Hello.

I am part of a graduate class from Pratt institute in New York and we're doing a year long project focus on behavioral change. One of the big topics within that is health and wellness and how its relationship requires us to change habits within our lives.

Something as simple as we know we should eat healthier or sleep earlier but we still enjoy our fast-food and doom scrolling.

We created a survey to understand more of what people go through as they navigate this process.

We hope to get as many responses as possible and any feedback is appreciated!

Thank you!

I recently interviewed Christine DerSarkissian, President of the Association for Behavior Analysis in Lebanon (ABAL), about the remarkable growth of ABA in Lebanon.

We discuss:

• Parent-led advocacy
• Professional certification
• Culturally responsive ABA
• Delivering services during war and economic crisis
• Building interdisciplinary collaboration
• The future of inclusion

It offers an interesting perspective on how behaviour analysis develops in very different cultural and political contexts.

🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-behaviour-analysis-in-lebanon-resilience-advocacy/id1544349551?i=1000777805345

Sharing a research opportunity on definitions in ABA.

You are invited to participate in a brief research survey focused on how ABA providers understand and define commonly used behavioral terms.

This study is specifically seeking participants who hold a current BCBA, BCABA, or BCBA-D certification. The goal is to better understand how key concepts are interpreted across practitioners, with the aim of improving definitional consistency and informing future training and practice.

The one-time survey consists of multiple-choice items and takes approximately 10–15 minutes to complete. Your responses, including name and contact information, will be kept confidential.

If you are interested in participating, please use the link below:
https://uaa.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79Gxa4BZqVScfae

Your expertise and perspective would be incredibly valuable to this work. Participation is completely voluntary, and you may exit the survey at any time.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the following people involved in this study: 

Rachel White, Principal Investigator, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Human Development ([[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])) 
Kristin Riall, Faculty Investigator, PhD, M.Ed, BCBA, LBA, University of Alaska Anchorage Department of Psychology ([[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])) 

Hello. I am part of a graduate class from Pratt institute New York and we're doing a yearlong project focus on behavioral change. One of the big topics within that is health and wellness and how its relationship requires us to change habits within our lives.

We created a survey to understand more of what people go through as they navigate this process. We hope to get as many responses as possible and any feedback is appreciated!

https://forms.gle/12eQMX4GDBfKLisr5

Thank You!

Vou me formar esse ano e tenho olhado pós graduações que eu não tenha que dar o meu rim para pagar e que não sejam duvidosas em relação a sua qualidade kkkkk Tenho focado meus estudos em Análise do comportamento, não não procuro uma especialização em ABA que é o que na maioria das vezes encontro. SEND ME HELP queria algo voltado para o atendimento clinico, sexualidade, sofrimento de minorias, atendimento em rede pública ou cuidados paliativos.

I feel like those pick up lines have been tried on me many times and have failed. Who actually falls for them? I cringe as I read it. Please help me understand.

P.S. I was prompted to get the book because I heard Steven Bartlett saying some of the ideas in the book have helped him in his journey as an entrepreneur.

I know why it’s so toxic. They hire ghetto wannabes who will actually fight you for simply being kind and respectful. I had such a shitty experience working in the ABA field, to the point where I left and am now jobless. I’ve been wanting to sue the BACB and all those involved but the legal system doesn’t work like that.

There’s so much toxicity and pure spite and hatred which is ironic considering the population that they work with. Wouldn’t it be counter productive to have aggressive and violent people working with kids who are more prone to expressing those behaviors without knowing how to relax. It’s just so so funny. I mean I swear the whole thing is some money scheme racket and to top it off the delusion it creates is hilarious. A masters degree to wipe some kids ass safely.

Don’t even get me started on the parents that think the world of these kids. Pointing fingers and thinking they know what’s best when no one actually does. It’s such a judgemental place, but I genuinely think that’s why their kids are like that too. Lol. Go figure that your kid is autistic when you as the parent are also some psychotic sounding person who genuinely thinks they are perfect.

The concept of God in Applied Behavior Analysis too. Shit.

I think for me it’s realizing that discrimination is a part of life and it’s wrong. Like actually. I was discriminated against because people don’t like the way that I look. It shouldn’t matter, but to shallow people it does. Shallow people working with autistic children. lol. You have sympathy for kids with autism but will sneer at an overweight person. Autistic children are also flawed. They are people with behaviors. I simply was working with ignorant and uneducated folks. Sad but what can you do. America’s education system was really rearing its head there is all I can say. I mean who rolls their eyes at someone who likes to read in their free time. I’m assuming everyone who works with kids is also actively pursuing the goal of having kids. Making them all creepy, sexually aggressive and sexually active. It’s such an inappropriate atmosphere. Be professional is all I should say I guess.

