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Becoming a Supervisor

Becoming a Supervisor

This may not be the case everywhere, but in my experience, new BCBAs become (almost immediate) supervisors with little experience in handling the role. The BACB did a much needed thing when they added the required Supervisor Training, covering the BACB rules on supervision hours and filling out forms. Unfortunately, minimal time is spent reviewing how to manage other people and provide supervision in a manner that is productive. As supervisors, BCBAs have a lot of responsib

Burnt Out

Burnt Out

It's Sunday evening and I can sense that all-too-familiar feeling creeping up on me. I'm anxious about the week ahead. Not because I hate my job, not because I'm ill-prepared for the week, and not because I have any unusually big project at work. I didn't feel like this during the first year at my job. I looked forward to Mondays, to trainings, to assessments and interventions. I was excited to review journal articles with my team and talk about program development with p

Results are in!! And you....FAILED?!

Results are in!! And you....FAILED?!

So, after months of trading gym visits for SAFMEDS, and happy hours for Cooper, finally the e-mail you've been waiting for from the BACB. Subject: BACB Examination Results. You login to your account - status: FAILED?! How could this happen? You put so much of your life on hold for the last few months, and it feels like for nothing. This is crazy! You knew this material so well, you studied the entire task list dozens of times, spent money on study groups, and walked out feeli

So you just became a BCBA

So you just became a BCBA

So you just got your results from the BACB and you.... PASSED!! It might feel like the last 5 years of your life have been leading up to this moment. Now that you've finally reached the goal that you set yourself long before graduate school and supervision, what do you do? You might have already decided to immediately apply for a new BCBA job or put in for a promotion at your current company. Those things are up to you. Here is what Coffee + Cooper recommends you do: 1. Ce

Coffee + Cooper

Coffee + Cooper

We are so excited to have you all here to join us at Coffee + Cooper! Our vision was to create a site where BCBAs and others working in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis, could come and find resources. In addition to data sheets and definitions, we also wanted to provide resources for those of you that work in the field every day, such as ideas for lunches that can sit in your car, and outfits that you can transition from a session to an IEP meeting. Mostly, we want t