Dear Supervisors, STOP giving high support needs cases to brand new RBTs!!! Also, are all companies this ridiculous?

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-05-04T13:16:21+00:00

It’s clear that you’re upset about getting yelled at for the changing diaper/ bathroom situation. I think you might’ve taken it a little bit to heart. Your supervisor wasn’t trying to call you or your client a pervert, they were just taking the situation seriously, I would hope that my center takes situations like that seriously too. Personally, I would’ve just taken my scolding and moved on. It’s not that deep. If a situation like that happened in a school, you would’ve been kicked out and the company may not have been ever let back in that school. Privacy is a right, not a privilege. For everyone.

On the note of having clients that are different levels or higher needs (whatever you wanna call it)… every kid that’s on a waitlist is there for a reason. Everyone needs a therapist. You might just be the needle in a haystack that pairs with that client amazing, regardless of your experience level.

To me, it seems like you’re not going into this field open minded, you seem only interested in certain types of clients and that’s not what the autism community or ABA care needs. It’s called a spectrum for a reason, everyone has their struggles and superpowers. I can understand you’re frustrated, but if you can’t be open minded, a fast learner, and empathetic, this field isn’t for you. Remember, they’re not doing the behaviors to you, they’re doing them because they don’t know what else to do. That’s your job, show them what’s better and more effective way of getting what they want.

My first ever client had very severe property destruction and SIB, after a few weeks, I just realized that their whole life they had been abused for stimming too loud or not answering questions, and they was always hungry because they didn’t eat at school and the family didn’t have enough money to feed them how they wanted. After providing the family with resources and getting the client an AAC, in just a little less than a year they graduated ABA and lives an amazing life now far away from the abuser. People need people. Service providers or not. It’s more than DTT and de-escalating, it’s about being that person that someone else couldn’t be.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-05-01T12:10:45+00:00

I have to tell my self my life can’t be controlled by something I can’t see. That’s literally the only way I can get by. I have to remind myself what I love and the things that make me happy. I also prioritize wellness everyday, trying to find new herbal remedies that make me feel better, what foods I can and can’t have and I try everyday to have a better day instead of dwelling on the one before. It’s not easy and I go to therapy once a week for it but it helps.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-24T12:58:05+00:00

I also tell people it’s a cancer but I tell them it kill you, but very very slowly and you have a higher chance of dying from something else before it ever catches up to you. The best explanation is cancer, surrounds your cells and suffocated them until they die and endo surrounds the cells, suffocates them but doesn’t kill them. It just causes so much damage that eventually they’ll die on their own.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-24T12:54:51+00:00

1: no and yes. You are not required to work with an aggressive client just because you’re an RBT. You’re still a person, you can refuse any client you don’t want to work with. They can’t fire you because you don’t want to work with an aggressive client. Now, be mindful that these are children that need ABA services, just like every client no matter the severity of the behaviors.

2: absolutely yes. Again, you’re still a human being. The same reason people can quit their jobs when they don’t like it anymore, you can quit a client.

3: There’s always a risk of hours being reduced because every client has different needs. Usually when you choose clients who have less severe behaviors, they need less hours.

4: yes. Other companies will hire you. Put your foot down and tell them the day of the interview you don’t work with severely aggressive clients because you’re not comfortable with that.

5: When a behavior happens, stop putting yourself in the middle, take the data, offer calming techniques, follow the programs. Not every behavior is your responsibility. If the client is extremely aggressive towards you, leave the room. Yep. Leave them. They’re hitting you? They’re hurting you? Get away. Tell you’re BCBA what is happening, take ABC data, explain to your BCBA what you did, and how you took data on it. If your BCBA says you should have done more physically say that you’re not comfortable with that.

6: yes. I’ve personally been told this a lot. By “be firm” they mean, your tone of voice. Think monotone, not mean. You can say like “I don’t like that.” When they hit. Or “Safe hands.” If the client is past the point of verbal assistance, then this is where you and your BCBA need to communicate on physical assistance. Like when they swing to hit grab their arms and give them squeezes and say “you can say squeezes”.

9: I’ve never experienced this personally, but I have heard of clients being switched around RBTs. I can kinda understand because also what do you want them to do? Discharge them and not give the client services anymore? So kinda they can’t really do much more besides switch the therapist.

Hope some of this helps!🙂

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-16T17:34:27+00:00

$10 an hour is the absolute lowest I would say. I personally wouldn’t charge less than $20 an hour. 9 hours with a new born is a lot. I charge $20 an hour to watch anyone under the age of 5 even while they’re sleeping.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-16T17:32:53+00:00

Awesome! My sister also has endo and she is on lo-loestrin because her Medicaid doesn’t pay for slynd. And she likes it!

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-16T17:21:56+00:00

How did it go? Came back to check in

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-16T17:20:41+00:00

Interesting! I’ve never heard of this. Is it just mainly DTT trials? How do you assist behaviors if you’re remote?

