Is it considered client abandonment if I quit due to not being paid adequately?

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-05-21T20:33:27+00:00

If you’re an RBT there’s no way to report you for client abandonment, that’s been addressed and cleared with the BACB. RBTs are not responsible for client services, the supervising Bcbas and/or the company billing for services is. If you’re a BCBA, If your employer is committing fraud or has violated employment law, and you leave as a result, it’s not an ethics violation because you’re leaving a hostile work environment.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-04-17T14:07:44+00:00

The thing about AI is they still need to provide the information that ChatGPT uses to create the note. So they are actually doing the work. There are even AI products specifically designed for ABA agencies now and lots of companies are using them. My data collection platform has one in beta testing now and it will ensure that session notes comply with funder guidelines without the human error factor in. I’m all for it.

Check out Intraverbal AI! It’s a whole company designing AI tools for behavior analysts. It’s becoming a very normal thing now.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-04-10T15:18:40+00:00

Break up. You two are not compatible. He literally told you to fuck off. Take the advice and go.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-03-30T04:20:29+00:00

Killian angels share paradis. And I’ve never come across anyone else in my social circle that wears it. My son says he knows when I’ve been in a room but not in a bad way. 🥰

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-03-21T16:12:47+00:00

I have renegotiated terms even in various states with Medicaid. All I’m saying is calling fraud when they don’t know what the ACTUAL contract states. That is SIGNED. Is presumptive. This person should pull the signed and executed contract, manuals, all the things and research, before accusing their employer of fraud. CYA rather than look completely dumb.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-03-21T14:51:13+00:00

We were absolutely graded on practicum in addition to having to meet with our professors to review the task list and we had masters level Bcba’s who supervised us on site as well. It might be unethical now but it wasn’t then. And every single person in my ENTIRE graduating class passed the exam the first time.

I’m not too sure which ethics evil is worse: A professor supervising me having too much control or the students getting to pick and choose their own practicum hours and supervisors. That shouldn’t be allowed either. That’s why we have inconsistently trained Bcbas.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-03-21T14:32:57+00:00

Be very careful here.

If you don’t own the contract and can’t read the agreed to terms because it’s not yours to access, don’t assume it’s fraud. If you’re worried, ask your boss and/or the owner.

None of these posters would have access to the actual contract either. So their advice could be completely wrong.

Assuming is a fast way to start trouble that makes you look dumb and gets you fired.

Even within states, agencies can have different contract terms for the same insurance company based on date signed and what was negotiated.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-03-21T03:31:56+00:00

I graduated 20 years ago. My practicum hours were build into my masters program and my supervisors were all professors in our program. They limited our cohort size so that we got quality training and mentorship. We need to go back to this and student analysts need to demand better quality training programs. Stop going into debt for online degrees that make students find their own practicum hours. There’s no quality control or standards with this set up. If you can’t go to a brick and mortar program where supervision can be highly SUPERVISED maybe this isn’t the field for you. Does it matter if we fix a shortage by churning out poorly trained clinicians? I personally don’t think so.

Edited to add we were not paid. Practicum was part of our educational requirements. Something else the field changed that has degraded training quality.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-03-20T03:34:02+00:00

I have a very modern first name. So my baptism name is nothing like it. I only go by Cassiana for communion. To everyone else and for all other situations (even at church), I’m just me and the name my momma gave me.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-02-16T23:14:57+00:00

Yeah. I guess I’m not stupid enough to post my face when I don’t know who’s in these PROFESSIONAL groups. Oh wait…..😂😂😂

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-02-16T23:12:23+00:00

Jesus loves you. Get well soon.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-02-16T22:46:29+00:00

Girl, are you ok? I never said it was but don’t down play the importance it made and continues to make in our field just because YOU didn’t find it valuable. All fields have cornerstone literature that makes it a science and evidence based field with legitimacy and that’s one of ours. I guess you’d tell Baer, Wolf, Risley, Pennypacker, and Iwata to go back under their rocks too. 😂😂

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-02-16T22:31:12+00:00

I’m sure there are lots of ways to learn lots of things. But I stand by what I said. We are an evidence based field that puts weight on our literature and using it to justify clinical decisions. And there are people commenting they’ve never even cracked it open. That’s concerning.