What’s sad is that I know I’m not the only person who has been made to feel like this by a field. Just ostracized and rejected. By some shit too. It’s like everyone around you just gangs up on you until you quit. There’s no positivity or support anywhere. People are actually trying to live in some “survival of the fittest”. That’s some shitty methodology that isn’t even a fact. It’s just been experimented on. Science is subjective just like everything else. I mean hell. People are born with a vagina but will say they’re a man. And those guys aren’t taking no that’s incorrect as the truth either. F science I guess.

So, 22M I've observed this pattern in myself I don't know how much true it is or not that I get hurt easily through words espcially when those things are said by the people I'm really close with I don't mind things if they are said by some stranger or people outside my circle no matter how hurtful they are because I think I used to be a cricketer so I'm used to a lot of sledging from opponents and my own teammates but it is quite opposite when it comes from my closed ones.

And maybe because of this propblem I've broken up with my girlfriend of 4 years because I cannot bear it and actually hold grudges against them and I don't even want to talk to them or see their faces even with my parents.

Some instances like;
1) Recently I've cleared the exam which was really really important for me and I have been preparing for that from last 2 years and I was able to clear it on my 7th attempt and I had dedicated my everything for that exam. So I was at my house talking to my family and my younger brother just casually said that I was just lucky and doesn't think that I can clear it on my own which my mom agreed to and they laughed and I got really hurt and although I did not reacted at that time but I was very hurt and didn't want to face them or talk to them for 5-6 days I had that hate in myself.

2) Like I said I was in a relationship and she used to say somethings casually and I used to take them very personally although I requested her a lot just not to say such things but she continued to do so espcially during the fights and I had the same felling same hate towards her.
Like she has said quite a few times that I deserved to be cheated, or you'll see when I'll do that again (She had a fling with someone nothing physical and not much of those talks like expressing feelings for eachother but yeah she and the other guy both liked each other and that really affected my relationship with her although she herself told me about all this fling). I was very devastated by that so I think she just knew how to hurt me or make me react. Anyways she has said this quite a few times and also compared me with him and some other guy whi had a crush on her that how better they are than me in some situation.

3) Also things like bringing my family in during the fights and some other hurtful stuff which I don't really remember although I did not react at that time but I was frustrated to that point I just react to everything which was quite normal but I did not have the patience to understand what she means and start a fight.

4) I even initiated the breakup because of this because she meant something else during the fight but as we both belong to different parts of the country so there is some accent and language difference so I was not able to understand that and I was going through the constant rejection from that exam and I just thought she was just saying something that I'll nver be able to make it but it was different. Anyways reacted the same way didn't talked to her for 2 days when we did we broke up and now it's been 9 months since we've broken up.

5) Sometimes like she used to say something which was completely sarcasm and she did not mean that but I used to think it is true.

Now why I'm here is that I've always felt that I get hurt easily by the people I'm closed to and I think how can someone say that and recently I was discussing something to my girlfriend and that point cameup she said no one has said anything to you.
I think is it because I'm insecure about myself that I cannot take a joke, or during my childhood also I was constantly being told that I'm not good enough for something by others or my teammates and till now also I hear the same thing. I just don't know that do they really mean that or I just relate everything to that I'm not good.

I really want to overcome this please help.

Hi everyone! I've been a BCBA and clinic director at small ABA clinics for the past several years. Over the past few months, I've been building a couple of web-based / App store tools to help with many daily challenges that have helped me out tremendously. I'm looking for feedback from other BCBAs, RBTs, and ABA professionals before anything is publicly released.

Visual Tools (attached video):

• First/Then Boards
• Visual Schedules
• Token Boards
• Visual Timers
• Social Stories
• Matching
• Receptive ID
• Fine Motor Tracing

Clinic Tools (videos coming soon):

• Clinic Schedule / Schedule Builder
• Note Generator
• Goal Builder
• Treatment Plan Builder
• Reauthorization Assistant
• Data Interpreter
• ABC Data Builder
• Protocol Modification
• Assessment Summary
• Materials Generator

I'm not selling anything. This is simply a free 30-day pilot to get honest feedback from people who actually work in ABA. If you're interested in trying them out and sharing what works (and what doesn't), I'd really appreciate your input.

If this is allowed, I'll put the pilot sign-up link in the comments. If not, feel free to send me a DM.

