If you're the kind of person who likes to help other people
a career in one of the helping professions might be a good choice for you.
But let's get more specific. If you prefer a data-driven approach and you'd like to help clients with disorders like autism or ADHD
overcome problem behaviors or skill deficits using a lot of one-on-one therapy, and you are focused more on helping people change
behaviors rather than their thoughts and feelings, Applied Behavior Analysis is a good choice. I think a good fit for
behavior analysis
is a person who really wants to help people and really likes that science
behind the behavior and and how we can improve it.
I got my current job, which is working at Eden Autism Services performing direct care.
I want to learn more about the approach that we currently use to shaping their behaviors, evaluate their behaviors,
so that's why I decided to come back to Rider to complete my master's program.
"Good boy, nice job counting!"
I work with individuals with autism
There's a lot of things that you can do with ABA.
It allows you to work in the private school setting, public school settings, corporate world. You want to go into government?
There's a lot of career opportunities which you can actually go into. When you can analyze a situation
and put interventions into place and change socially significant behavior for these individuals, they become more independent.
They're able to do things that they weren't able to do before and I think that's what makes it
so exciting. To learn more about Rider's Applied Behavior Analysis program,
please visit the URL below or call us at 609-896-5036.
