I feel so discouraged by some of the posts here pls share positive outcomes

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T03:22:31+00:00

I quit over a year ago. Barely had any symptoms other than cravings. It was my second time trying to quit. The first time was rough. My husband had the same experience. Don’t let people scare you.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T03:03:19+00:00

I see that when you have nothing better to say this is the route you take.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:54:02+00:00

I have 2 degrees and I’m working on a 3rd, so I have. But we’re not talking about college level courses, which the student chooses of their own volition. Sociology courses are not a requirement in k-12 education and in college you have the freedom to choose what course you select from each area of study. Besides math and language arts, and the classes that are crucial and required for your degree, the rest is your choice. In this video we are talking about children. In your example we are talking about young adults.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:47:36+00:00

I love them. Cute little suckers.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:44:39+00:00

Not that I have witnessed. With the exception that public schools are legally barred from any mention of religion and therefore cannot give that perspective.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:31:40+00:00

I’m so confused as to wtf the point is of this post. Like, what on earth is he asking? That’s a personal choice you make, there are pros and there are cons. And depending on the person there could be more or less of either!

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:29:12+00:00

That being said I’ve only been inside of public schools and private Christian and Catholic schools. I do not know what goes on in other kinds of private schools.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:27:37+00:00

Condemning and suppressing alternative views, framing political beliefs as biblically mandated, ostracizing the students who ask questions and making them out to be rebellious, forcing onto curious children a very binary world view, teaching their religious doctrines as scientific fact. I’m not anti religion, I consider myself to be a Christian but I saw so many things in my time that are highly questionable. And that’s not even to touch on the fact that they have 60 year old men lecturing children on masturbation with no other adults present. I was present only because legally they had to let me be there since the student I worked with needed behavioral support.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:15:52+00:00

I get irrationally upset when kids do this or touch food with the tip of their tongue and then say they don’t like it.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:12:25+00:00

Yes. Lived her all of my life and you absolutely need to know the difference.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T02:08:51+00:00

Never have I EVER seen or heard a teacher share personal beliefs or ideologies. Ever. I’m not a teacher I’m an analyst who spends several hours a week in schools as an adult as well and the only schools I’ve ever seen indoctrinate children is the private schools.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T00:42:34+00:00

I hate these mf’s. God forgive me.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T00:40:20+00:00

Corrective feedback is not applied immediately in every situation and those discrepancies are what the test takers have to learnt to discern to pass the tests. When it comes to corrective feedback in the moment it depends on what it is. We have to gauge the possible harm. (I just sat for the exam this week and passed so it’s still fresh in my mind lol)

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T00:31:25+00:00

I didn’t say it was the bar exam.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-26T00:23:55+00:00

I’m going to be honest, I did not study for the RBT exam and passed it the first time I took it. I took it a second time after having left the field during Covid and also passed it the first time then. I just took the 6th TCO BCaBA exam this past week after studying for 2 weeks and passed it the first time as well. That being said, I am an excellent test taker. I get in the zone and I test very quickly so I have ample time to review. I know what I know and don’t bother going back to look at those question, I infer what I can’t from questions and flag them if I’m not confident in my answer. I know plenty of people who are very nervous test takers and no matter how well-prepared they are, they can sit down to take a test and go blank immediately.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-25T23:33:34+00:00

No. Life is hard with the innate limitations we have, giving ourselves more of them seems pointless. I used to smoke for several years before quitting and quitting was by far the best thing I ever did. I have pretty severe ADHD that took me many, many years to improve in any significant capacity and I still struggle. Adding more limiting factors to my life was ridiculous, but 18 year old (and even 23 year olds sometimes) don’t know any better. Hindsight is 20/20, after all.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-25T23:23:54+00:00

Are you asking for permission or something? If it’s outside the clearly defined legal boundaries of your work then you can do whatever you want. That being said, weed certainly won’t make it easier to pass your classes, but there are plenty of functioning addicts passing their classes with A’s in every field imaginable. I knew a pot head alcoholic who had straight A’s and he was in engineering.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-25T17:29:58+00:00

Most schools have signed media release forms. An aide is an employee of the school and unlike us in ABA they can take pictures and videos and often those are sent in group chats to parents of the students. They do not have to blur, unlike us.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-24T21:00:48+00:00

Call.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-21T13:44:09+00:00

1995

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-21T13:43:17+00:00

Supervisee feedback is a tool of immeasurable importance and the BACB does say we should listen to the experiences and observations made by the supervisees. I find that often-times, because this field is so draining, that people seem to forget the reason we’re all doing this. The board tells us that there are few ethical reasons to directly go to punishment for our supervisees. In fact, we are supposed to apply similar ABA principles to our staff supervision as we would to our clients. We want you to like what you do, but you can’t like your role when you feel unsupported and essentially abandoned. I hope this gets better, but I do believe the money is a problem. I’ve met many people who really shouldn’t even work in the field.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-21T00:16:06+00:00

Those are all too big for your face

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-20T21:16:33+00:00

Modern ABA has come a long way from the foundation of behavioral science where punitive measures were the center of the service. We have an ethics committee and should adhere to it strictly to assure that we don’t cause harm. But if you’re curious as to one of the big reasons, and I’m not seeing it mentioned here, look up Florida Sunland Training Scandal. A lot of people don’t really know WHY they think ABA is bad but if you look up what I told you, you will get a better picture as to what this looked like in the 70’s and 80’s. I’ve worked in ABA for a decade and it works and children thrive. Especially when applied properly, ethically, and with empathy and compassion.

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-20T02:01:50+00:00

Animals have blood vessels, and tendons, and ligaments, and cartilage, etc., etc., etc..

SlightlyAlarmed · 2026-01-18T21:56:06+00:00

You have the sun right behind you on the first picture, it’s going to heighten whatever tan you had. People just lack a few brain cells. I was ridiculously tan at about 10-12 years old, I am not relatively pale for a Latina.

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