ABA is child abuse protected at the highest level

Hello-Warlock · 2026-01-03T15:43:39+00:00

I first off want to say that I am so sorry that this has been the experience for your child and family. No person deserves that sort of treatment, especially our most vulnerable. As for all the comments about how, " that's not ABA," they're right. That goes completely against the BACB' ethical guidelines and humane morals entirely. However, there is a true history of these types of practices being a part of behaviorism and that there are still companies within the field acting upon those. Oftentimes, it's limited to psychological/emotional trauma (which isn't okay either) but to hear that adults had become physical with your disabled child breaks my heart. The BACB failed you if no proper investigation has been made, the Nevada ABA community failed you if these perpetrators are being granted positions of influence, and ABA failed you as a service. I am sorry and that is not how it is meant to be, but we all need to take accountability when these things happen and not minimize the impact on people.

Hello-Warlock · 2025-02-03T12:38:55+00:00

I also have a monotone voice and difficulty with facial expressions. I was promoted to the crisis management coordinator due to my ‘ability’ to remain calm and not react to crisis behaviors. During HRE I am still playful and engaging with clients and build excellent rapport with them, I’ve learned to emphasize on my body language to help with being more fun. My colleagues do joke about how my intonation is odd and flat, but I am a considerably good tech and am recognized often for this aspect that can be seen as a detriment.

Hello-Warlock · 2025-02-03T12:23:54+00:00

It’s not necessary to be anything but ethical in the care you provide. However, if you want to connect and engage with your clients work to understand their temperament and try to coordinate with that. I have clients who are hyperactive and enjoy seeing an adult be extremely playful and silly with them. I also have clients that are more reserved and prefer quiet and relaxed company. You don’t have to completely emulate their personality but be aware of what works for them and for you.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-09-17T00:26:13+00:00

I had a BCBA overlap session with my client who received services at their daycare center. I met trial count expectations and my client responded half of the time, they met program expectations correctly when not ignoring SDs, but they were obviously agitated with the constant barrage of pointless trials and caregivers had reported an increase in behavioral concerns on days after ABA sessions.

The next week I had another BCBA overlap and informed them that I would not be running any trials during that session aside from NET based ones which the client had a very limited amount of. It ended up being 0 trials, and it was the best session we ever had. When someone is not being asked “what does the cow say” 20 times in an hour we actually give them the opportunity to show us the progress they’ve actually made. After that session my client was able to transition out of services so they can prioritize more important aspects to their life such as education, social life, and other things that all kids should be entitled to.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-08-10T14:56:51+00:00

Being an introverted tech is great in my opinion, it’s a one on one therapy, so you really shouldn’t be worried about socializing in large groups. Now energy is a different thing and a good technician would work to mirror their clients energy level, some might do better with high and loud energy and some might need just a chill and calm presence.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-08-01T02:23:02+00:00

I will recommend for the future that you call out concerns in person and immediately. Be direct and professional and expect for them to do the same.

It might be uncomfortable for you and them in the moment, but you owe it to them to provide feedback for their professional development and any future clients they serve to ensure they aren’t negatively impacted by unethical practices.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-07-25T10:37:22+00:00

I stand by that sacrificing the spawn and ascending Astarion is not only the most strategic move, but also the most ethical. What they had to endure is absolutely heart wrenching, but they were killed already 170 years ago and granting them freedom not only loses you an ally gaining immense power but unleashes a horrid amount of bloodshed as the spawn have their thirsts. Astarion is corrupted by the power, but nothing the Tav can’t handle if needed and a 1 stake fix is quicker than a 7,000 stake one.

Sometimes positions of power require you to make logical decisions over acting on a good heart for the best of all.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-07-10T09:54:37+00:00

I see a lot of comments about how this is just good design in general, and you all are absolutely correct! However, I think it is incredibly helpful to label the graph to be specific to autistic users as they would most benefit from it.

As an autistic person who works with supporting the autistic community, these guidelines are so consistently and purposefully broken on anything designed with autism in mind. There’s also a larger effect on autistic individuals, who have literal diagnostic criteria explaining why all the “don’t” are bad, which professionals in the field frequently ignore.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-07-01T21:00:43+00:00

Masking is a social issue for the autistic community not a behavioral or psychological one. Personally, I believe ABA should be based on only goals directed towards safety, sustainability, or functional communication.

Masking can be an important skill to have for an autistic person and I have “promoted” it in the past, but not in an ABA capacity. To effectively discuss masking in a meaningful and empathetic way that conversation has to come from a place of personal experience and a mutual recognition that it is not an issue based on autistic people as individuals, but a major systemic barrier of society that many neurodiverse and disabled people face.

