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Autism Spectrum Therapies

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Autism Spectrum Therapies reviews

3.2

41% would recommend to a friend

(493 total reviews)

Justin Funches

48% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Autism Spectrum Therapies has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 493 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autism Spectrum Therapies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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493 reviews
1.0
Jul 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

AST compensates their staff at higher rates than most other NPAs. They are financially stable. And they have some very talented clinicians working for them.

Cons

In return for the higher compensation you are expected to work 12-15 hours per day, including weekends. The caseloads are so ridiculous that once you do the math on how much you make per hour, it turns out that they don't really pay more than the other NPAs. AST acknowledges that they are hurting their staff by overworking them, but they are not really doing anything about it. I gaurantee that the majority of AST employees are not satisfied, but due to the economic climate they feel trapped and as if they have no other option but to put up with the hours. Most of the positive reviews on this website come directly from upper managament in an effort to improve their public image and recruit staff. Personally speaking, I remain at AST because I have a family to support, but I may not be there for long because I am probably causing my kids more harm by being an absent parent. Plus, I don't have my BCBA yet, but as soon as I get it, I will be looking elsewhere.

5.0
Jul 6, 2012

Program Supervisor

Recommend
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Pros

AST is a place where employees can grow and make progress in their careers. My experience has been one of clinical growth, encouragement and appreciation for my efforts has been shown in the form of verbal praise and recognition and increased financial compensation. I can attest to this being true to our interventionists as well. We practice the most essential ABA strategy of delivering reinforcement by providing consistent tangible (monetary, above salaries and pay) reinforcement to interventionist and supervisors that perform to expectation and beyond. I have received 2 raises in 12 months and did not ask for either, I have witnessed upper management seek out interventionist that demonstrated consistency in competencies and deliver pay increases without them asking. AST is a place where I am surrounded by professionals that truly have a passion for helping clients and are driven to provide the best service possible. AST allows me to be part of a team where I can be sharpened by others and also contribute to the sharpening of others. I feel that my opinions and points of view are valued and appreciated, even within our executive team. They are readily available for me to give them feedback through email and quick to respond when I express concerns. I have been in the ABA field for 12 years and with many agencies/ districts and I can honestly say that, although AST is not perfect, they are the best agency that I have worked with. Hands down! AST does not claim to be perfect but does strive to continually provide quality service and meet and exceed the needs and expectations of the families and employees that make up this agency.

Cons

The workload of supervisors is challenging and difficult to manage. But there are options of decreased workloads are available. I recently requested a decreased workload and I am so happy with my job responsibilities and the amount of time I have for my friends and family and the salary is still competitive. Draw backs for interventionist that I have witnessed is instability in service hours delivered, but this is consistent with the nature of the position. As AST is an agency of integrity and only bills for hours of services actually worked, income for interventionist can fluctuate depending on client cancelations and such. AST's schedulers do work very hard to maintain the number of hours interventionist work and are paid for. They are very vigilant in trying to schedule make up when clients cancel and also send interventionist to other clients to maintain interventionist hours. But the nature of the job of an interventionist, any where, is such that stability in billable hours is impossibility to predict or guarantee. I have never known another agency that worked so hard to try to maintain interventionist hours and incomes. All things considered, in this flield, a great place to work!

4.0
Jul 2, 2012

AST

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have been with the agency for 4 years, and AST has provided me with a wonderful learning environment both clinically and professionally. Under my former and current supervisor, I have learned so much to be a better clinician and a manager. Every staff is extremely hard working, and there is an environment set up for each staffs, especially the program supervisors, to be supportive of one another. Executive team is aware of the difficulties staffs are facing, and I believe that they are working tirelessly to improve the work life balance of each staff.

Cons

The work load of the program supervisors are high. Lack of focus on research and staffs conducting research.

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