u/Big-Mind-6346

Hey everyone, I am having some issues with an RBT who is chronically calling out. We are in a clinic and so of course the clients travel to get here. This morning she called out with about 12 minutes notice before her session was to start. I had to contact the mom and let her know and she had made the drive to the clinic and was almost there so she was not happy.

I am wondering what your policies are on attendance and calling out. Do you have a specific policy about how many callouts lead to disciplinary action? If so, what does that disciplinary action look like? She has already been giving a verbal warning and we sat down with her and talked about how it needed to change and it looked a bit better for a bit but now she’s back to what she was doing before.

I try to be a kind boss and am always accommodating, but this situation is really frustrating me. I could really use some help.

I wanted to share a story with you guys and see what your thoughts are on it. One time a while ago I was doing physical therapy and I knew that autism was listed as a diagnosis in my patient information. No big deal,

So one day when I was at therapy, my therapist had a practicum student with him and was training her as he worked with me. At beginning of my appointment day were standing about 10 feet away from me (within earshot) and they were discussing my treatment

During that conversation, there was a point where the therapist started to speak in a lower voice, but it was loud enough for me to hear. And he said to the practicum student something like: “Please note on her diagnoses that she has autism so there may be some behavioral concerns”.

I froze. I was feeling so angry and terribly sad inside and was just frozen. If I had been, I would’ve said something to them. But instead, I just went home and cried.

I get it that many autistic people have behaviors of concern, but not all of us do. It just really hurt my feelings that they were whispering about me in front of me when they were talking about my autism diagnosis, and that they thought I was gonna punch them in the nose or something.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think what they did is offensive? Do you ever talk about your clients like that in front of them?

Hello people! I have been toying with the idea of doing some coaching for student analysts who are struggling to prepare for the exam. I see a lot of people having difficulty on this and the ABA sub and wanted to ask if you could share your opinion/experience. If I did, this, I would definitely specialize in helping people who were having difficulty applying concepts to scenarios, breaking down questions to determine the correct answer, and questions tripping them up in general. I am pretty good at doing that and I know a lot of people are having a hard time with that specifically.

Can I ask current BCBA’s and current student analysts, if you were having difficulty with these things, would you be interested in having someone coach you via video meets? If you have done this as a student analyst or you have offered this type of thing as a BCBA, what was the hourly rate you paid/charged? And if you are a current student analyst, what do you think a reasonable rate would be and would you be interested in these kinds of services? Thanks so much everyone!