Lack of upward mobility, raises, and incentives for professional growth.
Additionally, staff are trained in behavioral-cognitive programs for teaching that have no basis in peer-review science. The only scientific study on the effectiveness of these programs that exists says that results are similar to other more affordable programs, all of which are better than no treatment at all. All other studies on the programs’ efficacy were authored and run by the founders Pat Lindamood and Nancy Bell. Nancy Bell is the current CEO. The programs cost families as much as a mortgage payment every few months. They have massive incentive to be seen as legitimate, but families are better off finding an ABA-based study program.