Pros
The families are usually wonderful. Parents are often invested in helping their children learn. You help students learn cognitive skills, daily life skills, play skills, and social skills. There are opportunities for you to help students within the community, at daycares, and in toddler groups. You do have overlap with assistant behavior therapists which is helpful for on the job training and keeping lesssons consistent. It's highly rewarding to see each individual student's growth. Working with children on the spectrum in their homes is a rewarding experience.
Cons
They claim you will work 40 hours weekly but that is inaccurate. You often have huge gaps in your schedule and end up waiting between students. Management often will not return calls or texts in a timely manner, if at all. There is a huge amount of paperwork your expected to complete however you only get paid one hour of "collateral" for every five hours you work which mean a lot of unpaid hours completing paperwork. There is no paid time off or vacation or sick time. If you wish to take a vacation you have to either lose the hours or make them up at a later date. The same concept applies to if you get sick. They do provide benefits but you have to work 30 hours weekly but your hours can greatly fluctuate weekly due to cancelations or inclement weather. If you have a cancelation you often lose the hours because finding another student to fill in is difficult with such short notice. They do provide an opportunity to go to school but you pay half and it's highly expensive. And there's no promise to move up in the company.
