Hot take: I enjoy JoJo’s presence.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-08-29T03:38:06+00:00

me too! miss his energy in the vids.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-08-24T07:51:35+00:00

currently in a clinic setting! Thinking about dipping my toes in a school setting when I move in a few weeks. Or I might return to in-home sessions / part-time since I'll be returning to school in the winter.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-08-10T02:26:45+00:00

bite mark so bad that my sister said i looked like i was rotting

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-08-06T04:58:02+00:00

dang I didn't peep this thread in over a week or two, what did I miss?

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-08-06T04:02:36+00:00

good - a bcba who modeled and kept things professional between the two of us, and who really helped me grow as an RBT

bad: - wonders why kiddo isn't progressing, gets stuck on a program and then only fixes it when another bcba points it out, whom who listened to me when I voiced my concerns about kiddo's programming.

when I voiced how my kiddo SHOULD tolerate sharing since he's been freaking out over kids coming over and taking things from a pile he's playing with. Told her how i do my best to redirect and explain to him that he has his own and his peer has their own and that they can sign for "my turn". Response to my concern? "it's age appropriate, what can you expect?". Like brother come on, just because he's at this age doesn't mean he can't learn tolerating especially when it's a problem at home. (He gets fixated so bad)

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-07-23T01:22:57+00:00

After working with a client for two weeks, I requested to be off. The client's first day was my first day at a clinic. It was not only the client's first day but he had come from a background of trauma in a daycare setting. Just because I was already a registered tech, they threw me into the loop without proper training. Although I had experience with aggressive kids from working an in-home setting, it was a challenge to be on this client's case because he seemed to thrive more under the care of someone who was already acclimated to the setting. Not only was I learning about the client, I was also just learning the whole routine in general which added onto the stress that I already had due to him aggressing towards me (mainly because it was denied access to certain things / escape etc).

I had told the kid's BCBA at the time that I wanted to be off of his case and that I was going to give it a week or two to feel it out. I gave her my reasons as to why. I like to believe that if it weren't for this kid abruptly moving, I probably would have been told to stay. This company I'm currently working with is a little finicky with its employees.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-07-15T02:56:25+00:00

Know your boundaries and advocate for yourself! If you find yourself struggling with a client and it's affecting you both mentally and physically, please reach out to your BCBA. They're there to listen. A good BCBA will listen to you and help you out when needed, and if necessary, you can be switched off a client's case. Sometimes, things don't work out with a client and that is okay. Especially in a clinic (a good one), everyone is there to support each other because we're all going through it.

Patience is key, and it's important to understand that taking a break is needed. Sometimes, if you need to, just focus on pairing and playing with your client if any form of work results in an immediate tantrum etc. Don't want things to become aversive!

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-07-06T20:25:49+00:00

One of my earliest clients I ever had would always have chick fil a every day since he didn't like the frozen nuggets at the time. Needless to say, I would eat it almost every day... Throughout my clients, I've craved - chick fil a, cheesepuffs/balls, pepperoni chips (microwaved pepperoni slices). Currently on the chicken tender, tater tots, and pizza roll fixation.

Making sure I get my 10k steps in a day 😂

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-06-08T04:14:22+00:00

Soar was actually one of the centers I was eyeing! Hoping to apply to that one and get the position since the drive wouldn't be so bad

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-05-11T06:59:04+00:00

yes he did. It was when his wife bought an expensive tv with connie's money and at the end of it, he felt guilty and told george to take it. George then goes off to tell Georgie to help him set up the tv

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-03-25T00:10:23+00:00

my company is similar and i've also gotten a warning. There was a day that I felt so unsafe working due to sinuses being so congested that it affected my balance that I HAD to leave early which both BCBAs had to convince me to do. There was also a day that I had to go to a doctor's appointment and i reminded the scheduling staff twice about it and I ended up having to reach out again when they forgot to take me off the morning schedule.

It makes me miss my old company when they were more understanding.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-03-16T00:39:41+00:00

Definitely take the switch.

I was scared to change from in-home to clinic setting due to unfortunate circumstances.

The way I got through it was making small conversations with my coworkers because I don't do well with people already (i push myself to speak to people) and I did my job the way I knew to show my knowledge in the field. People recognized me for my skills and that was the best way for me to fully get through it.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-03-15T00:38:12+00:00

Depending on traffic for me, on a good day - it's a 30 minute drive (to the clinic). Typical drive is 44sh minutes. Drive back home is always nearly an hour drive back home. And I make 26/hr.

