Pros
Medical Benefits are fully covered for full-time clinicians
Cons
Having high turn-over at the behavior interventionist level is inevitable for most ABA agencies due to the role being entry-level and typically full-filled by young adults that attend college in addition to working in the field. However, having high turn-over at the high-level/licensed clinician roles is extremely alarming for an ABA organization, as this suggests serious malfunctions and ongoing unaddressed dilemmas within the company. The main reason this organization continues to lose their licensed clinicians (mainly BCBAs) is due to the ever-growing ethical concerns for their consumers' treatment plans. This organization literally has behavior interventionist operating independently in the field, which is not only unethical, but dangerous. When an agency does not have the qualified staff to oversee treatment plans, they are supposed to refer the consumers back to the funding source, so that the children can have the opportunity to receive ethical treatment with another vendor. However, this organization values monetary benefits over the treatment of their consumers. They refuse to provide adequate training to their staff because it is not billable to the funding source. Most of their remaining clinical directors are either LMFTs or LCSWs who do not have to abide by the ethical guidelines as outlined by the BACB. This includes the CEO whom of which is not licensed at all. If you are someone who operates according to the code of ethics and desires to provide these children with quality treatment, you might be able to turn the other cheek for awhile, but eventually your conscience will get the better of you and you will have to question whether you would like to continue to work for an organization that has so little regard for ethical compliance (and the law). Add leadership abuse in their HR dept. to the aforementioned and you have a clear scope of what this organization is about.
