Oct 15, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
What does it take to grow from working directly with children to leading a team of 27 people—without losing sight of the families you serve? In this episode of the South Florida Leaders Podcast…
So by nature of the job, ABA applied behavior analysis in a medical model works where there is a board certified behavior analyst.
And then there are registered behavior technicians that you can think of like nurses.
And the RBTs are the ones who are day in and day out working with kids, implementing programming and protocol and taking data.
And so by nature of their role, there's a lot of protocols and metrics put in place to keep them accountable, which is the collection of the data.
You look at them on paper and you have people that collect all the data and you have people that don't collect all the data.
And so that accountability piece in our industry is, is somewhat built in which is great for me but I think accountability especially when you're working with a vulnerable population most people that I'm looking to hire to work here have that and it's very clear in an interview that they are very accountable to talk about things that didn't go so well maybe at other jobs and and really cop to what will go differently in this position because you really need that when you're working with kids who can't talk can't report if they feel sick, those type of things.
And, you know, with you, Rachel, and, you know, how far you've grown, you know, through your success, you know, I was, I'm curious, you know, thinking about that, you know, what does success look like to you?
I am definitely a culprit of reaching a bar that I thought would be, okay, when I get to this place, I'm going to feel very happy.
Generally speaking, I feel the most success when families report huge changes in their personal lives because of the progress their children have made in therapy.
For me, that is a direct reflection of the team that I've built and that that is like a scatter out to the world and whole families, their lives have been changed because of Their child can go and sit at dinner in a restaurant and they can do this thing that most families take for granted.
Or their kid gets to join a local soccer team and they can actually go and have friends and play in their community.
So by nature of the job, ABA applied behavior analysis in a medical model works where there is a board certified behavior analyst.
And then there are registered behavior technicians that you can think of like nurses.
And the RBTs are the ones who are day in and day out working with kids, implementing programming and protocol and taking data.
And so by nature of their role, there's a lot of protocols and metrics put in place to keep them accountable, which is the collection of the data.
You look at them on paper and you have people that collect all the data and you have people that don't collect all the data.
And so that accountability piece in our industry is, is somewhat built in which is great for me but I think accountability especially when you're working with a vulnerable population most people that I'm looking to hire to work here have that and it's very clear in an interview that they are very accountable to talk about things that didn't go so well maybe at other jobs and and really cop to what will go differently in this position because you really need that when you're working with kids who can't talk can't report if they feel sick, those type of things.
And, you know, with you, Rachel, and, you know, how far you've grown, you know, through your success, you know, I was, I'm curious, you know, thinking about that, you know, what does success look like to you?
I am definitely a culprit of reaching a bar that I thought would be, okay, when I get to this place, I'm going to feel very happy.
Generally speaking, I feel the most success when families report huge changes in their personal lives because of the progress their children have made in therapy.
For me, that is a direct reflection of the team that I've built and that that is like a scatter out to the world and whole families, their lives have been changed because of Their child can go and sit at dinner in a restaurant and they can do this thing that most families take for granted.
Or their kid gets to join a local soccer team and they can actually go and have friends and play in their community.
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