Able Kids reviews

Extremely unprofessional supervisors(BCBA's in clinic and Regional). You will be made aware that you are replaceable and expendable. If your client is having behavior, good luck because no one is coming to help. They expect you to travel all over the CSRA if they need a substitute with very little if any notice. When you arrive at these clinics to fill in you are given little to no info on the client and then expected to have them for 4 hours with no help. You aren't given a tour of the clinic or even told where the clients belongings are. You are told to read their client info in their session and told good luck. It's ridiculous, and if the client has behavior you might get help from the lead or clinical assistant if they have one or aren't off doing something on the computer. They never put CA's or leads on the floor to cover call outs they would rather make you drive 30 minutes to sub while the CA and lead sit around "making materials". If you have any grievances you will be retaliated against even though they claim to have an open door policy. If you complain too much or care about the clients health and safety enough to call out when sick then you are fired lol. A big rule is no gossip however that is all anyone at the company does. BCBA's have favorites and will make that known. They also pay very little for the amount of work you do. You have to spend the last 30 minutes of your day cleaning while also having to complete a long drawn out session note that has way too many rules. Even if your client picks up late you are expected to finish your chores unless someone is nice enough to help you and its usually not a supervisor. BCBA's will also let RBTs in their inner circle pick and chose what clients they do and don't want to work with. Overall they have good benefits and if you are anything other than an RBT you will have a nice office job.

Gossip often occurs between workers, and there is little support from upper management to fix this. This leads to an improper chain of command when reporting wrongdoing, no supportive advice when situations become escalated, and a lack of support between coworkers. Upper management makes changes that makes it difficult, such as putting supplies in areas that employees can't reach, or putting kids in the clinic without the support staff necessary to provide care to the kids. Staff often do not clean or organize materials, and blame one another for problems that could be fixed if they would work together. Employee retention is a problem because of the lack of pay. 18 dollars an hour for starting employees is not enough given the area each person is living in, and the work employees are asked to do, such as cleaning the clinic, creating their own supplies for reinforcement, and following a schedule when behaviors occur. They partner with Autism Speaks, a notable organization that spreads misinformation about autism, and are ableist towards individuals who aren't neurotypical, by telling them to mask their qualities such as anxiety, depression, and the way you speak despite it being professional, and despite the fact that our jobs are hard. There is no support for those going through these things, and management will often equate this to poor attitude. If there are any cancellations due to poor weather, you will not be paid.