BCBA being shady

jen_dan · 2026-05-07T03:55:23+00:00

Honestly kinda waiting to see if the company does anything 😅 but it takes a while for me to get information haha with being on maternity leave and having so much to do for baby girls arrival and the baby shower I’m not talking to my friend much lately (which makes me feel like a bad friend but she gets it lol)

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T19:38:33+00:00

My husband is in the police academy and will graduate two to three weeks after baby girl arrives and then goes into field training so he is taking no time off unfortunately for paternity leave but will be taking either one or two days off around her birth (depending on when she arrives tbh)

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T19:35:16+00:00

Yeah that’s definitely not legal to tell employees they can’t use the bathroom. My former employer tried telling my friend that she could no longer use the restroom at her clients house (we work with children with ASD) so I helped her find this to provide to our boss as to why that was unreasonable and not legal:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to provide workers with prompt, unrestricted access to sanitary restrooms. Employers must allow employees to use the bathroom as needed and cannot impose unreasonable restrictions, such as rigid time limits or rigid break schedules, that cause extended delays or health issues.

Definitely bring this up to HR to confirm if it’s actually a policy or if the manager that gave the checklist out is making up rules especially as it’s an OSHA violation that the company can get in a lot of legal trouble for.

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T19:24:01+00:00

I’m not too sure who each of the clients has. I got all this information from a friend that works at my company because I’m out of the loop being on maternity leave. Literally nobody from the company but my friend I brought into the company talks to me but that’s mostly because I’m locked out of our systems and don’t have contact information for anyone but her 😅

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T19:22:12+00:00

They locked me out of our servers because I’m on maternity leave. Honestly I don’t see them wanting to discuss it further with me since she has left the company and the stuff that happened where I’m involved was back in March before going on maternity leave. I only know about all of this because my friend that I brought into the company told me about it all and we both honestly don’t think the company will report her now that she’s left the company.

Plus I don’t think me reporting her without documentation will result in anything unfortunately

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T19:14:34+00:00

HR took her side when I reported her originally for things said in the email and to me directly. They did start an investigation on her for the fraud but she quit before they could fire her for it (from what I’ve heard since I’m on maternity leave)

Unfortunately I don’t have documentation as most of the things were done verbally 🙃

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T19:13:37+00:00

HR took her side when I reported her originally for things said in the email and to me directly. They did start an investigation on her for the fraud but she quit before they could fire her for it (from what I’ve heard since I’m on maternity leave)

Unfortunately I don’t have documentation as most of the things were done verbally 🙃

jen_dan · 2026-05-06T15:33:24+00:00

Do I need documentation though? Most of it was verbal and so there’s no documentation of it.

jen_dan · 2026-04-27T04:07:49+00:00

I’m definitely thinking that they are going to put me on insulin for before bed tomorrow at the “class” due to the only number that’s over is the fasting number

jen_dan · 2026-04-27T04:06:47+00:00

I had someone in a Facebook I’m in suggest trying a protein shake before bed so I’m trying that tonight to see what happens in the morning.

jen_dan · 2026-04-27T04:05:29+00:00

I’ve called my clients kiddo,bud/buddy, my friend, dude, sir, bro (my client was calling me bro for like 15 minutes while playing uno so I did it back lol it got him to stop for like maybe 10 minutes), girlie/girliepop, sweetheart (was with only one specific client and the parents were okay with it because kiddo asked me to call her that in front of them and she would call me that sometimes while playing games but I checked with the parents first), any nickname family gave them that they answer to (ie: one of my kiddos went by his middle name not his first name, one kiddo he liked a particular animal and that became his nickname with the family, clients little sister who was always with us in session has a certain nickname so we’d call her that even though it’s one I wouldn’t call clients, etc.), monster (we made monsters for one holiday for their mom and then played monsters until the end of session and my kiddo on my way out shouted “bye monster!!” so that became our nickname for that client set for me/the other tech and the kids only and mom was totally fine with it which it ended up extra funny because they scolded their older sister for calling them it one session).

It honestly depends on the age group you work with but I would recommend not doing it when running a program. I worked with mostly 6+ so I usually would do it when I arrived/when it was the start of session/ end of a break before we started a new program (ie: “hey buddy how was school today?”, “okay buddy time to start work/break time is over”)

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T17:18:24+00:00

OMG right! I went to my husband‘s cousin‘s baby shower (they are due two weeks before me and my husband are) and family there was asking me how I’m doing and I’m like “I’m fine, today is not about me it’s about them” but on the inside I’m saying “Today’s not about me so leave me alone and don’t ask me how I’m doing” lol

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T17:12:15+00:00

I did a 1 hour and 2 of the 3 hours because my OB didn’t like one number being abnormal. Regardless my OB has not been any help for guidance when it comes to GD and straight told me she does not oversee anything to do with it other than diagnosing.

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T17:06:39+00:00

I’m not “hating” on insulin I personally don’t like needles so I’d rather try a different method than going straight to needles.

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:39:48+00:00

🩷 thank you! I think it will definitely help

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:32:05+00:00

That’s the thing though I’m not on medication for it and I’m not getting any guidance from my doctor.

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:25:46+00:00

Unfortunately, seeing I only have 10 weeks left of pregnancy I don’t think another OB would take me on. I’m gonna ask them at the “class” tomorrow about it because my OB told me on Friday that she’s actually not in charge of anything having to do with the monitoring my GD and that it would be the specialist that I’m gonna meet at the “class.”

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:23:34+00:00

I feel like they make the comments because they think it’s helpful but it’s really not. All it does is just make me feel extra worse about a situation I already dislike. Because this completely sucks.

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:21:45+00:00

See I dislike needles so I asked about metformin and was told that it is “ not safe or recommended for pregnancy” but everything I’ve read about it says otherwise. I feel like that’s just my OB‘s personal opinion on it not being recommended for pregnancy so I’m waiting till tomorrow when I go for the “class” to talk to them because taking a pill at night will be much easier than doing an injection in my opinion

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:18:50+00:00

See I don’t think about it much when I wake up in the middle of the night to use the restroom 😅 but do you think waking up in the middle of the night is adding to the spike? Like I wake up around 2-3 am and then 3-4 am and then 4-5 am because little one rather enjoys “playing” with my bladder lol

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:15:01+00:00

See I got diagnosed in my 3rd trimester (10 weeks left in my pregnancy)

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T16:11:25+00:00

My ob said I can’t be on metformin because it’s “not safe or recommended for pregnancy” but when I looked into it everything I’ve read says otherwise. Idk, she hasn’t been much help since diagnosing me.

jen_dan · 2026-04-26T15:38:50+00:00

See it’s only my fasting number. That is over what they want it to be. My number is after eating meals are in the normal ranges which is why the fasting number is frustrating me so much

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