My position was as a Behavior Technician and Case Manager for two years
Pros
-Flexible hours especially if you are a student -Ability to grow from within, this was awesome! -Ability to provide ideas that can lead to new programs, such as yoga that are ABA based -BCBA Supervision accrual without needing to pay the BCBA’s -Access to BCBA consultation -Learning to write reports, graph and assisting with FBA’s (or other assessments)- Not something large companies will do, -Technology, I love NPAworks, it’s easy to manage my schedule with the software -Ziggy the bee, one of the reasons why I joined ICAN-B -Soccer and yoga classes -The in-field checks and performance evaluations across the year -Pay is not bad, especially when promoted to Case Manager -Friendly environment
Cons
-Health Benefits, but yet again I did not work full time -Expectations as a Case Manager are high, can be stressful to meet the expectations -As a Behavior Technicians families cancel -As a Case Manager, dealing with staff being replaced here and there, some parents do not like new staff members and even if its for generalization purposes -Some BCBA’s are more accessible than others for consultation -Needing to overlap with clients on a weekly basis -Writing reports can be tough, especially when there are many reports to write in a month