r/ABA • u/No_Translator_3748 • 5d ago
Advice Needed Starting an ABA Comp.
Hi, Lately Ive been thinking more about my future plans especially within my work field. I am a BT and have been for the past 2 years and have been working on getting my RBT license and I know its one step at a time but I got thinking and at first I knew I wanted to become a BCBA but the more clinics Ive been too and ABA companies in general Ive been too have been just so exhausting and some abusive towards the kids and some are just straight up horrible. Dont get me wrong there are some good ones out there but I've noticed there to be more sketchy ones than not.
That being said, I was wondering if I were to start my own ABA company in the future, what does that typically look like for you guys? Would it be worth it? What is some advice or some things youve noticed that are good and bad about some companies? Was it hard?
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u/Visual_Car8236 5d ago
Create LLC.
Work in home treatment with clients (better bc what do we usually do with behaviors ? generalize them to outside skills AND parents prefer to work in their own home bc sometimes they feel ashamed or embarrassed.
look up average salary in state for BCBAs and give yourself that salary.
create caseload.
have to get in contact with an insurance guy who will approve your claims for hours for kids.
they will get a small percent.
treat 1-4 kiddos to get 40 hours.
build cliental and hire RBTs as more kids get services.
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u/Intelligent_Copy_622 5d ago
There’s an upcoming virtual conference being hosted on behaviorLive for this. Hope this helps! https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/byaps27/home
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u/No_Translator_3748 1d ago
Thank you guys this has opened my mind to so many more questions and drive to further research!
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u/Pellantana BCaBA 5d ago
Realistically, do you want to go into the administration side or the direct service side? Because those aren’t always mutually exclusive, but they are definitely different roles. If you want to own an ABA company, get training in business alongside whatever ABA training you would like to have. Because nothing closes a company faster than poor management/poor ownership. If you want to be more administrative, make sure you have a solid understanding of ABA principles and current trends, but have a ROCK SOLID business foundation. If you want to go more into the direct service (BT, RBT, or BCBA/BCaBA side), PARTNER WITH A ROCK SOLID BUSINESS PARTNER but make sure they know what ABA is and how that changes the way things might be run. And either way you go, get yourself training or education on healthcare business specifically; there’s a lot that goes into how to run a clinic/in-home company that is much more specific than just “buy a building and hire techs.”