behavior technician

board certified behavior analyst

registered behavior technician

clinical program manager

recruiter

Behavior Interventions, Inc.

Working for this company was a horrible experience. First of all, you have to submit all of these documents and pay for everything yourself before you start working for them, including background check, physical exam, CPR & First Aid training, etc. Then the worst part is that after you start you initially have to wait about 2 months before you receive your first paycheck. Then after that you only get paid once a month. It was very stressful working for a company that only paid me once per month. That's not realistic in today's economy. Furthermore, they had just switched over everything to being processed online and it was a complete mess with them messing up a lot of people's paychecks. So not only did you get paid only once a month, but there was a high chance that they'd mess up your pay and you wouldn't get paid at all. Also, they weren't consistent on pay dates. Meaning one month they might pay you on the 1st, the next month it may be on the 5th, etc. so God forbid you have bills that are due a certain time every month. Unfortunately you're going to have a lot of problems because their pay dates changed every month so actually there were months when I went LONGER THAN A MONTH to get paid. Also, as a PCA if the child is absent or goes on vacation, you will not get paid at all. So if you get an unreliable client who is absent a lot, you're in serious trouble. It will be up to you to resign from the case because Behavior Interventions doesn't care about you getting steady and reliable income.

Secondly, with this company you work with children who have varying levels of behavior problems. I received no training prior to beginning this job. The supervisor comes out and spends some time with you the first day, but not the entire shift because they have a list of cases they go to everyday. So you're completely on your own and forced to just jump in and swim. I received one assignment where the child was extremely violent and shouldn't have even been a part of Behavior Interventions. He needed a lot more specialized care. I'm talking about being extremely violent towards me, his teachers and his peers. I felt that my livelihood and credentials were in jeopardy dealing with this child. My supervisor was also clueless and didn't know what to do with this situation.  Every time I asked about us all having a meeting to discuss the child's situation I was told "We're working on it". The meeting never happened meanwhile I'm the one on the front line putting myself in harm's way on a daily basis. But instead of Behavior Interventions releasing this child so that he could receive the level of care he needed, they simply put another PCA in my place when I decided I had enough. That let me know they didn't care about the welfare of the children or the PCA. Why continue to put any PCA in jeopardy when you know the child is extremely violent and has serious problems that your program cannot address? Why not care about the child enough to get him the help he needed even if it's not with your company?

Finally, the Supervisors or BCBA's are often not knowledgeable or helpful at all. They have masters degrees but that does not make up for real life experience working with these kids. They come in with recommendations that are completely unrealistic and don't work in a real life situations. Some are rude and disrespectful in how they treat you and speak to you. Since Behavior Interventions gives no training to PCA's, I'm sure there is no training given to BCBA's on how to manage adults and treat them with respect and dignity. If you as a PCA or RBT have an issue with a supervisor, you may as well resign from the case because Behavior Interventions will not listen to you and they will automatically take the word of the supervisor on the case.

Overall, I would definitely not recommend anyone working for this company. My overall rating of them is a F, they need to improve in many, many areas to become a decent employer.

I worked for this company for almost 5 years. I think the company would do better if everyone received annual and meaningful raises. I believe the entire frontline staff (clinical side) should receive hazard pay for working in COVID and it should go back to beginning of the pandemic (retroactive). I believe this company has a lot of potential but it truly comes down to paying their employees more. We should not be unpaid when clients cancel. We should not have to pay the company our expensive benefit package back when clients cancel and we cannot maintain 20 hours in a week. The job itself is rewarding in the sense that you're making a difference in your client's life, but it is stressful and frustrating when your hard work isn't fully recognized via support/pay/bonuses. Ultimately, the cons to this job were too much and were the reason for my departure. It actually made me leave the field entirely. 

