From Pre-Med to BCBA: The Clinic Tour That Changed Everything
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About this episode
🎙️ What happens when a pre-med hopeful takes a "why not?" tour of an ABA clinic… and never leaves?
Recorded live at the BMBA Summit, we sit down with BCBA A'Daunte Bivens of Savannah, Georgia. He went from biology and exercise sports science to ABA, and now he's looking at sports, precision teaching, OBM, and even music. 🎹 Our take: the science was never about autism. It's the science of human behavior. 🌍
We also get real about imposter syndrome around big words, why plain language matters with families, and what it's like being married to someone outside ABA when you can't turn off your reinforcement radar. 😅 ("I know what you just did" is a real sentence in real homes.)
If you've ever felt boxed in by what ABA "is supposed to look like"… pull up a seat. 🛋️
🔑 IN THIS EPISODE
- ABA is the science of human behavior, not just autism services
- Sports, OBM, music, and wellness are growing paths for behavior analysts
- Great supervisors give new clinicians room to be creative
- Imposter syndrome is common, and plain language beats jargon
- Conferences show you paths you can't Google
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