u/StatisticianKooky390

I got a job offer to work for a clinic. I saw some apartments at around $800 and above. Im I going to be ok at $60K alone?

1.I went Suno AI to remix an original song I made and written. Cant I release it on Spotify and get the royalties?

2. Lets say I use Suno AI to do a different version of the song like a part 2. Can I release it on Spotify and get royalties?

I currently work in a behavior school in Illinois handling aggressive students. I have de-escalation certification, mandated reporting, CPR, forensic accounting and fraud certificate, and human trafficking training. Previously I worked with students diagnosed with ASD. I applied to the FBI but aged out at 37 and am not pursuing BCBA. Im open to relocation and sacrifice.

Any advice on how well this background translates to federal data or government roles?

The salary is $54,744.00 - $81,900.00 and I dont have any police experience. I did take criminal justice in the community college. Almost wanted to be a criminologist. My masters is in Applied Behavioral Analysis. My current work experience is working a behavioral school with a lot of aggressive students.

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You know I got a masters degree from Capella University in Applied Behavior Analysis. My specialization was in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Since 2024 I havent gotten ant fieldwork hours to become a BCBA after looking for employers to give them. I have not had any success. People told me it was the field had gotten worse. Also the college misrepresented surrounding job placement outcomes and said graduates would have a better outcome with the degree and earn higher income which isnt the case. My RBT certificate will expire at the end of this month. I am thinking this pursuit to become a BCBA has been nothing but trouble and a sign to move out. I currently work as a back up teacher but the pay isnt livable. I looked into special ed and the pay isnt that great with a masters and its two years. I live in Illinois and open to leaving this hellhole.

What careers can I move into with a masters of Applied Behavioral Analysis?

What additional things can I work on?

I graduated with my MS in Applied Behavior Analysis from Capella University and it has been a complete disaster.They heavily marketed the program as flexible, affordable, and a solid path toward BCBA certification. In reality, I’m left with significant student loan debt and very little professional value. The coursework felt inadequate, and many in the field view Capella degrees as low-tier.Worse, after two full years of actively searching, I still cannot secure supervised fieldwork hours needed for BCBA certification. The degree has not opened doors — it has actually made things harder.This has caused real financial and career harm. If you're considering Capella (or any for-profit online ABA program), please do thorough research first. I wish someone had warned me.

I havent gotten any fieldwork hours for BCBA after looking for almost two years. I applied to places and they all turned me down. I work as a substitute teacher now and im on food stamps.

I recently completed Capella’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis and wanted to share my experience for those pursuing BCBA certification.The program was heavily marketed as flexible and BACB-aligned, but I found the coursework lacking in rigor. I graduated with significant student debt and discovered that many employers and supervisors view Capella’s ABA degree as low-tier. It has not helped my career or supervised hours the way I expected, leaving me with real financial harm and little ROI.If you're considering Capella for your Master's, I strongly recommend looking at other programs with stronger reputations and better outcomes.

I completed Capella’s MS in Applied Behavior Analysis and it was a complete waste of time and money. Their marketing promised a solid path to BCBA certification and career growth, but the program left me underprepared. Employers often see it as low-tier, and I’m now stuck with thousands in student loans with almost no ROI or career benefit.Capella’s constant success stories feel like gaslighting when the reality is financial harm and regret. I been looking for employers to give me fieldwork hours for 2 years and havent found anyone. My rbt certificate expires next month.

I applied to places and got rejections. I got another one yesterday. I got zero outcome in life from this programme. I live with my parents still.

If you’re considering their ABA program, look elsewhere. Has anyone else been burned by this?

Do I really have to copy and past my information after attaching my work resume?

I think maybe they will be a collectible in the future. If not you can cash out on them. What are you doing with them?

Honestly glad that I didnt pick up the phone and saw my Google phone read it off to text. But seriously why call someone to tell them they didnt get the job. Why not email it. This was for a behavior specialist role. This is probably the 5th ABA related role job I didnt get. I have a masters in ABA with zero accrued fieldwork hours. I had to apply for borrowers defense for my loan.

