Behavioral Health Business September 27, 2024
The need for board-certified behavioral analysts (BCBAs) who provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) has dramatically increased in recent years.
In 2023, the number of open job listings for BCBAs even outstripped the total number of practicing clinicians.
To help create more BCBAs and create a pipeline of trained clinicians, ABA provider Helping Hands Family has developed an intensive fellowship program that offers participants training, supervision and career development.
The program creates a pool of well-trained clinicians to help address the BCBA clinician shortage overall, according to Jessica McGlone, director of training and education at Helping Hands Family and trained BCBA.
“The ratio of newly certified to experienced [BCBAs] is very uneven,” McGlone told Autism Business News. “It’s awesome that...