Elevate Your ABA Supervision

11/23/2025

PSA: You don’t have to finish the to-do list to deserve a nap.
You don’t have to respond to one more email.
You don’t have to earn rest by suffering first.

✔️ Rest is productive.
✔️ Silence is powerful.
✔️ Doing nothing is a valid plan.

Today, you are allowed to just… stop.
Not forever. Just for now.

This is something that I really struggle with. It's a mentality shift that takes work and takes time.

💬 What’s your smallest possible self-care move today?

11/23/2025

I used to walk into supervision with an agenda:
✔️ Review targets
✔️ Check task list
✔️ Give feedback
✔️ Done.

Efficient? Maybe.
Transformational? Not so much.

Then one day, I started asking this simple question:
“What’s one thing you want help with today?”

It changed everything.

Because instead of just delivering, I was collaborating.
And that’s where the real growth started.

💬 What’s one question that’s shifted your supervision style?

11/21/2025

You try a new system with your supervisees.
It kind of works.
Then it falls apart.
So you try again.

That’s not failure — that’s iteration.

We talk about “data-based decision making,”
but sometimes the hardest data to face is:
“This didn’t go how I hoped.”

✔️ You’re not flaky.
✔️ You’re not behind.
✔️ You’re evolving.

Give yourself the same grace you give your RBTs®.

What’s something you’ve had to revise lately?

11/20/2025

For a long time, I thought being a “good BCBA®” meant sounding like the confident ones I saw in trainings.

So I borrowed their scripts.
Tried their systems.
Used their exact words.

It didn’t feel bad — it just didn’t feel like me.

Over time (and a few cringey moments), I realized:
✔️ I’m a better supervisor when I’m myself.
✔️ I connect better when I don’t perform.
✔️ I don’t need to do it their way — because my way works, too.

Now I tell my supervisees the same thing:
You don’t need to copy me.
Let’s find your way of leading.

11/20/2025

Let me tell you about the time I thought a supervisee “wasn’t listening”…
when really?
She was drowning.

I was giving her so many tools, resources, acronyms —
trying to help —
but it was too much, too fast, too often.

She didn’t need more.
She needed less.
Less pressure.
Less talking.
More space to breathe and integrate.

👍 Sometimes support means pausing.

Ever had a moment like that? Let’s normalize learning out loud.

11/20/2025

The support of this program and mentorship is simply a blessing and amazing

Ever feel like you're doing all the things and still not moving forward?

✔️ Spent hours designing your logo
✔️ Debated 17 possible business names
✔️ Built a beautiful website (that no one’s visiting)
✔️ Downloaded another free “marketing strategy”
✔️ Googled certifications you probably don’t even need

Here’s the hard truth:
Planning can feel productive—but it’s often just a delay tactic in disguise.

We tell ourselves we’re getting ready… but really, we’re hiding.
Hiding from visibility.
Hiding from testing an idea before it’s “perfect.”
Hiding from the real, messy work of building something meaningful.

Beyond Boundaries: Freedom Frameworks is built for BCBAs® who are done being stuck in the planning loop.

Inside, we walk you through how to:
✅ Take action before it’s perfect
✅ Focus on substance over polish
✅ Build with your audience instead of for them
✅ Turn your skills into a sustainable, flexible business

If you’re ready to trade planning paralysis for real momentum, this is your next step:
https://freedom.masteraba.academy

11/19/2025

Hot take:
Your best RBT® on paper might be your trickiest in practice.

Why?
Because technical skills ≠ people skills.

They can collect flawless data and still struggle with:
✔️ Team dynamics
✔️ Family interactions
✔️ Client rapport

And guess what? That’s trainable.

This week, instead of asking “Did they do it right?”
Try asking: “Did they do it well with others?”

💬 What’s ONE people skill you’ve helped an RBT® develop?

11/18/2025

One of my favorite parts of working for myself has been the space to drop off and pick up my grade school kids. And actually appreciate it versus always rushing. Our kindergartener looks up to his middle school brother so much and loves walking into school with him and his friends.
Dreams can come true. With hard work!

11/17/2025

Winging it works great for karaoke.
Not so much for supervision.

If you’ve ever opened a Zoom with your supervisee and thought,
"Wait… what are we doing again?"
— you’re not alone.

💡 Pro tip: You don’t need a full curriculum.
You just need a plan for the next right thing.

Here’s your permission to stop chasing the perfect system…
and start showing up with purpose.

What’s ONE thing you’ll prep before your next session?

11/16/2025

You are a human. Who also happens to be brilliant, exhausted, and maybe hasn’t had a hot cup of coffee in 3 days.

Self-care today looks like:
✔️ Reheated coffee without shame
✔️ One full minute of lying down in silence
✔️ Writing “Do nothing” on your to-do list

Give yourself what you give everyone else: space to be a whole person.

11/16/2025

When I started supervising, I thought I had to sound like a textbook. You know the type: “Reinforcement should immediately follow the target response—"

Now? I sound like this: “Heck yeah, you crushed that!”

Because enthusiasm is a professional skill. And authentic connection is more powerful than perfect phrasing.

Drop a 🧳 in the comments if you’re done being robotic in your feedback.

11/14/2025

Quick reflection:
What’s one thing you used to do in supervision that you’ve outgrown?

Mine: I used to write feedback like a robot.
Now? It’s messy. Human. Encouraging. Real.

Growth isn’t linear. It’s layered.

👇 Share yours in the comments — let’s normalize evolving.