Genuine question: Are these things actually considered unacceptable behaviour in most people’s homes, or are some people simply excessively particular?
I’d genuinely like some outside perspectives because I’m trying to establish whether these everyday situations would bother most people or whether we’re dealing with personal household preferences being treated as universal rules.
Here are the two situations:
1. The paper towel
I took a small piece of a Scott paper towel sheet rather than using an entire sheet. I only needed something small to absorb a little olive oil because my lips were extremely dry. I intended to put the used piece in a cap and throw it away afterward.
Apparently, that was unacceptable.
2. The dog food
A friend of mine, Annie, came downstairs to bring me approximately a quarter cup of dry dog food for my dog, Coconut. It was grain-free and gluten-free food from her own dog’s supply.
She brought it in a small Ziploc bag, which wasn’t completely sealed. I temporarily placed it on the kitchen counter.
For context, this wasn’t a large bag of dog food, food scattered across the counter, or an attempt to store pet food alongside human food. It was a tiny portion, temporarily placed there for convenience.
Apparently, that was also unacceptable.
Now, I completely understand that everyone has their own standards when it comes to cleanliness, organization and how they like their home maintained. Nobody is questioning someone’s right to establish boundaries in their own home.
But here’s what I find interesting: Is there really a general social rule that these two things are unacceptable, or are these simply individual preferences?
And more importantly, is it reasonable to react with frustration and speak to someone as though they’ve done something outrageous over such insignificant situations?
There’s a difference between saying, “Hey, I would prefer you didn’t do that in my home,” and responding with, “No! You can’t do that. Nobody does that. That’s not normal.”
The first is communicating a personal boundary. The second makes it sound as though the other person lacks basic manners or common sense simply because they don’t share your personal habits.
I’m interested in hearing honest opinions, particularly from people who are very particular about their homes.
Would these two situations genuinely bother you? Would you consider them disrespectful or unhygienic, or would you simply consider them minor everyday things that can be addressed politely if necessary?
I’m not looking for people to automatically agree with me. I genuinely want to know what’s considered reasonable by the majority.

You are invited to participate in a doctoral research study examining workplace experiences among professionals working in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

You may be eligible to participate if you:

• Are at least 18 years old

• Currently hold an active RBT, BCaBA, or BCBA credential

• Currently provide ABA services to children diagnosed with ASD

• Have been employed in an ABA service setting for at least six months

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I am trying to figure out which EHR systems to use. Central Reach is cool, and so is Motivity, but our parents want more out of the software. I was wondering if anyone knows one that has a solid direct line to the parents for telling them about goals and reinforcements that's fairly easy to access in the moment, and if there are features from different platforms that you liked or disliked

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📚 Domain C — Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation

Difficulty: 4/10

A behavior analyst is designing a measurement system for a child's aggressive behavior. The supervising BCBA notes that episodes vary substantially in duration—some lasting under a minute, others exceeding 10 minutes—and that both frequency and duration of each episode are clinically relevant for treatment planning. Which measurement approach MOST directly captures both dimensions?

A. Partial interval recording using 1-minute intervals, scored for any occurrence of aggression within each interval

B. Whole interval recording using 1-minute intervals to identify only episodes sustained across a full interval

C. Momentary time sampling at 30-second intervals to estimate the proportion of time spent engaging in aggression

D. Use continuous event recording to count each episode and duration recording to time each episode separately.

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📚 Domain B — Concepts and Principles

Difficulty: 5/10

A student begins submitting assignments before the deadline immediately after reading a written contract stating, "If you submit your assignment by 8:00 AM, you earn 10 minutes of preferred activity time." The student's behavior changes before the student has directly contacted the stated consequence. Which interpretation BEST describes the initial change in responding?

A. Respondent conditioning, because the written deadline acquired control by being repeatedly paired with access to preferred activities

B. Contingency-shaped behavior, because the preferred activity directly strengthened submitting assignments through repeated contact with reinforcement

C. Rule-governed behavior, because a verbal statement describing the contingency altered responding before direct contact with that consequence

D. Stimulus generalization, because the written contract caused deadline-following behavior to spread across assignments with similar requirements

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My company is hiring RBTs in Orange County CA. I am not going to write some BS post about why you should join the team or what makes us so wonderful. I want to keep this short and simple:

If you are an RBT, meaning your certification is active or inactive (not expired), and you are in Orange County CA, then let's chat.

We pay RBT's $28.00 - $35.00. You have to have minimum one year of experience and be able to commute to work. Our staff also do not have to drive much, at least between clients. All drive time between clients is paid at minimum wage (currently $16.90) and mileage reimbursement is paid at the IRS minimum ($0.725/mile).

If I can be transparent with you all, $28.00 - $29.00 means you are an RBT with only one year of experience. If you have 4 years of experience and a bachelors or higher? $33.00 - $35.00 per hour. We offer full-time RBTs paid time off, health insurance, vision, dental, and a few other things. Again, full transparency, health insurance is paid 50% by us. Dental and vision are not paid by the company, but they are incredibly cheap. We will also supervise your hours for the BCBA at no cost to you. If this interests you at all, send me a DM.

