ABA Business Leaders

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<p>You started an ABA practice because you wanted to provide good services. Now you are also responsible for hiring, payroll, billing, training, supervision, policies, and making sure there is enough money to keep it all going. Somewhere in there you are supposed to have a life too.</p><p></p><p>We get it. We ran an ABA practice for nearly 10 years, and we know what it feels like when the business depends on you to hold everything together.</p><p></p><p><b>ABA Business Leaders</b> is hosted by April and Stephen Smith, the owners of <b>3 Pie Squared</b>. We talk about the practical work of starting, running, and growing an Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) practice. That includes the decisions that affect your staff, your families, your finances, and the quality of the services you provide.</p><p></p><p>Some problems look simple until you start looking at where they came from. A billing issue may have started at intake. A staff performance issue may come back to unclear expectations or training that never included a competency check. A full schedule can look great while the company is struggling to make payroll. These are the kinds of things we talk through.</p><p></p><p>Along with our guests, we share experiences, ask questions, and discuss what owners and leaders can do to build better systems. You’ll hear conversations about:</p><p></p><ul><li><b>Starting an ABA practice:</b> Planning, startup costs, credentialing, choosing funders, and building the foundation before taking on more than you can support.</li><li><b>Hiring and supporting staff:</b> Recruiting, onboarding, training, supervision, feedback, accountability, and helping people understand what is expected of them.</li><li><b>Billing and financial health:</b> Claims, denials, cash flow, funder rates, expenses, and understanding whether the services you provide are financially sustainable.</li><li><b>Quality and ethics:</b> Looking beyond billables to consider treatment quality, staff support, family communic