Pros
- Great job if you are NOT financially independent and you prefer part time hours. - Learned how to advocate for myself. - Developed stronger professional etiquette. -They try to keep Clients local to your location. - Have a great system for giving feedback; learned a lot from supervisors. - Easy to take time off. -Flexibility with creating your own schedule. - Autonomy when working with Clients. -Ability to work in diverse environments; in homes, schools and at their center. - Opportunity for growth and paid help (not sure how much) with schooling through the BACB (Behavior Analyst Certification Board). - With this work in general, being creative and fun with kids (generally under 10).
Cons
-UNDERPAID, college degree or not. Rewarding but CHALLENGING work that is NOT worth what you are compensated. - INADEQUATE TRAINING. This applies to the whole field of ABA (Applied Behavioral Analaysis) in general. * They give you 40 hours of training, several shadow sessions and that’s it. *These children deserve college level trained professionals who have in-depth knowledge of Autism and Behavioral Pyschology, not just any person who is “great with kids”. - Bonus system is bogus when you’ve been there over a year and find out the new hires are being paid $4 an hour more than you for the same amount of experience. - VERY unorganized, internal organization and providing necessary resources. * Even when you ask via email and in person NUMEROUS times. - The co-founder and Senior Clinical Sueprvisor quit resulting in higher stress levels and uneven distribution of labor among the remaining two executives. - HOURS can be cut significantly without warning and you are not compensated when Clients cancel. Sometimes they have other work for you but usually not.
