Pros
A lot of sit down time with clients because there are not updated programs for the students. The teachers that work with the clients are much more involved and act as acting senior leadership since BCBAs are not present. However, the teachers do not have education background in behavior analysis so they could use a BCBAs support.
Cons
BCBAs do not update programs enough to keep up with client behaviors. BCBA are not present or able to help during crisis because they don’t have enough staff. Management would also rather attempt to fire RBT’s that are asking for better working conditions than listen to the concerns they have. The kids that we worked with had severe aggressive behaviors and we often worked as crisis management, rather than in an ABA practice. Many staff are not trained well enough for crisis intervention and lead to future escalation with clients that have lead to very serious injuries of clients and staff. On a regular basis one RBT was left with four clients, if a crisis was occurring, and they needed support from other therapists.