Do you really need a RBT to begin working with kids. Is the certification really needed? A BCBA will have parent training and the parents dont need. Teachers, paraprofessionals dont need an RBT certification and are using ABA principles everyday. I still think the training is needed. Behavior Technician role should be eliminated.

I think the BCBA exam should have a portion of the test to go over Medicaid billing, insurance billing, and fraud. I think the exam should be 100 questions. I personally dont believe memorization is whats going to make a good BCBA practitioner. I met some shitty BCBAs.

I think if someone is getting their fieldwork hours from a school they should be able to sit down for the exam after working there for an academic year and doing summer school. After summer school they can sit for the exam and celebrate. If someone is working in a psychological hospital if they work their getting there fieldwork hours for one year they should be able to sit for the exam. A pychological hospital is a high stress enviroment with servere burnout. I think we need a better way to track fieldwork hours. 2000 hours is too much. It should be reduced. If you have a BCBA supervised to you just count the work hours. Anyway they have to supervise you anyhow.

Make it easy for someone who is a BCaBA to become a BCBA without debt slavery. Make it an apprenticeship bridge.

Stop supporting profit mills online programmes like Capella University.

Also build a feature on the page for people to report BCBAs for billing fraud in cooperation with state and federal attorney generals.

Also bulldoze the BACB building in Colorado. Let them build a garden there. Everything can be stored on the cloud now and done by AI agents.

The BACB should also advocate for against 40 hours for learners a week and make it ethically a violation for any BCBA that works in a place for it.

If a an RBT is denied fieldwork hours by a harassing, prejudice BCBA, that BCBA will be banned from the field forever.

I have an video interview with the state of Oklahoma this week im excited about. I grew up watching western movies and into the pioneer movement history. Twister 1 and 2 are some of my favorite movies. I grew up with tornadoes in the midwest but we had a basement.

Are you better off honkering down in an apartment, a condo or home, etc? Wheres the best place to go.

Where do you go if youre driving home from work during rush hour?

I produce synthwave and dance music. It really is expensive to hire a vocalist. I have a song already done and the lyrics. I just cant afford a singer. I uploaded my song to suno and it got a good vocalist. So my question is this still my song since I wrote it? Can I upload the song to Spotify and collect royalties?

Utah has officially classified every ABA provider as a High-Risk Medicaid provider because of national fraud trends. This means heavier oversight for everyone fingerprint criminal background checks for owners with 5%+ ownership and unannounced site visits. On top of that, they just announced a temporary moratorium on new Medicaid enrollments for SUD and Mental Health providers while they crack down on fraud, waste, and abuse.This feels like a clear warning shot. Program integrity is now winning over rapid expansion. The field is getting real scrutiny, and it might only be the beginning. Read the whole story here

What are your thoughts?

Stepping Stones Behavioral Solutions one of Indiana's largest ABA providers is gone.

On June 11, managers were informed around 3 p.m. that the company would shut down. Staff were notified shortly afterward, families received a letter that evening, and the company ceased operations at the close of business on June 12. Within days, its website disappeared.

The industry spent years convincing legislators that intensive ABA should be treated as a medically necessary entitlement, then built a business model around Medicaid mandates, insurance mandates, and reimbursement rates that private equity investors found irresistible. Companies expanded at breakneck speed because government reimbursement rewarded volume, not because the evidence for long-term outcomes suddenly became stronger.

That political consensus is now unraveling. Whether or not any individual provider did anything improper, the era of assuming unlimited public funding for industrial-scale ABA is ending. Read the full story Read here

This is the final week of ESY at the behavior school where I work. I have been applying and interviewing last steps at other places and I am still waiting on responses. A few coworkers already know they are not coming back because they accepted other offers.

I have been open with people that I am looking around and I am not sure if I will return. Now I am wondering what to do. Should I say goodbye just in case, stay quiet, or be honest about possibly leaving?

Any advice from those who have been in similar spots? Thanks!