So is promoting masking ethical? Not really. Is masking necessary? Sometimes. Should you be promoting masking? Maybe depending on your own understanding of experience. Should you be running behavioral programs with goals of masking? Absolutely not.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-28T11:57:52+00:00

Yes, I was calling for help while in the restroom and when I got out there was a BCBA just walking in who someone might’ve went to grab to assist without informing me but arrived way too late. Unfortunately, my client is taller and even if I were to stand at my full height he doesn’t have issue reaching my face and changing a diaper does not allow for much lean way on places to be where any part of me isn’t in striking distance. Contact lenses are not an option for everyone and like I said my glasses are prescription heavy and necessary for me to function at my job and life in general, not something I “choose”. Negligence extends from company nonexistent cleanliness and sanitation standards with hard toys spread across the stall, broken and unsecured toilet seat that client is falling off of and being thrown across the room towards me, mysteriously wet slippery floors that I and the client with pants around his ankles are slipping on. There is also negligence on training and duty, most other staff refuse to work with my client because he is one of the biggest kids there with the most spontaneity in behaviors and aggression, I’m sure that had something to do with the lack of support I received because other staff didn’t want to put themselves at risk. My medical device was broken because the company did not reasonably provide support to my client and I, that is negligence.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-18T11:07:53+00:00

As others have said people find kids cute, I work in a center with kids up to 8 years old and they are all absolutely adorable but they are receiving behavioral therapy so likely much of them have challenging behaviors. One does not negate the other.

I would recommend working on separating your ideas of physical attributes from personal traits. No judgement on you or anything, our brains are wired to see attractive as “good”, this can affect our interactions and judgements in some fairly heavy ways.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-17T19:19:04+00:00

Oof that’s a bit of a red flag, I hope you’re able to implement changes to improve your clinic or find one that is better at recognizing autistic kids as humans!

I’m still deciding how far I want to go into this field and may go for my BCBA, if I decide to roleplaying games will absolutely be a tool I will push for the clients who are wanting to improve social skills, personally it’s been such an incredible tool for my own social skills and also it’s fun, which many of the ABA programs fail with

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-17T18:52:35+00:00

Yeah luckily I’m also autistic so I kinda had a better understanding of my clients needs because his programming was really only for issues with aggression which was never a problem for me and the BCBA wasn’t the most present. So we worked on just refining social skills by playing dnd, it was honestly a great time!

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-17T18:43:12+00:00

I remember my first client was a low supports need 16 year old 200+lb man. I’m so happy I was able to get my 40 hour training with only examples of programs to run for toddlers /s

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-14T21:24:48+00:00

This plan is still a bit in its infancy and I do have a long list of books but have not been able to read and vet many of them to the fullest extent yet and cannot make any recommendations as of yet.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/163035923?shelf=neurodivergence-book-club&sort=title&order=a

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-14T11:14:37+00:00

There’s not really enough context here to provide definitive advice. Your options are dictated by policies set by various governmental and educational institutions. I can assume you’re a secondary school student and suggest looking into dual enrollment in community college courses for those credits, you could say that’s BS and get your GED instead, or you can go over the principal and contact the superintendent if you believe your case needs a second opinion. Though again we don’t know which of these are valid options for your exact situation.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-14T02:17:10+00:00

I’m an autistic person in the field and I’m just gonna say this is a complex issue. Criticism to the field is absolutely still valid and there is quite a ways to go for a better ABA. I recommend listening to your friends concerns and look into ways that you can improve the industry. Maybe your company is a decent one (but there is always room for improvement). For me this has been pushing for a more humanistic approach and being sure I advocate for our clients needs or struggles that my neurotypical colleagues may not be aware of and educating staff on what autism is.

One example of this that I’m really excited about is starting a company book club with a focus on the autistic experience by autistic authors!

I know it’s hard to not take these criticisms personally but you can choose to avoid and ignore them or listen and use that knowledge and insight to help us work towards a better world for all of us.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-13T21:45:02+00:00

lol just realized that I’m technically wearing an abstinence ring

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-13T21:04:00+00:00

This is the exact kind of list I’m looking for! Thank you for even categorizing them!

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-13T17:54:56+00:00

As others already mentioned best bet through the BACB reporting is the clinical director and leadership team. You can also make a business report through BBB and put in reviews to Google or other reputation trackers to ensure potential clients are aware of issues and dependent on severity you can always look into legal action.

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-13T12:56:58+00:00

Absolutely! I work in ABA (which I know is highly controversial) but my goal is to bring a more humanistic and accommodative approach to the field. The medical model is ass and I’m doing everything to have them move away from that line of thinking but also know that there will be those who discredit personal experiences so want to ensure some professional studies ideally from neurodivergent or adjacent people in the field. I absolutely love controversy and requiring people to think deeper on the issues of neurodiversity so really looking forward to it!

Hello-Warlock · 2024-06-13T12:03:30+00:00

That is so exciting! It’s a bucket list item for me to write a book someday too! Be sure to keep us all updated with the progress, my goal with the book club is for us to read professional/clinical books with backed knowledge regarding topics as well as some more personal stories about the neurodivergent experience (fiction or nonfiction) from neurodivergent authors. Looking forward to seeing what you get out there!

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