behavior technician

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occupational therapist

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During my time at Illinois Crisis Prevention Network (Hillside), management was consistently poor.  Hope is the mother company managing ICPN and the CEO of Hope has no idea what goes on within the offices of ICPN. Management is poor. People in management roles should have never been placed in their positions, but they are often so desperate for people, they place anybody in these roles and then employees have to deal with the consequences. Pay is low. Senior management will hire new people and pay them more than current employees doing the same job! Employees are told not to discuss salaries with each other for this reason. Initial training is minimal and policies change based on what works for management at time. If you speak out about things or ask questions, there will be consequences for doing so. You can expect those consequences will be applied unevenly to you, while other employees engaging in the same behaviors have zero consequences. Senior management can be described as Aloof and uninvolved, while direct managers are condescending, incompetent, rude, not supportive, gossipy liars pretending to be supportive  The hardest part of the job at ICPN is dealing with management, the politics often associated with serving the clients since ICPN is funded by DHS, and the inconsistency in policies and expectations. The best part of the job is the clients and the family you get to interact with. 

I started at The Autism Clinic as a behavior technician.  I was in graduate school to become a BCBA (currently still working on my BCBA hours, but have graduated!) The children at this company make coming to work fun.  Don't get me wrong, it can be stressful at times, but I assure you, if you come to work at Hope, there will not be a day you are here that you are not changing a child's life.  As I sit and think about the behavior technician job, I can't help but get a little emotional.  Being there for the difficult times and challenging behaviors is tough, but when you see your clients making progress... that makes it all worth it.  I love that we are able to change a child's life here, but if I'm being honest with you... these children have changed my life and they have changed it for the better.  I truly look forward to coming to work everyday.  The collaboration between technicians, speech pathologists and clinicians make each day benficial.  Hope is truly a great place to work and I enjoyed my time as a behavior technician here.  I was lucky enough to get offered a clinical role, so I am still involved with the children here but on a different level.  There is no way I'd be where I am today without my job as a behavior technician.  I loved working direct with these kiddos.  Truly a life changing experience.

After working for this company for five years ads Therapy Relief, I was very happy.  I was treated professionally and the owner looked after her employees as if we were family.  When Therapy Relief was bought out by Hope in 2018, the company began to lose the personal touch.  The right hand didn't know what the left hand was doing.  I continued to work for them but took a little break before coming back to work for them in Spring 2020.  At that time I only wanted to work with 2 clients but was sent a list of 10.  It's all about productivity and rarely about what's best for the client.  They had just begun a new platform for recording  session notes and services.  I was given no training and when I called to get help office personnel were short.  Because I wasn't able to enter my information due to password and technology concerns I wasn't paid.  I worked several weeks with my client while trying to secure the help needed and still no pay.  When I finally called the headquarters, I was reprimanded by local office staff that I should have not done that.  Staff were very unprofessional and sarcastic.  I eventually left never getting paid.  

A typical day for includes coming to work to ensure the youth with disabilities learn to be more relient on self (ex. hygiening, grooming, setting table for meals, pretaking in social get together).

What i learn is that we go through life complaining about the simplest things and don't know how good we have it when you work with these individuals and/or hear their stories.

I have a great deal of respect for the job in it's entirely but as for my co workers i don't reason why: they complain, their work ethics doesnt meet satisfactory, and they conduct themselves in a teenager like manner rather than being professionals.

The hardest part of the job is being away from family, i huge family guy, and it hurts to be away from them and the other hard part of the job is being around a lot of unprofessional individuals whose sole purpose to seek out nothing but drama and im sorry but as for me that's not what i get up morning for.

The most enjoyable part of the day is knowing im making a difference in an individual youth's life......Seeing him/her with a smile on their face means a lot to me.

My typical day was helping dd children in a classroom setting to learn social and educational skills @ their particular level. I learned to be more patient, and it even helped me to be a better mother, bc it makes you really how blessed you are to have healthy, functional children. With management there was lots of inconsistency, and things changed so much. Saying that it was like a high school is a understatement seriously..it's just best to keep to yourself..choose who you surround yourself with very carefully. The hardest part was when the children would either have behaviors or when they would be sick. The most enjoyable part of the job was doing activities with the children, taking them on outings, and dressing them up for prom & graduation.

I started my career with hope at the Edwardsville location. I immediately fell in love with the job. The training I received prior to starting was great and taught me a lot before working with the clients. They strive to provide the best care for each child receiving services. The atmosphere of the job is great, all the clinical staff are welcoming and are always available to help. I then transferred to the O'Fallon clinic since it was a closer drive for me and it is wonderful! They value each employee and treat them with respect at all times. It is a fun place to work, where all the employees get along and enjoy helping kids reach their full potential! Overall, Hope is a great place to work and I would highly recommend this job.

Hope has been one of the best places I have ever worked!  Having come from a previous job where I was micromanaged and shut down at almost every turn, Hope has been a breath of fresh air!  Originally hired to be the Creative Services Coordinator, I was promoted to Digital Marketing Manager within 3 months, I have been encouraged to grow and expand in my positions and to really take that ball and run with it.  Everyone I work with is incredibly supportive and if I have questions, it is easy to get the answer.  I feel highly valued here, which is something I rarely felt with previous employers.



The Hope Autism Clinic is generally an unethical, unsatisfying place to work. The managers are two-faced and make fun of employees behind their backs. Managers also play favorites and provide special treatment to certain employees. They also made changes to programming and the clinic as a whole that were not evidence-based. Staff were hung up on when they called in and treated rudely. The clients are so fun and are great kids, but overall, the experience was disturbing, damaging, and traumatic. I thought I had found a great place to have a career, but unfortunately, my morals would not allow me to continue my employment at this clinic.

We are an educational facility for kids with a wide variety of developmental disabilities. Because of the range of challenges that our students face every day, it can be a difficult and sometimes dangerous environment in which to work. Despite these situations, our staff works hard to provide the best care and a great learning environment for our students.

Things get crazy around here from time to time and there are days when it feels like the chaos will never end. That's just part of being part of a facility such as Hope.

The most enjoyable part of my day is working around kids with special needs and getting a smile or a high five from them.

I enjoy working with intellectually disabled children it is rewarding, but  it can be challenging at times. The children are ages 8 to 22 so their behaviors can be very dangerous especially with the bigger youth. The management and staff are wonderful we all have a understanding of what we all go through every day. I have learned to have a whole lot of patience things don't process quickly with people with Autism. I have been spit on,  bite, hit, kicked, things thrown at me,  and left work with bruises. I do enjoy seeing our youth have fun and smile that makes my job worth it..

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Behavior technician 1 salary reported	$17.00 per hour
Board certified behavior analyst 6 salaries reported	$70,000 per year
Physical therapist 11 salaries reported	$38.59 per hour
Occupational therapist 11 salaries reported	$37.59 per hour
Speech language pathologist 10 salaries reported	$37.95 per hour

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