Category: Gold Star

My job as an ABA therapist involves working with a client in the home and school setting. I was able to shadow the clients previous ABA therapist before starting in May, and I found that very helpful!

I have always enjoyed working with children on the Autism Spectrum. I have worked in schools and for companies that focus on providing services that require a knowledge and understanding of autism and other diagnosis. I find that I gravitated to this field after going to college for education and teaching.

In order to balance my career and family life, I am always planning ahead for the week. I try to adjust my schedule around appointments and personal commitments. I find that the flexibility in this career makes the life/work balance easier.

Golden Care has helped with my career development by allowing me to work with BCBAs and other therapists. I have learned so much from the collaboration I’ve had with other professionals in the company!

For prospective Golden Care candidates, my best advice is to learn from your mistakes and be open and willing to grow. I have found that being open to feedback and new ideas has helped me so much. Also, I suggest new candidates ask questions!

My favorite part of working for Golden Care is being able to connect with the clients and families. I have grown very fond of my clients and the opportunity to watch them change and excel! ABA has worked to assist my clients and decrease behaviors. It is very rewarding!

The day to day of my job involves meeting my client at their school and spending the day with them there. On the day my client does not go to school, I go to their home and travel with them to speech therapy. I enjoy my schedule and the home/school therapy I can provide.

I would tell my younger self to practice self love and kindness towards oneself in the face of challenges.

I have experience working as a paraprofessional in the public school system in New Jersey. I received my first ABA training in this environment. I very much enjoy working and teaching children, especially children in elementary school. I enjoy working with children that have special needs and find it extremely rewarding. Especially working in environment where you were working with the families, your supervisors and colleagues and supporting the students.

Balancing our careers and families, especially during these hectic times, is very challenging. I find that the flexible schedule working as an ABA therapist helps to balance other family obligations. Golden care therapy is very helpful in terms of availing cases to you that you are interested in and during the times that you are looking to work. The families that I have and do work with currently are very flexible in terms of their family obligations and working out times and dates to make up sessions that We need to reschedule.

Golden care therapy has a very dedicated team to support the families, the children and the staff. I find that the BCBAs are very available to give feedback and support, especially in all methods such as telephone calls, texts and emails. There is continuing training and monthly meetings that are extremely helpful. It is great to hear and see feedback from the colleagues that you may not have met in person but that you can meet and get information from up during virtual trainings and meetings.

If anyone is interested and becoming a behavior technician and or a registered behavior technician, I would highly recommend golden care as they are very supportive And communicative with the behavior technicians that are out in the field. Even during after hours when I needed to speak with someone, I find that even upper management as well as supporting staff are always there!

Now golden care therapy I was an extremely professional organization that provides constant support and service to their staff. They are growing and expanding their services and have added additional staff to support the families, staff and the children. The golden care has a strong presence online as well as social media which is very important and critical in digital marketing.

After working for golden care therapy, on my understanding of providing ABA as a medical service to the community has grown. There are many variables in helping to have the child’s targets achieved and mastered. A golden care staff is very knowledgeable and has many staff that have many years of experience in the field and they are able to use their experience and skills to help manage the cases and give you a better understanding of working with the families and children to have a win win situation.

Oh best advice that I was ever given, do what you love and then it is not a job or work!

If I could tell the younger self of me some thing, I would say that I should have gotten involved in education earlier in my career.

My favorite part about being a behavior technician and working for golden care is to see when the children achieve their targets! When they smile and or happy; when they make a sound or say a word! The moments when they are imitating an action or or asking for help nonverbally, those are the moments that you cherish!

A proudest moment For me, working at Golden care therapy, was when a parent told me that any parent or guardian would be lucky to have me as a behavior technician.

The one thing that I would like people to know about how it is to be a behavior technician is that I learn from the children that I work with every day; even if some of these children are nonverbal or have very limited vocalization.

• Tell us a bit about your job as an ABA THERAPIST.

• What drove you to the ABA Therapist profession?

• How do you balance your career and family?

• How has Golden Care helped you in your career development?

• What advice do you have for prospective Golden Care candidates?

• What do you find the most challenging in your work as an ABA Therapist?

• What drew you to Golden Care originally? And how has Golden Care changed since?

• What have you gained from working at Golden Care?

• What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

• What’s the one thing you’d tell your younger self?

• What is the favorite part in your work as an ABA Therapist/ of working for Golden Care?

• What is your proudest moment at Golden Care/ in your work as an ABA Therapist?

• What is one thing that you wished people knew about your job?

• What does the day to day of your job look like?

My day to day looks like fun, challenging and a lot of learning. 

So many people think that being a BCBA is all challenges, but I wish that people could feel the rewards of a goal being completed, a challenging behavior decreasing, a positive peer interaction, and a grateful parent.

