eye movements, and - which I found weirdest of all - no blinking. I treated everybody equally, giving turn to each of the group's members, and ALL others would look mostly at me, but also to the other members every now and then, or down to a paper or their laptops, or around, whatever. The classmate would look at them while they were speaking, but then he was blinking at a normal rate, he looked at papers, screen, etc, just like everyone else. When he had the word again, though, there were his unblinking eyes on me again, and the stiff "frozen" body, as if someone were pointing a gun at him.

I've always read that when people are angry they don't usually blink, especially while they're talking. However, you can usually notice the anger in other ways: tone of their voice, a shift in the colour of their facial skin, hardened expression, etc. I had never seen anyone behave in the way this guy did and I wonder if it's common and what it could mean, apart from the obvious discomfort of having to be in the same group as me.

Any ideas?

Is this a normal thing? From what I’ve seen online, I only see BCBAs implementing it.

I'm in the process of deciding to create an ABA-based application that essentially allows users to run DTT on it. This would mostly consist of DTT that consists of arrays. I'd Iike to include features like multi-client target/program folders, audio feedback, shareability, analysis, etc..

I haven't dug much deeper than that until I have some input. I'm curious to know how in demand that would be, pros, cons, etc..

Poll: would this be a widely useful application for DTT?

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Hi everyone!

I’m interested in becoming certified through the International Behavior Analysis Organization (IBAO) and am looking for recommendations on the most affordable, quickest, and self-paced certification programs available.

Does anyone know of a program that checks all these boxes? I’d love to know about the approximate total cost for completing the entire certification too. Any insights or personal experiences would be really appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

My friend (31) does this every time we talk, regarding the usual things - her day, her husband, what she is about to do. She just starts talking like a baby, and I get very uncomfortable. She does this in front of 10s of people, at the party, etc. I just get a cringe feeling, and can try to talk about something serious so she gets normal. I think also she noticed I am not so warm with her, and we don't hang out as earlier. Why do adults talk like babies? It's so weird, I can not stand it, I don't even know why does it bother me so much.

Edit : she also does this when we are hanging with my boyfriend, or her boyfriend. She does not make the difference when to do her baby voice.

Edit : I am a woman

Hi I am accruing supervision hours and still working on my graduate coursework. I plan on finishing hours and coursework December 2025. I get married next week and am not sure the process to work on. My BCBA told me not to change my name because then I cannot used the hours I have already gotten with my maiden name.
Is this true? Has anyone else dealt with this?

I was wondering if someone could explain the RBT training to me. I understand about the 40 hour training and the exam, but I’m confused about finding a BCBA and how I get hands on training, since I plan to do everything on line. I keep reading that I should find a BCBA that I work with to supervise, but , supervise what? Do they give me the exam? And moreover, I don’t work for a company in this industry. Thanks!

Rbt here! If you had the option to work for, treetop ABA in center, life skills autism in center (Centria), red house behavioral research at home based, or golden steps ABA at home based, which would you choose and why? If none, which is the lesser of the evils? 😅 I am Arizona based Phoenix/Peoria area

Does anyone know what happens when you don't pass a class at Florida tech aba online? I saw in a syllabus that it's saying I might not be able to move on to the next course in the sequence without passing first? I was on track to graduate next spring and wnated to jsut retake the class next sesmeter along with the classess in the sequence. I dont know, someone help!

Hello! I am a BCBA in Michigan who is currently working for an organization that has several adult foster care (AFC) homes. I enjoy my work, but I’m struggling to find CEUs that relate to adults and ABA. While I understand that the majority of BCBA’s work in outpatient ABA and kiddos with Autism, I wish that there was more variety in CEUs that are accredited for BCBA CEU requirements for recertification. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I have an employee who constantly yawns when they are talking to me. I've asked other staff and they tell me the employee does not exhibit this behavior around them. The employee in question is marginal in job performance. I am puzzled as to why the constant yawning happens around only me.

I saw someone ask this about RBTs but I am curious, if i were to make becoming a BCBA a career path for myself it would be good to know: where in the country might it be best for me to live? I would be happy to relocate!

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It happens to me always, I can never be serious or tense in some serious situations ( not saying that I laugh or something but the thing is I couldn't make myself tense or can't feel like the way that an actual human should behave in that matter)

I just distract myself in my head by observing things around, looking at faces, thinking about what to eat next

I just look the things from 3rd person perspective idk if it is right to say or not, I myself can't understand this or don't know how to jot it down.

So it is, according to my company, most ideal for new hires to take the exam or at least be signed up for it by December 6th. My BCAT training (only training my company covers, it was free) took place in early October. I do have a client now. I am actually thinking i want to take the RBT instead now just bc if i decide i want to switch jobs in the future, having the RBT will be better for me. I’ve also honestly heard that the BCAT is harder and requires one to know more.

So I’m considering paying for the RBT exam. I got an 89% tonight on the comprehensive ABA rocks one without studying for it ahead of time. I’ve had a consistent client since maybe last week.

I’m sorry, it’s just that the videos are so long… how am I going to learn the material with ALL of these hour long, 30 min long, videos? I think I might just pay for a course… I mean, my company trained for the BCAT but if I decide I want to change jobs someday already having the RBT will really help me. I might just pay for a 40hr RBT training course, I’m still thinking about it.

The second video is longer than I expected. I’ve heard different, bad things about the free training courses.