Pros- excellent learning experiences IF you get a good BCBA (I suppose this is an issue within the field as a whole and not just BII), higher hourly pay for RBTs than most other companies around here, you will meet amazing parents/clients/teachers during your time here at BII, you will learn a lot about ABA, you will gain exposure to disabled peoples & their everyday lives 


Cons-Will promise so much in interviews but far too often they do not actually have the hours available. In my experience, they promised 6 weeks of paid vacation during my interview but turns out that that was only for the BCBAs and not the RBTS, even though my interview was only for BTs/RBTs. There is no true mileage reimbursement or reimbursement for materials needed for clients. I believe that the company should give stipends to all staff to spend monthly on clients as needed. They will require employees to owe the company money in terms of paid benefits if billable requirement is not met regardless if it’s the employee’s fault or not. They just started paying PTO BUT it’s a policy that can’t go over 40 hours a year AND you have to earn 1 hour for every 30 hours worked. Lack of promotion/ pay increase opportunities for skilled RBTs. You get your first and only raise after being with the company for one year. After that, no increase ever. They do not promote titration or discharge families even if those families repeatedly break company policies in how they treat staff, handle covid, and/or just simply refuse to participate in parent training. The company also does nothing if the clients’ family tries to sue/go after the BCBA/RBT’s credentials. I had first hand experience with this. I do not feel like the company is doing enough to retain staff. Staff need retroactive hazard pay from COVID! We only received two small checks back in the beginning of the pandemic. Any bonuses you receive also are based off of a ridiculous scale like getting 8% of your last two weeks as a bonus. 

A typical day at work does not exist. Working with children on the Autism Spectrum from high functioning to low functioning is always a challenge and keeps me on my toes. These children are fun, have a great sense of humor and often are looking for ways to learn in their world. 

I have learned there is not one case alike! Each child is an individual and, therefore, needs their needs meet at their level. Every behavior plan is not concreated in stone and has to be reviewed. It is important to notices triggers before behaviors and the consequences they produce. Children are extremely smart, so I find myself always on looking and watching for what will work and what does not in assisting in their behavior plan.

I could not ask for a better BCBA that is training and helping me grow each day within my field. Not just one BCBA in particular, but it is the company standard, and each BCBA takes pride in their work and expect the same from each of us, therapist. 

My co-workers are wonderful we stay in contact and always have the opportunity to bounce ideas off of each other. They keep an open mind, as like myself, and aim to be the best in the field.

The hardest part of the job is witnessing the frustration the children and families go through. We do not always know what triggers a tantrum, not all children are verbal, and somehow we have to find a way to let them know we can exist in their world. They do not have to conform to our world all the time. It is hard to leave a family once treatment is over. The bond is very tight, and maintaining ethical binderies can be tricky. I often refer to the ethical code of conduct if I question myself before I act upon a thought or idea. 

The most enjoyable part of my job is to be able to give family’s ways to cope and communicate with their children.  I can play and am rewarded as much as the children I work with are. I find it wonderful that I can say. “I can play with children all day”. What more could I ask for?

I've been working for Behavior Interventions as an RBT for several years and it was a great company to work for, but things have changed. Most of the BCBAs I have worked with are supportive and I have learned a lot. The kids are great and so are the families. The management is implementing more and more onerous policies that are not to our benefit. As RBTs we have no voice. The pay is decent, but that doesn't make up for all the negatives. We get only 4 PTO days a year that are paid out quarterly, so we are not able to use the PTO when it is needed. No holiday pay. There is an expense account that you can use for mileage, health benefits, and other benefits, but if you don't make your hours that month, your out of luck, it will come out of your pay or your pocket. I can't participate in the health insurance benefit because of this. The bonus system is a convoluted mess. We were told how we were heroes during COVID for putting ourselves and our families are risk, but that was just talk. There are opportunities to pick up hours when there are client cancellations, but the system for picking up sub hours is so inefficient it is difficult to make up for lost hours. I get most of my sub hours from BCBAs that I have worked with. They are changing the system for picking up clients, which sounds pretty bad, as we will have very limited choices. There are no raises once you reach the two-year mark, and there are no employee evaluations other than a monthly pro-score which doesn't seem to mean much. There are so many people coming and going in the office that you don't know who to contact to solve a problem. I get the feeling the company is now going for quantity over quality, either that or they have their heads in the sand. 

