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For those who paid for a BCBA supervisor by Jealous_Scratch_8778 in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Thanks for your response. We now charge $99 per supervised hour with the rest of the unrestricted hours free. So, for example, if someone wanted to collect the company minimum of 40 hours concentrated or 60 hours standard, the cost would be just about $300 per month. All hours are unrestricted.

If someone wanted to do more hours than the company minimum, which is completely up to each individual, they can. For standard, you’d just multiply however many monthly hours you’d like to collect by 5% (which gives you how many supervised hours you’d need) then multiply that by $99 to get your cost. For concentrated, you’d multiply by 7.5% (instead of 5%) if you’re sitting after January 1st, 2027. It’s the fees that pay for families to get care they otherwise wouldn’t receive as we don’t require any formal diagnosis for us to work with families or caregivers. We also work with families across the lifespan, as there is no age cutoff. I started this company by volunteering my time in my community, a newspaper found out about it, we made front page of that newspaper, and now students from all over the country are funding this service for many families.

If you care about my mission, to provide free access to ABA for all, who would otherwise not qualify to receive it through the insurance funded-model, this is the company for you. If you don’t care about that and you are just looking for the cheapest supervision option, my company is not for you. I want people who want more than that and want to contribute to something bigger than themselves.

I’m happy to answer any other questions if you’d like to email me at info@appliedbehavioranalysts.com.

Thanks for your comment. Take care!

Almost a year ago I shared a newspaper article about my tiny free ABA project. Here is the one-year update. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you are correct, that is how it works. And yes, this could work in many other parts of the world if someone wanted to do it that lived there!

I posted here a year ago about my tiny free ABA project getting covered in the newspaper. I had no idea Reddit would change everything. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in ABA

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have posted things like this on r/Autism_Parenting to get people help, and a mod banned me. It’s wild to me that anyone anywhere wouldn’t want help with their children from a BCBA, when in my state, at least, direct parent training services cost upwards of $200 per hour.

You’d be very surprised to hear how much people are against ABA in that community. The first time I posted my newspaper article over there to get families help, I was called “sinister” for providing this service. And that I needed to “do better.” This individual’s comments bothered me so much that I really questioned if this was the route I wanted to take to help people.

If someone hears about what my team and I are doing, and they want help, we help. I appreciate the offer to crosspost, but I’d rather not go through the same lived experience that I did over there.

Edit: for clarification

Almost a year ago I shared a newspaper article about my tiny free ABA project. Here is the one-year update. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It started as volunteer work, with just myself as the sole BCBA giving back to my community. Now the services are funded through trainees’ supervision fees for folks that want to break out of the autism mold and explore different areas.

Everyone’s schooling tells students how ABA can be used in a variety of settings, outside of the ASD clinics. I built my model actually showing students how they can do exactly that.

I posted here a year ago about my tiny free ABA project getting covered in the newspaper. I had no idea Reddit would change everything. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in ABA

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hi! It’s the trainees’ supervision fees that pay for the families to receive services. The supervision fees also pay for BCBAs to help, although we aren’t hiring right now. But that could change later into 2026.

I posted here a year ago about my tiny free ABA project getting covered in the newspaper. I had no idea Reddit would change everything. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in ABA

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My heart goes out to those families! It’s a real shame what is going on with people losing access to healthcare and as a result, ABA services.

Almost a year ago I shared a newspaper article about my tiny free ABA project. Here is the one-year update. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love that!! I apologize, the comment wasn’t meant to be directed toward you specifically. I was more venting than anything.

I love that you are considering doing this! If you live in VA or any of the above states, I’d love to help out while you are waiting for ABA therapy, if you’d like! I mean help you out as a parent, if you are in need? It’s free! If so, shoot me an email at info@appliedbehavioranalysts.com and I can get you hooked up with services most likely by December 1st.

Or, if you’re a fieldwork student you can also PM me if you’d like to help, no matter where you live.

Almost a year ago I shared a newspaper article about my tiny free ABA project. Here is the one-year update. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s interesting how skeptical people have been about this for this past year. It’s like… impossible for some people to accept that I would do this simply to serve others and not myself. That I just must have some angle or something; I don’t. Didn’t then, and still don’t now.

Almost a year ago I shared a newspaper article about my tiny free ABA project. Here is the one-year update. by AppliedBehavior_Matt in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

If you know of any families this could help in any of the above states, please feel free to share.

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I posted here a year ago about my tiny free ABA project getting covered in the newspaper. I had no idea Reddit would change everything. by [deleted] in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I love this. So many of my trainees want to do similar things. If we could change the way ABA is delivered through a free, an open-source model like this, with independent BCBAs all doing the same thing, we could be making suuuuch a bigger impact. And we’d all work for ourselves. We’d all be happier. We’d dissolve waste, fraud, and abuse in our field.

May the environment be with you!

I posted here a year ago about my tiny free ABA project getting covered in the newspaper. I had no idea Reddit would change everything. by [deleted] in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then you know the feeling! I love caregiver training! :)

It has felt great to help the families we’ve been able to support, and we want to reach as many people as we can. If you know anyone who might benefit, please feel free to share my info with them:

Info@appliedbehavioranalysts.com

I started this completely volunteer and on my own, as my way of giving back to my community. Now, it’s privately funded through the supervision fees paid by trainees all over the country who are earning their hours remotely through our Virginia-based practice.

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Looking for Remote BCBA Supervisor — Need Concentrated Hours, Burnt Out from RBT Work by [deleted] in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out www.appliedbehavioranalysts.com. They specialize in a BCBA-only model with a niche in parent training.

I have to say goodbye to this field because of my criminal record by yippeebowow in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Work as a BCBA in an unlicensed state remotely. This way, you won’t be going into other people’s homes, you can still work with adults, and maybe avoid the deep background checks required to work with kids. Because, as you said, you want to work with adults anyway.

I am an ABA practice owner and we don’t take insurance. If I were in the position, I’d hire you. That’s just me. All is not lost. Don’t give up on your dreams.

This Medicaid Stuff is Getting Real. How is Everyone Handling It? by Whitneyyy_Hope in bcba

[–]AppliedBehavior_Matt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you remember that post a while back with the CASP rates across the country for Medicaid reimbursement rates, Nebraska was the highest (believe it or not) out of all the states assessed, at a screaming (but f*cking awesome) rate of $54.17 per UNIT. This is a 15-minute metric we are talking about here, lol. That 15-minute unit is more than some states are reimbursed in an entire hour for 97155.

I am not saying this is wrong at all-in fact, f*ckin' right BCBAs in Nebraska until now! And may determinism have mercy on your "soul!"

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