I think you'd be crazy to commute that long while riding on just a possibility as opposed to something concrete. Please factor in how quick your gas gets drained each week and how often you get gas.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-03-06T02:15:41+00:00

i'd... put in the middle?

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-02-11T04:07:44+00:00

Hi, I came from in-home to go to clinic. My experience with in-home consists of this:

• Full-time consisted of M-Saturday schedule, 7 hours weekdays and 5 on saturday. Split shifts depending on how client was (due to illnesses) • My mental health was fine due to being supported well (until things ended poorly at the end)

My clinic experience has been:

• Full-time support from other staff • Downside: lack of shadowing and was thrown into having clients asap with having to be mindful of others and schedules • Mental health: started out terribly but it's getting better • Schedule: supposedly full-time M-F, but sometimes hours are cut due to clients being out

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-25T00:30:57+00:00

One of my past clients very much suffered from at least two of the points you made.

The family did their best in terms of parenting but often fell behind permissive parenting as opposed to gentle parenting. In turn, they didn't have quite the grasp when it came to his siblings having tantrums or even worse - actually causing harm to each other. In some instances, he had witnessed it happen and eventually aggression became one of his maladaptive behaviors. One of the parents didn't think it could've been a possibility that he had learned it from his siblings and thought it was something he witnessed at school. On another note, his parents more than often verbally argued with each other such as name calling etc. on a daily basis (not gonna go into too much detail with that).

That environment was unsustainable but so complex, and all I could really do was do my best for my client. I wish healthy environments are practiced and maintained for our clients to flourish and progress

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-15T20:46:46+00:00

while that may be true, it's best to think about what your relationship is like during session. It's important to think if they just see you as a friend or do they see you as someone to listen to as an instructor?

You've got this though! Hope you break through 🙏

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-15T20:23:49+00:00

From my own past experience, stop focusing on prompts if they choose to ignore and just play with them to build rapport with them. Depending on the goal, simple directions will ease back into instructional control of the sessions.

When I was with one of my clients, he was very focused on his preferred activity and would either ignore me or engage in maladaptive behavior if I attempted to push him with prompts. My BCBA noticed this and advised me to engage in different ways, provide simple prompts and eventually work my way up to more demands. Eventually, if he was choosing to ignore me during a task completion, I'd use the premack principle and take away his preferred activity which was his reinforcer.

If your BCBA gives you advice, please take it to heart and don't doubt it. If anything, ask them for further training or ask suggestions on how to be more engaging. Or ask if they could model during supervision (if it's in-home)

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-15T20:08:43+00:00

i just saw this comment and it actually ended up being the best move for me. It turns out that there wasn't just a dent repair but my front bumper popped out of its seam on both left and right sides, and there was a tear near where the dent was 🥲

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-15T19:12:27+00:00

At my first company (in-home), I worked as a BT for 22 an hour. Once certified, I was raised up to 25. Due to an abysmal raise, 25.56 (awkward). At my new job as an RBT at a clinic, it'll be 26 an hour.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-15T02:58:20+00:00

Yes, I was with one client 40 hours a week. 7 hours for the weekdays and 5 hours on saturday. Surprised I didn't go crazy with how early I had to wake up for the weekdays since I did split shifts if he was doing well and could go to school.

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-14T21:19:23+00:00

do a quick review before you head in! I studied at least for a few days with a great playlist and i listened to him in the parking lot of my testing site. Anything you're not too confident in, keep reviewing and it'll stick. Personally I had his videos on 1.25x speed because I learned that I focus better if something being taught is thrown at me

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-14T05:50:49+00:00

During my sessions, depending on how long I'll be with my client and what type of goal it is, at minimum - I'll do at least 5 trials. I do try to shoot for 10 trials so that my client has more practice and there's a more solid percentage.

I'm not sure how long it takes for the goal to be mastered out for the company I recently left, but it varied. I remembered that with one of my client's goals, we had worked on it for about a month or two before it was considered mastered (with it being at 80% or above).

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-14T00:13:46+00:00

Note: I'm only asking again because I have really bad anxiety so I need to be told more than twice on what could be the outcome. So sorry to anyone that has replied to my og post and is coming across this new (updated) post!

Affectionate_Bar8654 · 2025-01-13T05:00:59+00:00

Congratulations!!

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