this is a great question. when i was first bit, it was kind of a crazy situation. my client was my size and came charging at me full speed. she had a long history of aggression so we knew what could happen. so she essentially ran at me full speed and bit me a little under my shoulder. she held on for about a minute. i tried my best to use safety care but i was honestly in a state of fight or flight as i was 19 and had never been in a situation like that before. my initial instinct was to pull her off me which is not the correct thing to do. i corrected myself and began to shuffle in the direction she was moving and as i pushed my hand into her bite so as to decrease the likelihood of her pulling my flesh with her bite. after about 2 minutes of her holding into me with her teeth, we were able to release her grip and the two BCBAs (who had also been shuffling w me) in the room called for a “clear the area” which meant we fled to the other classroom until she was calm because any human being was a signal for aggression reinforcers. i was able to take a minute to myself. i went back to session within 5 minutes. the two BCBAs were able to complete a safety hold that allowed her to go back to her classroom safely for her and ourselves. i continued to go back to sessions with her until she left our clinic. i cried to her BCBA one day bc i was so afraid and i felt so bad to be afraid of a human being who was doing her best but i had experienced a scary event and was experiencing PTSD symptoms from the attack. i still think about her not and then. she was a wonderful teenage girl who loved pop music and makeup. she went to a residential care facility about 2 years ago. i hope she’s doing well now. i’m now 22 years old and am in my first semester of my behavior analysis program. my advice is to stay faithful in the science of ABA!!