I would like to start off by saying I actually LOVED the job. I worked with many amazing clients and coworkers. The job itself isn’t the problem, it’s the structure of the company and the lack of support for its employees. If you depend on a consistent income, this is NOT the job for you. Client cancellations are a HUGE issue at this job and there is no support for employees when it comes to this issue. This company does not offer any sort of compensation when a session with a client is cancelled, and unfortunately it happens a lot more than you’d think. My salary for the year ended up being less than half of what it should have been simply because of client cancellations. The companies “solution,” to this issue is to pick up a substitute position to make up the hours, problem is there are never any substitute positions available. Every single “benefit,”.  this company offers need to accrued, and when clients are cancelling, you are not getting the hours to accrue sick pay, or holiday pay. The amount of times I had to work sick because I could not afford to take off and had no accrued sick pay was absurd and dangerous with the world we are living in today. On top of that the health insurance is not good and you pay so much for it even after employer contribution. No reimbursement for mileage, no bereavement pay. If it weren’t for my amazing clients I would not have stayed for as long as I did. It is nearly impossible to support yourself in this position with this company. 

I have worked here for several years. When I first began, it was a great company - very dedicated to employee success/happiness, and managers were supportive and involved. 

Restructuring began, and management got worse. Poor leadership skills, and no support to employees. Also, poor communication within the company and among departments as well. Department heads do not know what is going on with the teams they "lead", and are poor at providing follow up and instruction/direction when needed. 

Management has no idea what is going on within their OWN company, and is basically clueless in running an organization. 

Managers need leadership training, and many of them are not qualified to lead a team, or do not have relevant qualifications/skills. 

Also, the benefits and compensation are not good. The pay is not fair for the work employees do, and there was no COLA increase (especially given the state of the economy; it's unreasonable). This company only cares about a select few, and issues increases pretty regularly to them. 

The only positives of working here are: flexible hours/scheduling, and employer contribution to insurance premium fees. Other than that, the benefits are far too expensive for the pay employees are earning. 

I used to love working at this center, but over time it became a cold and emotionally draining environment that chipped away at my spirit. I felt more like a babysitter than a professional, constantly running after my client with little opportunity for meaningful therapy. The goals felt inappropriate and disconnected from the client’s actual needs. Staff culture was unwelcoming—people rarely said hello, and attempts to connect were often met with coldness or avoidance. The most damaging aspect was the tattletale atmosphere: minor incidents were reported behind my back to supervisors, often without context or support. Instead of collaborating, coworkers seemed territorial and quick to judge. Supervisors rarely offered guidance and often communicated in a dismissive or critical way. I left work every day feeling anxious, unseen, and disrespected. I entered this job excited to make a difference, but I left questioning my place in the field. I cannot recommend this center.

When I first started working at BII as a subcontractor in 2016, it was a much smaller company than what it is now.  Since then, it has grown so much to over 200 employees, and into different states. The company is still catching up to their rapid growth, but they still show a lot of appreciation for their employees and subcontractors. They are very proactive with helping techs get cases. It is hard to get cases sometimes because most cases are after-school hours, but this would be an issue with any agency.  They also take the time to check in with techs with what they call Stay Interviews, and also encourage employees to submit Recognition posts that they announce every month.

They are also great with career advancement.  They offer free training and supervision hours with no minimum or maximum hours needed to receive supervision hours towards a BCBA supervision

Behavior Interventions has been unfortunately a disappointment. The hours are very inconsistent and unreliable due to case availability. There was only one case in two counties that were closest to me which was still over 45 minutes away, which remained the same for months. Training was not very apparent as I was threw into working with a client the first day without any pairing activities and no further support from my supervisor as they left halfway through the day. It appears advancement through the company is welcomed but if you're looking to pursue BCBA certification it may be difficult to obtain the hours with unreliable hours. The job unfortunately does not offer security as hours are inconsistent. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
People care about helping children with autism and other behavioral concerns.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Incredibly disorganized company, communication is poor and there are frequent changes in procedures. High amount of turnover. Lack of training for middle managers. Unclear expectations and inconsistent application of rules across departments.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most people truly care about the work being done to help kids. Coworkers are typically collaborative and helpful, but people in leadership show favoritism. Not unusual to hear gossip and complaints when management is not in the room. Company has an open door policy, but when feedback is given it does not usually result in change, follow through from management is inconsistent. Operations staff have to be on site part time to help with fostering "collaboration" even though most of the collaboration is happening over email with clinicians that are miles away.

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