ABA Career + Networking

How long does it take to beome a BCBA? Longer than “the plan,” better than I expected. Four years, y’all. Four. Grad school was supposed  to take two…But my real ABA journey? She included: detours, pauses, a few ugly cries, a couple “life said try me,” and a whole buffet of “everyone’s ahead of me”  moments. If you’re sitting in that soup right now, this is me handing you a spoon and a map. I’m Rae — The BCBA Rae  — and here’s what I learned the long way, so you can take the

If I could go back and talk to undergrad-me — the girl with the color-coded binders and “I’m gonna be a BCBA” energy — I’d hold her face in my hands and whisper: “Baby… pick a financially smart degree.” Use your brain during this era, not your heart. Because psychology? I love  her. She shaped me. But financially? She did not  hold me during the climb. And the moment I realized it still stings a little. Like seriously The Moment It Hit Me (The Family-Room Humbling) We were al

Inside the Daily Life of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst BCBA What a BCBA Really Does All Day (The Truth Behind the Job) Because Google will tell you the tasks. I’ll tell you the parts that actually happen. Here’s the truth nobody told me: BCBA daily life is a loop — not a checklist. Assess → Decide → Modify → Model → Document → Repeat. It took me months to learn that. Before that? Whew. Let me paint the real picture. The Day I Realized I Had No Idea What a BCBA Actually D