– I work as a BCBA at a private school for students with multiple disabilities in the Junior High Transition Program full time, and I work as a part time BCBA with Golden Care.

– About 7 years ago, I got a job at the school as a 1:1 aide. The student I was assigned to was considered one of the most “challenging” students at the school. Being a 1:1 to this student was difficult, but we had a strong connection with one another and I loved seeing her make progress because of all the work I was doing with her. After working with her for two years, I pursued graduate school in ABA when I knew I wanted to help other children make meaningful progress.

– Work and home life balance is always hard! My husband and I always make an effort to ask one another, “What was something good that happened today?” and we fill our weekends with fun activities to take our minds off of work for a bit!

– Golden Care has broken me out of my shell. I have worked in a school my entire ABA career, so it has been nice to get to know another side of ABA, work in client’s homes, and work closely with client’s families for the past couple of years.

– My advice to prospective Golden Care candidates is take the risk! I am so grateful to have experience in both home and school settings, and Golden Care has given me so much room to grow in my career!

– I love so much about being a BCBA, but my favorite part of being a BCBA is hearing how happy families are with the progress and watching the clients complete activities their parents never thought they would.

– The most challenging part of being a BCBA is not being able to help everyone! I meet so many families and children, and if I could take them all on as my clients, I would!!!!

– My most proud moment at Golden Care was calling the office to tell them that I had passed my boards and getting an immediate offer to be promoted to a BCBA with the company.

– So many people think that being a BCBA is all challenges, but I wish that people feel the rewards of a goal being completed, a challenging behavior decreasing, a positive peer interaction, and a grateful parent.

• What drove you to the ABA Therapist profession?  I was always inclined to work with people who were on the spectrum from a very young age. I’ve had an affinity to the people on spectrum being that I have a little brother with autism spectrum disorder, and I know it sounds cliché but I feel like my purpose on this earth is to simply help. I love to help in anyway that I can, whether it be through parent training or directly working with a child in the hopes of providing the child, with a more fruitful future and life.
• How do you balance your career and family? There is no balance, my career and the children that I work with are my family they are one in the  same.
• What advice do you have for prospective Golden Care candidates? I would say above anything else practice compassion. And I understand that it’s family that you meet you make a great impact on it’s not easy raising a child on the spectrum so parents may be a little frustrated at times and the child will probably be frustrated. Just go into everything with understanding and compassion.
• What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given? The best advice I’ve ever been given is it’s a marathon, not a sprint we’re not rushing to the end we’re pacing ourselves and working through every single step.
• What is your proudest moment at Golden Care/ in your work as an ABA Therapist?  My proudest moment while working for golden care as an ABA therapist, would have to be sending my client to school for the first time and her teachers coming back and telling me that she was able to sit in her seat when asked or when a client can make eye contact with me after avoiding eye contacts for many years. It’s all the little things that people take for granted.
• What is one thing that you wished people knew about your job?  I wish people knew how incredibly inspiring each one of the children that I get the privilege to work with are. When I tell people what I do for a living I’m always thanked for taking on a “challenge” and career path but really, I have the privilege of being taught something new every single day. Me working with a child is not one sided it’s completely reciprocal. Sure, I may teach them how to tie a shoe but they have taught me patients, how to care for someone who can’t express their needs, how to read peoples emotions through a set of eyes and how to have a full blown conversation with little to no words exchanged.
• What does the day to day of your job look like? Every day is a new experience there’s no two days that are the same. Some days we laugh and play all day and then other days we work through tantrums but each day none the less it’s a beautiful experience.

We sat down with this month’s Gold Star winner Jennifer Gruber to discover what drives her as a Behavior Analyst, what she likes about working for Golden Care Therapy. and what her day-to-day looks like

Tell us a bit about your job as a BCBA.

I love my job! It is the best feeling in the world when a child learns a skill that helps them become more independent. I love being able to break down activities for learners to be as successful as possible. 

How has Golden Care helped you in your career development?

Golden Care works with the nicest and most supportive families. The culture is success oriented for the learner and every employee is supported to continue learning and becoming better as professionals. 

What drew you to Golden Care originally?

With Golden Care, I know that I am valued as an employee. The office and clinical team are always accessible and, as a result, any questions or concerns are resolved quickly. I prefer to deal with a smaller office with a more personal feeling. This has not changed in my time with the company. 

What is the favorite part of your work as a BCBA/working for Golden Care?

It keeps me young! Playing while learning is not only effective for children, but it keeps your own minds active while having fun. Play is serious business. 

What does the day to day of your job look like?

I am a full time special education teacher, so my BCBA job starts in the afternoons. I am so lucky to see most of my clients and their amazing therapists after school and still be home in time to have a quiet relaxing evening. My time with Golden Care is spent modeling programs, training therapists, teaching new skills to parents, and working with some amazing kids. 