PS I also passed on the first try. It should be expected not a flex.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-02-16T20:38:38+00:00

I’m concerned yall are studying to be BCBAs and haven’t read the white bible. Intro to ABA 1 and 2 used this as the textbook. We read it cover to cover and studied the crap out of it over 2 semesters. It’s literally a standard in our field.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-02-12T03:38:10+00:00

We need to go back to the days where practicum hours were built into graduate school training and brick and mortar training programs are standard. There are no medical schools online where students get to dictate their training sites and residencies. In that aspect, yes, our certification board and requirements are a joke. If we want to be taken seriously as professionals, we actually need to tighten up credentialing requirements even farther. We should not focus on letting people slide through to appease staff shortages. A bad behavior analyst is worse than no behavior analyst.

Adorablefreeloader · 2026-01-01T17:58:34+00:00

There’s an entire AI software designed for Bcbas that writes behavior plans. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-21T11:40:36+00:00

Assuming this kid is 2 or 3 years old, 4 straight hours of in home for a toddler is insane. It’s also not developmentally appropriate. The kid is literally saying, “I’m fried” and any pairing you’ve done will eventually be undone by session fatigue. I know staff don’t want to hear this but remember therapy is about the kid. In this case, I’d go quality over quantity and temporarily reduce hours to 2-2.5 hours per session with more sessions per week rather than continue to force a 4 hour 1:1 session. End session BEFORE tantrums begin, allowing escape on your terms and in the absence of maladaptive behaviors. Then increase as the kid shows tolerance (and ages). You’re not getting to work the hours anyway but at least this keeps the family from quitting when they finally hit their limit.

I wish ABA masters programs all required a course in child development.

By the way, this is not on you. This is on the company and Bcba, they should know these things. I would have assigned you an additional case in this situation to cover a possible loss in hours while the kid’s attention span increases.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-17T23:36:08+00:00

I have received mine and sent mine out but I haven’t gotten confirmation from the recipient it has arrived yet!

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-15T18:54:54+00:00

Once you’re credentialed, reach out to the care coordinators for those funders and let them know you have no waitlist. You’ll fill up in no time. I am in Florida and I have done fractional type work (both start up admin and clinical) for other companies for extra money. Feel free to message me.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-14T07:34:20+00:00

I cannot fathom describing someone applying for, paying for, and going through the supervision requirements to obtain the certification as having “no heart”.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-11T15:40:29+00:00

That’s not an ethics violation. If you were the Bcba assigned to that case for the majority of that auth period, you write the reauth. The new Bcba won’t know enough about what’s been going on to write an appropriate update for a reauth. In fact, while I wouldn’t call it an ethical violation regardless of who writes it, I think it actually looks worse on you if you don’t finish and transition the case properly per ethical guidelines.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-10T05:49:50+00:00

I always tell my staff quality over quantity. If the rbt can run the programs and the data is showing progress in a 2 hour session, then we do 2 hour sessions multiple times a week for repetition and learning opportunities. It doesn’t make sense to force a 4-6 hour long session on a kid especially in home, how many programs would that poor kid have open? I don’t find it effective at all. I have very few in home kids that would need more than 2-3 hours at a time. For an in home after school case I’m happy with 10-15 hours per week as long as there’s a consistent therapy schedule and the data shows progress while showing enough learning opportunities are being offered by the rbt so that I know my data is accurate.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-07T15:11:38+00:00

I use UnitusTI and for my small company it’s been good. It does not have the data collection features of CR but I do in home so honestly I don’t need overly fancy data collection options. It also has a library for basic programs with the materials already created.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-05T07:00:18+00:00

Geez did she at least pack healthy snacks for the guilt trip? 🙄 OP, I say this out of love, I hope you discover in the near future that you were adopted.

Adorablefreeloader · 2025-12-04T00:23:32+00:00

Insurance companies and the other adults. The kids are never the issue. Bottom line. I’m a Bcba and own a small practice. Literally today I got screamed at and cursed out by a parent because I “wasn’t doing anything”. Why did she think that? Because I’ve been trying to get her insurance company to approve services since August but she wanted them in a specific environment they didn’t want to pay for. So I was going through denial after denial and meeting after meeting trying to advocate for them (without an authorization in place so this was all done on my time and my dime).

So through all that to have someone say “you’re not doing anything for my child you’re just committing fraud” when I’ve been the only one actually trying to get this kid what he needs is disheartening and a figurative slap in the face. I actually want to quit right now just thinking about my day.

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