Burnout among behavior technicians (BTs) is among the most significant workforce challenges facing ABA organizations today. High turnover rates, estimated at 25-50% annually in many ABA settings, disrupt therapeutic relationships, undermine treatment consistency, and create supervision burdens that compromise clinical quality across caseloads.
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Join Free →What is burnout, from a behavioral perspective? What organizational and individual factors contribute to burnout in staff? Existing data to help identify burnout will give an overview of some additional measures that can be useful to identify and monitor burnout in staff.
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Dr. Becca serves as the Executive Director of Del Mar Center for Behavioral Health, a multidisciplinary clinic in southeastern North Carolina near Camp Lejeune. She has formal training in school and clinical psychology, psychopharmacology, and behavior analysis. She is licensed as a psychologist, as a medical (prescribing) psychologist, and as a behavior analyst. She has worked in a variety of settings from schools to hospitals and military installations and also provides consulting to organizations. Her clinical practice focuses on diagnostic testing, medication management, maternal mental health, treatment of trauma and anxiety-based disorders, and providing supervision for future behavior analysts and psychologists.
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