I Downsized my ABA Company: Tips to Ethically Save Your ABA Company

Many ABA companies are struggling right now. Small companies and big companies can’t find and retain RBTs. Small business owners are having trouble paying their bills. Large companies are closing their practices in entire states. In 2018, the turnover rates for RBTs ranged in studies from 30% to 75% (Molko, 2018). These numbers are likely the same or higher since the COVID pandemic and companies are also finding that the workforce pool is significantly smaller as well. In addition, since the pandemic began the field has also seen a 13% increase in turnover rate in Clinical Directors.  Saundra Bishop, BCBA, LBA, CCTP has run a successful business for 13 years and pivoted in several ways during the pandemic. However, in March of 2022, she made the decision to downsize her company in order to stay open, provide services, and maintain a consistent workforce. In this workshop, Saundra Bishop will normalize the experience that many ABA owners are currently going through, explain the process she went through and how she got there, and offer some suggestions that could help other companies avoid a downsize.
 
In the workshop, participants will be able to:
Discuss possible reasons that there are less behavior technicians available for ABA companies to hire
Discuss various OBM strategies to overcome those barriers
Be able to implement a process for downsizing a company