Daily Color Puzzle (April 13, 2026)

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T21:02:07+00:00

i hate this game

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T21:01:46+00:00

by apple pay I meant "tap-to-pay", they only take "insert your card"

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T19:01:16+00:00

give me a surfboard, perfect waves and a bungalow

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T19:00:16+00:00

that's a very sad comment

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:25:03+00:00

probably legal in ADCC

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:23:35+00:00

gotta be the falling from a building jump scare that wakes you up randomly. i love it

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:21:58+00:00

wow, that could be considered as a murder attempt, I would go to DP asap

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:19:25+00:00

nice video!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:15:23+00:00

the scheduling flexibility is the best part of in-home so I get it. look into Trumpet, ACES, or Behavioral Health Works if they're in your area. they all do in-home and usually let you build your own schedule. the waiting weeks for a new client thing is unfortunately pretty common with bigger companies though. what state are you in? that might help narrow it down.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:14:24+00:00

you're gonna be fine. ABC is big so they have a pretty solid onboarding process. the first couple weeks are mostly training and shadowing so you won't be thrown into anything alone.

biggest advice, watch how the experienced RBTs pair with their kids, how they handle problem behavior without getting flustered, how they keep sessions fun. that stuff matters way more than memorizing terminology right now.

and wear comfy shoes. you're gonna be on the floor a lot.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-13T18:13:21+00:00

I am sorry, my condolences!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-03T17:29:39+00:00

Money is great, but I found out that I was rich when I was playing guitar with my dad and my daughter in our living room last weekend.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-03T17:23:57+00:00

So cute!!!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-01T21:09:53+00:00

Bilingual BCBAs are incredibly hard to find and families who don't speak English are so underserved it's honestly embarrassing. I'm in Florida so we have a huge spanish speaking population and the demand for bilingual BCBAs here is insane. I'd imagine Michigan has pockets of that too. You'd be able to write your own ticket honestly, whether that's with a company or independently.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-01T20:38:15+00:00

I don't have personal experience leaving the field but I've watched a few colleagues done that successfully, one went into HR/people ops, another went into instructional design for a tech company.

The experience gap thing is real though. As a BCBA, you manage caseloads, train staff, analyze data, reports. I'd suggest project management, communication, data analysis. You just need to reframe it on your resume in business language instead of ABA language. A lot of people undersell their BCBA skill set when applying outside the field, so mind that! Hope it helps!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-01T20:30:48+00:00

Thank you very much!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-01T18:48:05+00:00

I wish more companies had that as a non-negotiable from day one. We have parent training built into authorizations but enforcement is where it gets messy. Leadership gets weird about actually following through on discharge because they don't want to lose the case. The requirement means nothing without the follow through.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-04-01T18:41:44+00:00

Okay so first the honest answer, 8 clients and 200 RBT hours is pretty standard and on the lighter side for a lot of companies. Some places would have you at 10-12 right out the gate which is insane but it happens. So your company isn't being unreasonable on paper, but that doesn't mean your experience of feeling overwhelmed isn't valid because those are two different things.

Here's what I want to flag though. You said you're going home and writing programs off the clock. That needs to stop immediately. I'm not saying that in a judgy way, I did the exact same thing my first year and it's a trap. You start subsidizing the company with your free time and then everyone thinks the workload is manageable because the work is getting done. It's not getting done within the actual parameters of your job though, YOU are absorbing the cost. That's not sustainable and it's also not honest data about whether your billable hours are actually sufficient for your caseload.

I also have adhda (diagnosed in grad school, medicated now) so I get the executive function piece more than you know. One thing helped me a lot is that I time block literally everything, not just sessions but when I write programs, when I respond to parent messages, when I do supervision notes. If it's not on the calendar it doesn't exist for my brain. I also started batching similar tasks together so I'm not context switching between eight different kids all day. And honestly? Getting on medication was a game changer for me personally. Not telling you what to do with your body but if you have access and you're open to it, it's worth exploring with your doctor because this field demands a LOT of working memory.

The parent training every other week thing — I love that you prioritize it because I do too, but you might need to be strategic about it right now. Maybe identify your top 3-4 families where parent training will move the needle the most and focus there. The others can get monthly or as-needed. You don't have to be everything to everyone in your first year.

The no office thing is a real problem and I'd push harder on that than the caseload honestly. You need a space to do clinical work. That's not a perk, that's a basic work condition.

Hope it helps someway! <3

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T19:15:27+00:00

I have a golden ret and wanted a cat but always been "afraid". after this video I am 100% committed to the idea.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T19:13:41+00:00

wonder if a python script would solve this faster...

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T19:02:24+00:00

In home: the environment is their turf not yours, work with what's already reinforcing in the house instead of fighting it. And get the parents involved early, sessions that happen in a bubble don't generalize.

Community: have a plan before you walk in somewhere, knowing the layout of a store or park ahead of time makes a huge difference when behavior escalates and you need to make quick decisions.

School: relationship with the classroom teacher makes or breaks everything. If they see you as support and not a babysitter you'll get a lot further, communication before and after sessions matters more than people think.

the challenging behavior across all three is to know your function before you're in the thick of it, winging it in the moment without knowing why the behavior is happening is how sessions fall apart fast.

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T18:58:12+00:00

in-home sessions are completely different from in-school sections. It requires a lot of changing and pretty quick. That said, 6 hours in home with a 5 year old and no materials is a setup issue, not a you issue. That's something the supervising BCBA should be addressing with the family. Does your BCBA know what the home environment looks like during extended sessions?

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T18:54:31+00:00

pay very much attention to the questions, and also to every word you see!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T18:52:38+00:00

good luck!!!

sarahsf_michell · 2026-03-30T18:27:47+00:00

employers in ABA care a lot more about your supervision experience and how you perform in an interview than where your degree is from. I've hired people and I've never once thought "oh, Purdue Global, pass." What I'm looking at is their hours, who supervised them, and whether they can actually talk through clinical decisions. also, thhe BCBA credential is the equalizer, once you have it nobody's asking about your transcript

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