If you’re interested in our services, you can find out more information about our in-home ABA therapy in New Jersey here. Or for job openings, you can view our ABA therapy jobs in NJ here.

We sat down with this month’s Gold Star winner Jayah Washington to discover what drives her as an ABA therapist, what she likes about working for Golden Care Therapy. and how she manages her work-life balance

Tell us a bit about your job as an ABA Therapist

I have bachelors in Speech Pathology & Audiology and love working with children.

How do you balance your career and family?

I always make time for my family rather it’s game night at the house or going to our favorite restaurants.

How has Golden Care helped you in your career development?

Golden Care has given me the opportunity to work with amazing clients and grow so much in the field of behavior therapy.

What advice do you have for prospective Golden Care candidates?

My advice to prospective Golden Care candidates is to always have lots of sensory toys and games on hand .

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

The best advice I have been given is what it’s meant to be will be. I tell my younger self to worry and to not stress over the small stuff.

What is your proudest moment at Golden Care/ in your work as an ABA Therapist?

I love working for Golden Care as an aba therapist and my proudest moment is hearing my client talk for the first time. As a nonverbal client, this meant a lot to me. 

If you’re interested in our services, you can find out more information about our in-home ABA therapy in New Jersey here. Or for job openings, you can view our ABA therapy jobs in NJ here.

Hi Alonda! Can you tell us about what the day to day of your job look like?

My motto is learning through play, I create an atmosphere that is fun, sensory friendly, yet challenging to create a positive change in behavior. Each day is different, being able to adapt and have fun is imperative to growth and learning.

That is quite the balance! So, what do you find the most challenging in your work as an ABA tech?

What I find most challenging as an ABA tech is watching my student become frustrated when faced with a challenging task.

What have you gained from working at Golden Care?

From working at Golden Care, I have grown as a person; because I have learned the true meaning of perseverance. Perseverance is the key to patience. Patience is a quality that is essential to succeed in everyday life. I have taken this quality and have applied it in every aspect of my life, which has made me a better employee, friend, sibling and daughter. I want to continue to grow as a person and with the encouragement of an outstanding role model at Golden Care, Jennifer Lopez (BCBA), I am now continuing my education to become a Behavioral Analyst.

That is incredible! Can you tell us about you proudest moment at Golden Care?

I have had many proud moments, all which come when the success of an obstacle is reached, but if I had to choose, it is when my nonverbal student finally began to use words.

What is one thing that you wished people knew about your job?

With every challenge whether big or small, the reward is unforgettable. From watching your student learn to sit still in a chair to learning to speak his first words.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?

The best advice I have ever been given is to have a humble spirit and to always have empathy for others.

Thanks for your time, Alonda. Your dedication to your clients is incredible, and we love having you on our team!

If you’re interested in our services, you can find out more information about our in-home ABA therapy in New Jersey here. Or for job openings, you can view our ABA therapy jobs in NJ here.

GCT: What drove you to the BCBA profession? 

Noele: I love behavior!  More accurately, I love working on behavior change. As a School Psychologist intern (17 years ago) I was trained to complete FBAs. I applied that knowledge to help students (and staff) to have more positive experiences through behavior change.  I found the process of analyzing behavior and formulating intervention to be incredibly interesting…problem-solving for a great purpose!  After several years, the ABA course sequence for BCBA was brought to my attention by an intern I was supervising. I was hooked!

GCT: How has Golden Care helped you in your career development? 

Noele: Working with Golden Care has expanded my professional development simply through the variety of needs and values expressed by my clients and their families.  I learn and grow by finding ways to address needs that fit each unique home and family, and by reading up on strategies and procedures that may be applicable to my client’s needs.

GCT: What is the favorite part in your work as a BCBA/ of working for Golden Care? 

Noele: Next to seeing progress, getting to know my clients, their families, and the fantastic, hard-working, and skilled therapists!

GCT: What is your proudest moment in your work as a BCBA? 

Noele: It is difficult to choose just one. When a client learns how to communicate mands or demonstrates progress with reduction in unsafe behavior; those are big wins in my opinion, because of the degree of impact for the client and family. Also, a future BCBA recently shared a client success story with me, and thanked me for how much she learned while we worked together. That felt fantastic!

GCT: How do you balance your career and family?

Noele: Good question! Balance has always been a challenge for me.  My children are with their father two nights every week. Those are the nights I typically see my clients and do treatment planning.

GCT: What do you find the most challenging in your work as a BCBA? 

Noele: I recognize that for as much as I have learned, there is always more to learn. I don’t have all the answers. Therefore, my best may not always be enough.

GCT: Thanks, Noele! We always get great feedback about you from the families you work with, and we are so grateful to have you!

If you’re interested in our services, you can find out more information about our in-home ABA therapy in New Jersey here. Or for job openings, you can view our ABA therapy jobs in NJ here.