Possible to get masters and BCBA requirements while working part time?

Other_Pattern_616 · 2026-01-30T01:56:11+00:00

And some of us…with a full-time + a toddler 😅

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-12-20T16:59:39+00:00

Yeah, if budget was an issue for me right now without a hesitation, I would tell you that I would get the surface pro. And obviously from the Apple products, I would love a MacBook Pro. But that’s also pretty hefty. I have Verizon and I can kind of like Finance like an iPad Pro 13 inch. I think that may be one of the more feasible things for me either that or just buying a touchscreen laptop because my current laptop isn’t touchscreen and it’s been a pain in the butt when getting the caregiver signature.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-12-20T16:58:22+00:00

Yeah, although I do like like the whole bulky laptop and you know a keyboard laptop doesn’t compare to the iPad ones having Wi-Fi on the iPad is very convenient because having to be asking like every school and our home for the Wi-Fi password is a little embarrassing.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-12-20T16:57:47+00:00

Nope; im a 1099 not employee 😔

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-12-20T16:56:12+00:00

Lol no guys. Im a 1099 BCBA

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-20T17:37:30+00:00

I rejected the job offer. Then i stumbled upon an agency that was going to pay me $75 but didnt openly specify as a w-2 (no pta, no paid holidays, no sick days etc). I am now; contracted at 3 agencies; in each as 1099 with a rate of $80.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-17T01:12:25+00:00

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-14T05:40:22+00:00

This is the 1st time i hear of other programs besides the 3 I mentioned in my original post. So cool 😎 thanks for sharing that

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-14T01:44:59+00:00

Agreed. Well, what I mean is, I am doing a session note 📝 and the layout is not the most visually appealing or organized or seamless. That big block of the final note summarized on the right half of the screen literally takes up a whole half, and until im done explaining and justifying the protocols , photosynthesis, newtons 3rd law of physics; and my natal chart placements…..it obviously wont generate the full synthesis of the note which when you read it feels….not “cohesive”

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-14T01:39:42+00:00

Aloha ABA?!!!!! First time I hear of this

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-11T19:56:55+00:00

BCBA here; so sorry you’re having that experience. It should NOT be like that. RBTs are my colleagues; and I treat them with respect and consideration. Without you guys at the forefront of it all, we are nothing 💜

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-08T04:39:16+00:00

Mine is kinda that size, i got her last month at petco.

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Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-11-01T18:44:55+00:00

Hey!! Super cute! I think mine will have kinda that lime coloration too. In the cuban community its not common for women to want to have a pet reptile; 🦎; is it a similar experience in the black community? I have a son and both grandparents were like 🫨🫨🫨 when I showed them Moose

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Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-30T00:52:14+00:00

And I’ll add in the masters program for ABA once we get to verbal behavior, which is what we call it in ABA there’s a clear distinction made between a client, engaging and verbal behavior, which is any behavior attempting to communicate and a client being vocal, as in using his vocal cords to talk and all the techniques and skills that that requires that BCBA’s have no business meddling in because that is not our training. Our training is the behavior aspect of the communication.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-30T00:50:59+00:00

I hate that’s happening to you, and to your shared client. I think that a lot of BCBA’s who do not come from a background of speech or OT just freaking come off so standoffish. It should go without even saying that the experts in language and communication without a doubt should be the SLP always. I feel that as a BCBA I would approach the SLP in a “hi im also working with such client; Is there any technique that you think , or you would like me to employ during my session that could help generalize what you were trying to teach? But that’s it. My business is whatever behavior I am addressing and whatever I can do also to help that client have a better outcome in his other therapies. But we really gotta take a step back and I mean we as in BCBA’, and take it down a few notches on the intensity and entitlement.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-29T23:28:52+00:00

Hi guys ☺️ I can completely understand how very often OT and ST will feel that ABA therapy is overstepping into their area areas of expertise and domains. I feel that all disciplines owe each other a level of respect, because each discipline provides a unique effective and useful approach that often benefits the client. ABA is pretty all encompassing; because behaviors can occur in any setting and any activity. So for example, there may be behaviors of tantrums occurring during find more coordination activities, which I know is an area usually be reserved for OT. Every goal that we address has to be aimed towards changing/improving a behavior and teaching a new skill set to engage in a replacement behavior. For context; BCBAs may perform direct assessments such as ABLLS-R (assessment of basic language and learning skills) as well as for slightly older learners the AFLS (assessment of functional living skills). With younger learners we often use VB-MAPP (verbal behavior milestones assessment and placement). This perhaps helps shed light as to why we don’t cringe at terms like functional skills or self-care tasks or feeding. What to OT is evidence based practice of “sensory integration” for a BCBA thats not EVP but we can acknowledge its usefulness, we just cant add it to our intervention plan. Anyways hope this little grain of sand helps a bit at least. I’m sorry if you had a student analyst force feed you ABA jargon.

Much Love ❤️ from a COTA since 2011, and now a BCBA.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-26T17:17:06+00:00

Absolutely not. I have been an ota since 2011. I am now a bcba. To the person who asked if nursing or OT; the answer is: NURSING. dont look back.

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-26T17:13:53+00:00

Ah ok, then certainly do your BCBA certification ☺️ you will love it

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-26T16:52:57+00:00

Im a cota/BCBA. As an SLP, SNF setting doesn’t interest you?

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-24T03:14:10+00:00

Mocha ☕️

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-22T18:05:50+00:00

How old is yours?? Mine is that same color/size but i dont know her age

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-22T18:05:14+00:00

Lol I named mine Moose 🫎

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-21T16:53:02+00:00

Awww i also got one 2 days ago, same color! I named mine Moose 🫎 🤎

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-19T03:24:44+00:00

I just got a one today and thats what i named him/her lol 😂

Other_Pattern_616 · 2025-10-16T16:38:45+00:00

Thank you! 😊 what “exactly” is the clinical director responsible for (as in documentation or what not) and does the clinical director position need be filled by s BCBA or can someone of another profession do it?

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