Certified or not? Re: Do you want to work with an adorable, lovable boy???

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I think both you and e have valid points.

Certified providers are not exactly dropping out of the trees

anywhere, except maybe in some metro areas. Sometimes we do have to

make the best of what we have. Sometimes that works out to the well,

and sometimes it is just expensive, in more ways than in just

dollars.

That being said, I know some people who may be skilled and dynamite

therapists, but are not sufficiently equipped to handle really

difficult behavioral situations or to more than cookbook

programming. God bless em for what they do, but having the support

of thoroughly grounded folks available can be a valuable and

sometimes necessary resource.

Being a shadow can be harder than being on a team because you have

to be sufficiently skilled to make good decisions as needed in a

generalized setting without as much immediate supervision or support

as is sometimes available in a team setting.

Probably both competence AND confidence are desirable qualities.

My 2cents.

Regina F.

--- In , " pete21228 " <pete.and.nancy@j...>

wrote:

> So when are you moving here :-)

>

> There are about 8M people in the Baltimore-Washington metro area.

> There are BCBAs but they work at universities or Kennedy Krieger,

etc.

>

> You can count all the people working w/ Autism (certified or not)

on

> one hand!

>

> We had a choice between only 2, neither had certification. We went

> with one who was working on a BCaBA (just got it). We would have

gone

> with her anyway, because we recd a personal recommendation.

>

> If there is a BCBA in area, it's Lovaas style ABA.

>

> If anyone knows otherwise pls post to:

> abaconnections-maryland/

> or email me (I keep a list).

>

> I have heard of a mom who used only a book and made significant

> progress. It's all she had.

>

> Anyway in the end, i'd still rather have someone who was good than

> certified.

>

> pete

>

>

> --- In , " e Quinby " <kristine@a...>

wrote:

>

> > According to the professional guidelines from the Behavior

Analyst

> > Certification Board (www.bacb.com), it is not appropriate for

people who

> > have their BA/BS and have taken the certification exam (Board

Certified

> > Associate Behavior Analyst, BCABA) to work independent of a fully

> certified

> > behavior analyst (Board Certified Behavior Analyst, BCBA -

Masters

> Degree

> > Level). Most individuals who are providing " shadowing " or other

> individual

> > therapy do not even have the lower certification and would also

not be

> > appropriate to work without the guidance of a consultant.

> >

> > I know that the BACB guidelines are for the " perfect " world and

not

> always

> > attainable. However, I believe that it is important for

everyone to

> know

> > what it takes to be considered competent.

> >

> > I welcome additional discussion of staffing issues and

credentials.

> >

> > Warmly,

> > e