CentralReach "ABA On Call" Season 8 Ep 4: ABA to CEO: Building Ethical, Sustainable Behavior Analytic Businesses

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition from behavior analyst to business owner, highlighting the challenges and strategies for building a sustainable ABA practice.

In this episode of ABA on Call, hosts Rick Kubina and Doug Kostewicz explore the transition from practitioner to business owner with guests April and Stephen Smith from 3PiSquared. The conversation traces their journey from early clinical work in ABA to launching and scaling a successful practice, highlighting the realities of entrepreneurship in the field. Listeners gain insight into common startup pathways, costly early mistakes, and the importance of mentorship, legal compliance, and financial planning. The episode also examines warning signs of organizational drift such as reactive management, staff issues, and declining outcomes, and offers practical strategies for course correction. Ethical challenges, workforce training gaps, and emerging influences like AI in clinical operations are discussed, emphasizing the need for systems that support both quality care and sustainable growth. This episode provides a candid, experience-driven look at what it takes to build an ABA business without losing clinical integrity or personal well-being. To earn CEUs for listening, click here , log in or sign up, pay the CEU fee, + take the attendance verification to generate your certificate…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rick Kubina, Doug Kostewicz

Guests: April Smith, Stephen Smith

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• behavior analysis
• business management
• ethical practices
• mentorship
• financial planning

Keywords

• ABA
• business
• entrepreneurship
• ethical challenges
• mentorship
• financial planning
• organizational drift
• AI in clinical operations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 3PiSquared

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