Pros
It’s great job for psych majors who want experience working one on one with clients and it’s great experience for aspiring bcba’s. It’s also a great learning environment and supervisors are very patient and are good teachers. This is matter of opinion but the kids gave me a lot of joy overall even though they would act out sometimes. Seeing them grow and learn was actually made me very happy.
Cons
This is a tiring job, physically and mentally but more mentally. You really need to know how to rest and recharge after work and on the weekends so you can do your best work every day. If you go to the Beltsville clinic be prepared to work cause they have a full house. You get very minimal and short breaks some days. But if you go to a less full clinic you might get more and longer breaks. And honestly, the pay is lower than I’d want it to be for the demanding and impactful nature of the work. I was living at home when I worked there so it was fine but idk how someone living alone would survive off of this salary in Maryland.