Thanks!

I’m just about to finish up my 40-hour training which I started back in May. This is what my HR rep in my school district said to my request for information on how to proceed with certification as I need a BCBA to assess me. From what I understood, I would need someone from my organization or in this case school district to do so.
There is an RBT position open in the school I work at and I would love to at least apply for the position, but of course, I need to be certified first.
When I first started I told my supervisors (principal and assistant principal) and was met with enthusiasm but given zero guidance.

I’m so stuck. If anyone has any guidance, please please share!

I’m in WA if that’s helpful.

Hi everyone! I’m an RBT considering an offer from Atlas Care ABA and would love to hear honest feedback from current or former employees.

I’m especially curious about:

Communication from leadership
BCBA support and supervision
Scheduling and consistency of hours
Benefits
Raises and opportunities for growth
Overall work culture and work-life balance
I know experiences can vary by location, but I’d really appreciate hearing about yours—both the positives and the challenges. Feel free to comment or send me a DM if you’d rather share privately.
Thank you!!

The ongoing growth in AI development and adoption represents perhaps the most profound technological shift of our time. AI is both a product of our behaviours, and a shaper of our behaviours. So what does behavioural science have to say about AI?

In Part 1 of this new series on AI and behavioural science, we spend some time dwelling on definitions, because few appreciate what these two terms mean.

This is radical behaviorism we talk of and desire.

🧩 Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

📍 North Carolina | Home Based

Full Time & Part Time

About the Opportunity

Towne U.S. is seeking compassionate and dedicated Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) to join a growing ABA team providing services to children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Whether you're an experienced BCBA or newly certified, this is an exciting opportunity to build your career in a supportive, clinician focused environment where your work truly makes a difference.

This is a home based position and not a school based role. Services are provided primarily in clients' homes, community settings, and daycare environments. While some remote administrative responsibilities are available, candidates must be willing to provide in person clinical services.

Client Population

• Children and young adults ages 2 to 21

• Individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Services provided in home, community, and daycare settings

Responsibilities

• Conduct behavioral assessments and develop individualized treatment plans

• Design, implement, monitor, and modify ABA treatment programs

• Analyze client progress and update treatment plans to support successful outcomes

• Provide clinical supervision and mentorship to Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs)

• Conduct parent and caregiver training

• Collaborate with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary team members

• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation

• Participate in team meetings and ongoing professional development

Caseload & Clinical Support

• Typical caseload of approximately 10 to 14 clients

• Dedicated RBT support for every client

• Focus on clinical oversight, supervision, and treatment planning

• Flexible scheduling designed around client and family needs

• Strong mentorship from experienced clinical leadership

Qualifications

Required

• Master's Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, Psychology, Special Education, or a related field

• Current Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Certification

• Active North Carolina BCBA License

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and documentation skills

• Ability to work independently while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team

• Ability to travel locally between client locations

Preferred

• Experience using CentralReach or similar electronic health record systems

• Experience providing ABA services in home and community based settings

Schedule

• Full Time and Part Time opportunities available

• Flexible scheduling

• Most client sessions occur during afternoons and evenings

• Some daytime opportunities available in daycare settings

• Combination of in person services and limited remote work

Benefits

• Competitive compensation

• Flexible schedule supporting work life balance

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Time based on hours worked

• Free in house CEU opportunities

• Ongoing professional development and training

• University partnership discounts

• Career growth and advancement opportunities

• Direct mentorship from experienced clinical leadership

Please Note

This position is for fully credentialed BCBAs only.

Applications from BCaBAs, BCBA Assistants, Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), Behavioral Health Technicians, and other support level positions will not be considered.

Newly certified BCBAs are encouraged to apply.

Apply Today!

Please submit:

• Current Resume

• Active BCBA Certification

• Active North Carolina BCBA License

Bronwyn Kruger
📧 [[email protected]]()

Join Towne U.S. and help improve lives through compassionate, evidence based behavioral services while growing your career with a supportive clinical team.

hello! has anyone attended purdue global? i have attended for 3 semesters, and have found that i don’t feel like im learning enough. i don’t receive any real critiques from the professors, as long as i follow the rubric, i get full credit. the units are too short and dont give enough time and information to learn enough. i feel like ive retained a decent amount of what i was taught but nothing that i couldn’t have learned from youtube. the only reason why i debate switching schools is that im in the psychology in ABA program as a bacholers degree, (im thinking about getting my BCaBA first then my BCBA) and i dont know if any other schools offer such a degree. has anyone been in a similar situation or have attended purdue global and have switched?