I’ve been searching for an experienced Therapist to run my home program. How much experience should he or she have?
Of course, the person delivering the therapy is a critical component of a treatment program. However, even more important is the expertise of the person supervising the home program. A therapist may have years of experience teaching children with autism, but unless they have all the other qualifications of a program supervisor (Board Certified Behavior Analyst, at least one year’s experience supervising programs under the direction of an expert behavior analyst, training and experience in specific competency areas), she or he is not qualified to run the program without an expert behavior analyst as the program supervisor. First find yourself an expert behavior analyst to supervise your program. He or she can then train one or more therapists, who may or may not have experience. Experience alone is not as important as good training and good ongoing supervision.
