Gabrielle Izralson

unethical agency It was almost a year ago that I left beautiful minds after working with them full time for almost 2 years. I stayed as long as I did because I was so attached to my clients, but knew how mistreated I was being as an employee about 6 months into the job. After talking with other ABA agencies and talking to BCBA's and ABA therapists about my experience at beautiful minds, I was horrified to realize how illegal their practice is operated (OR NOT OPERATED AT ALL). You should be checking with a supervisor every week, at the least every two weeks. When I told a BCBA about only having supervision every 2-3 months, they were shocked and suggested I report the agency to the behavioral analysis certification board. Besides the fact that therapists go into clients homes and school with NO training and NO supervision, there is also so much insurance fraud going on. Other therapists would document sessions they didn't work to get the money- this is proof of how little supervision there was. I regret not reporting all of this, but I did not know any better because I was completely new to the field. I am too late to report them, but if you are reading this and are currently employed by them or are thinking about it, please do yourself a favor and find another. Another thing, Dr. Rita promised me a 1$ raise for about a year and never input it in my paycheck. Each month I would ask where the raise was and she always said, next month sorry I forgot. How this agency is still alive is crazy to me.