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The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

35: Kim & Tim Heald Talk ABA Clinics

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

Matt Cicoria

Science, Mental Health, Skinner, Behaviorism, Behaviorconsultant, Aba, Behavioralpsychology, Health & Fitness, Appliedbehavioranalysis, Autism, Acceptanceandcommitmenttherapy, Fba, Social Sciences, Verbalbehavior, Bcba, Functionalassessment, Discretetrial

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In session 35, I get a chance to chat with some fellow residents of the Granite State, the husband and wife duo Kim and Tim Heald. In this episode, we discuss the nitty gritty associated with starting an ABA Clinic. Having a clinic is an alluring idea. The obvious benefits include the promise of increased efficiency and quality control. That said, through this discussion, you'll learn there's a lot more to operating a clinic than finding the ideal location. The Healds open up about the challenges of running a clinic, such as putting together an effective team, establishing a common organizational culture, coaching staff performance, and even working together as a married couple. During this interview, Tim and Kim mentioned a few resources, and as promised, here are the links to them: The Lean Startup by Eric Reis William Abernathy's Pay for Performance compensation systems Click here to learn more about Constellations Behavioral Services. In other podcast-related news, on September 27th, at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Megan will be joining me and the members of The Behavioral Observations Membership group for a Zoom meeting. In this meeting, members will have the opportunity to ask Megan about instructional control, alternatives to escape, the PEAK ABA curriculum, and anything else (ABA related, of course!). We will also have none other than Greg Hanley joining us sometime in November (date TBA). If you're interested in learning more, then click here. This podcast is sponsored by Britton Behavioral Consulting. Dr. Lisa Britton, BCBA-D specializes in providing independent fieldwork supervision in a remote context. If you listen to Session 29, you'll learn that she has a wealth of experience in both the practice of Behavior Analysis, as well some great processes in place for mentoring soon-to-be BCBA's. I have corresponded with previous mentees of hers, and to a person, they sang her praises as a supervisor.

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0:00.0

This is the Behavioral Observations podcast with Matt Secoria, session number 35.

0:12.0

Welcome to the Behavioral Observations podcast, stimulating talk for today's behavior

0:18.0

analysts. Now here's your host, Matt Secoria. Hey everyone,

0:23.4

it's Matt Secoria here, and this is session 35, the Behavioral Observations podcast. Thank you so

0:28.1

much for joining me today. If you're new to the show, this is the podcast where we talk about

0:33.9

current issues in today's field with some of the sharpest minds in the field. So

0:38.8

today is no exception. I am joined by Kim and Tim Heald of Constellations Behavioral Services

0:45.0

located right here in my adopted home state of New Hampshire. And we talk about all the things

0:50.4

you need to know, or at least many of the things you need to know, when you are

0:54.4

contemplating starting your own clinic. And so we can get into the nitty-gritty of that once the

1:00.3

conversation begins, but long story short, they share a lot of their wisdom, a lot of the lessons

1:05.4

they learn, so that maybe you don't have to learn them the hard way. So I think it's a fun

1:10.6

conversation. I know starting

1:12.5

clinics is a, you know, kind of a big topic. If you look on the ABA business builders,

1:18.0

Facebook pages, all sorts of questions about that. So if this is a topic you want to hear more about,

1:23.5

reach out to me. And you can do that on Facebook at facebook.com forward slash behavioral

1:28.6

observations or you can certainly email me matt at behavioral observations.com or get a hold

1:34.8

of me on other social media platforms that are out there and let me know I've got you know

1:42.5

know certainly these guys can come back and do another round.

1:45.2

And I've got many of the friends and colleagues who are also starting their own clinics or I've been running them for a while.

1:50.4

So again, give me some feedback.

1:52.1

Let me know what you think about this.

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