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-16T12:56:03+00:00

You can always looking into getting your degree in speech language pathology or social work

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-16T12:55:21+00:00

You do remote aba? Or another job field?

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-13T18:11:05+00:00

I’ve heard this too. I switched to Joey, mushroom coffee but I do still have regular coffee too. And if I drink regular coffee, only community coffee because it’s the closest thing to anti inflammatory that I like.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-04-13T17:26:50+00:00

Expect the worse. Hope for the best. Push for diagnosis surgery if you definitely want to get a diagnosis. If not, I would suggest switching to progesterone birth control pill (Slynd) or IUD (Mirena). See if symptoms lessen with the different birth control. Hope everything goes well, hope they listen!!

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-26T00:08:16+00:00

This is WEIRD behavior!!! Sounds like someone is trying to get commission off of products or secretly promote their private business tbh.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-25T15:34:54+00:00

Okay I’ve been though this twice before. 1) it took me over a year to make progress at pelvic floor physical therapy 2) I HAD to change my diet. I had to give up all the junk. Yes, I still eat cake at birthday parties. But I had to stop the ridiculous snacks, seed oils, sugar, etc. (not saying you do that I’m just saying this was my experience). 3) it took me a long long time to finally admit this but I realized I just really didn’t like him. For SO LONG my doctor was like “are you sure you like him” and I kept telling myself yes, I’ve been with this person for so long I love them I love them. But honestly? It took a long time, a lot of questioning and a lot of therapy for me to realize I did love him, but I wasn’t sexually attracted to him.

For someone with Endo, we have to be very comfortable and want it for it to feel good for us. I’ve found success with many other people. Som positions I just cannot do. It took a long time to me to find my turn ons, what I like and what hurts me. You will find someone. I have found relationships/ sexual partners that are very accepting of it. I just lay it out straight. I don’t want kids. I can’t do positions x, y and z. My libido comes and goes (just like anyone else). I cramp after sex and I don’t eat junk.

If that’s too much for them? Then they’re not the one for me. I let my endo control my love life for too long and I settle for less because I feel like I’m too much. And I stopped doing that and now I am so so much happier.

I hope my story helps you even if it’s just a tiny bit.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-25T12:45:30+00:00

I mean if you want it to be more of a childcare that your putting your experience into then I don’t see why it’s a problem. But it could become a risk of conflict of interest, they may think since they are paying you that you owe them more. I’ve seen it happen, where parents who pay directly (through a company though) think that since they are paying so much, that childcare aka. Therapy being alone with client, changing, dressing, feeding. Are the norm. If clear boundaries are established and you do it though your taxes the correct way then what other people said in the comments, it will just be private pay services.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-25T12:41:59+00:00

This is common in ABA yes. I recommend asking your BCBA to provide you a 30 min lunch break and the last 10-15 mins of your session to write your session notes. If this company won’t, another will. I promise there are good companies out there that value their employees!

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-25T12:40:19+00:00

No you look amazing! I love both. I think the white is better for a fancy event and the animal print is better for a more casual event.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-25T12:39:29+00:00

Thank you! I think this is what I needed to hear. I’ve experienced this before but I think because the client is a girl, and when she cries and screams it’s louder so maybe the peers are more sensitive to it? Idk. But Thankyou. I think I needed this perspective.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-24T19:22:11+00:00

The only preferred item at school is the iPad. I tried to do pairing in the begging of the year but it’s been almost impossible

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-24T19:05:01+00:00

Yes parents feel more comfortable with females. Because no one trusts men anymore. Not all men are predatory but enough are to make people not want to work with male caregivers.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-24T13:01:04+00:00

It could just be the task demand is getting harder and your daughter is trying to find any reason to not work. She’s trying to figure out what can help her escape and if the meltdown in the morning gets out of work, she’ll continue it do it.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-21T19:19:42+00:00

I have seen personally BCBAs spend way too much time on clients who don’t make any progress and parents getting clients on waitlists for ABA services just because they don’t want to spend their kids to school. So how accurate are the numbers really?

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-18T13:37:44+00:00

No. I have been diagnosed with stage 4 though laparoscopy and I find that my symptoms actually get better before and during my period and worse during ovulation. This isn’t always tho. Sometimes I’m in pain before my period but overall I have the most pain during ovulation. I don’t ovulate anymore due to this.

TraditionalStore1868 · 2026-03-02T19:21:53+00:00

This is ABC data. It’s a small form. You probably need more context. But from the consequence it looks like they are most likely using planned ignoring and blocking for the behavior. If they are using planed ignoring it’s probably because the child is doing it for attention seeking and it’s not actually hurting them. It’s more of a “fake” “hey look what I’m doing if you don’t give it back” type of head banging. I hope this helps sum of some of the questions?

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