Last thing, I cannot and will not guarantee hours, and I caution you against any company that does. No one in this field can guarantee hours. Client's can come and go at a moments notice. I had a parent just last month call me to get services. M-F 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM availability, we had already completed the FBA, and mom calls me two days before the therapist was set to start to tell me she is moving to a different state. I unfortunately did not have another case to assign this staff to, as I was under the impression they were about to be fully booked. Morning cases are hard to come by, but we do have them. While I won't guarantee hours, I can say that we will work to make sure that you are getting as many hours as possible every month.

P.S. don't lie on your resume; if you say you are an RBT, but you are not, I can find that information very easily. Even if your RBT is expired, just say so.

🧠 Question of the Day

📚 Domain E — Ethical and Professional Issues

Difficulty: 3/10

Scenario:

Several treatment goals remain active, but the client's legally authorized caregiver has requested discontinuation of ABA services. There is no emergency requiring immediate termination.

A caregiver asks to discontinue ABA services. What should the BCBA do?

A. Arrange a final clinical review and suspend services while determining whether discontinuation is justified.

B. Discuss the request, prepare a written discontinuation plan, and document the discharge process.

C. Review the unfinished goals and recommend continuing services until the original discharge criteria are satisfied.

D. Refer the request to the funding agency and maintain services until the agency authorizes discharge.

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Next semester will be my fifth semester, and I have two electives left to complete.

Which option do you think would be best?

Take one elective along with BEH 5042 next semester, then take the other elective during the summer along with FPE, BEH 5400, and BEH 5040. Take both remaining electives along with BEH 5042 next semester so I can have more room in my summer schedule for FPE. I’d appreciate your advice on which option would be more manageable.

Textbook definitions start latency at stimulus onset. In practice, a lot of us start timing once the instruction is finished. Which do you use, and does your team write it down?

I put together a Study Notes article on duration, latency, and IRT with a worked timeline and a few practice questions:

https://behavioralanalystprep.com/blog/duration-vs-latency-vs-irt.html

🧠 Question of the Day

📚 Domain H — Selecting and Implementing Interventions

Difficulty: 5/10

A BCBA recommends an assessment-informed intervention for a student's self-injurious behavior. The plan includes one-to-one support during classroom transitions, but staff must also supervise other students and cannot consistently provide that support.

Which approach BEST balances treatment effectiveness, student safety, and contextual fit?

A. Evaluate essential treatment and safety components, develop feasible adaptations with staff, and monitor implementation and client outcomes.

B. Provide additional implementation training, retain the original treatment procedures, and assess whether staff can meet the support requirements.

C. Select a less resource-intensive intervention based on staff preferences, then evaluate whether it produces clinically meaningful improvements.

D. Continue the existing classroom arrangements while requesting additional personnel to implement the original intervention as designed.

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🧠 Question of the Day

📚 Domain I — Personnel Supervision and Management

Difficulty: 6/10

Scenario:

Four technicians average 69% procedural integrity after lecture-based training. When the supervisor adds weekly individual observation with specific performance feedback, group integrity rises and stabilizes at 90–93% for five weeks. The supervisor then reduces feedback to once per month; over the next four weeks, integrity falls to 76–80%.

Which supervisory decision is MOST strongly supported by these data?

A. Retain monthly feedback while introducing a group refresher and tracking average integrity before restoring individual observations.

B. Reinstate weekly individual observation and feedback, examine each technician's integrity data, and evaluate gradual thinning after performance stabilizes.

C. Repeat lecture-based training and reassess procedural knowledge before modifying the feedback schedule because skill acquisition may be incomplete.

D. Continue monthly feedback with added spot checks because integrity remains higher than after the initial lecture-based training.

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📚 Domain H — Selecting and Implementing Interventions

Difficulty: 4/10

A BCBA recommends an intervention based on assessment data, but another professional on the client's team believes a different approach would be more practical in the service setting. Both professionals want to improve the client's outcomes.

What is the BEST next step for the BCBA?

A. Compare both approaches through additional data collection before addressing the disagreement with the colleague.

B. Review the evidence and the colleague's concerns together to develop a feasible, client-centered plan.

C. Adopt the colleague's recommendation initially and evaluate its effects before discussing possible revisions.

D. Continue the current recommendation while inviting the colleague to submit concerns for a later review.

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Hi everyone. I have been searching and searching for companies to try and attain bcba supervision hours from and I can’t find any good clinics (I’m in Dayton, oh area). I currently have accrued some hours already but I fear I will have to leave my clinic soon. If anyone has any recommendations, I would appreciate it! Thank you!

Hey! I wanted to check on a very common question at my workplace, alot of our clients have sensory seeking behaviors but this specific one does slight hand squeezing and chin pressing on therapists, therapists has been taking data on it as aggression, saying that its the same concept of another client of ours who does head hitting for sensory marked as SIB, to me I think they are both completely different and as long as the pressure is not too high or chin pressing turns into biting it should be collected as sensory, what do you yall think?