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Career Planning Worksheet
Directions:
Respond to the following questions in preparation for completing the Career
Planning Worksheet.
1.
What is your career goal? (If you don’t have a specific goal, this can be a general
statement to get your research started.)
My career goal is to successfully complete the undergraduate Psychology program, specializing in
Applied Behavior Analysis and complete everything required for licensure to become a Board-Certified
Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) in the state of Georgia. According to the BACB demand for BCaBAs
has slightly decreased in the past year but remains high. After I become a BCaBA I plan to obtain my
master’s degree and licensure to become a BCBA, for the purpose of this assignment, I will be focusing
on my first career goal, as a BCaBA.
References: https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lightcast2023_230206-a.pdf
2.
Find a job opening in your state that fits your goal and respond to these questions:
a.
Is a college degree needed? If yes, what degree?
b.
Is a state license needed? If yes, what license?
c.
What skills or knowledge does the job ask for?
d.
What experience does the job ask for?
e.
Does the salary meet your needs?
a.
Yes, bachelor’s degree is required.
b.
Yes, BACB board certified assistant behavior analyst certification or qualified applied behavior
analyst certification.
c.
Comfortable working with a child with special needs, patient, creative, teachable, and self-
starter.
d.
Experience providing supervision of behavior technicians. Experience creating and modifying
behavior intervention plans and treatment plans. 1 year of experience as a BCaBA or QASP-S.
Minimum of 2 years working with children, adults and adolescents with various
developmental disabilities. Experience conducting VBMAPP and ABLLS-R assessments.
e.
Yes, starting at $50/hr. would meet my needs.
3.
If a license is required for the job, find the requirements for licensure on your state’s
Department of Licensing Web site and respond to these questions:
a.
Does the license require a degree? If yes, what degree?
b.
Does the license require the degree to be from a school with a specific
accreditation? If yes, what accreditation?
c.
Does the license require passing a test(s)? If yes, what test(s)?
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d.
Does the license require an internship or experience? If yes, what are those
requirements?
a.
Yes, undergraduate bachelor’s degree is required for state licensure.
b.
Yes, credential awarded by the BACB.
c.
Yes, BCaBA exam is required for licensure from the BACB.
d.
Yes, the licensure requires 1300 supervised fieldwork hours or 1000 concentrated supervised
fieldwork hours.
4.
If a graduate degree is required for this job, look at a graduate program offering that
degree and respond to these questions:
a.
Do they require a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) to apply? If yes, what is
the GPA?
b.
Does the program require you to take a test (i.e., GRE) to apply? If yes, what
test?
c.
Does the program require specific course work taken before entry? If yes, what
courses?
d.
Does the program require completing an internship or practicum? If yes, what are
the requirements?
A graduate degree is not required for this job or BCaBA licensure.
5.
Browse Capella’s course catalog and identify courses that can help you reach your goal.
PSCY4001- Applied Behavior Analysis Foundation would be helpful as it can teach me the basics of
ABA and give me a better understanding of the field, I will have a career in. PSYC3520- Introduction to
Social Psychology could give a better understanding of a client’s behaviors and thoughts behind them.
6.
Find an article or Web site that talks about the future growth or changes for this career
area.
According to the BACB, in 2010 there were only 11 job postings for BCaBAs; in 2022 that number has
skyrocketed to 6,438. In the state of Georgia there was a 57% increase in demand for BCaBAs between
2021 and 2022.
References: https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Lightcast2023_230206-a.pdf
Next, complete the Career Planning Worksheet. Use the spaces below to respond to the
questions about your career goal.
Career Goal:
Write a sentence stating your career goal based on awareness of the projected
job market.
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Based on awareness of the projected job market, after I successfully complete my first goal of
becoming a BCaBA, I plan to continue working in that field while applying to get into a master’s degree
program, I plan to complete that program and all requirements to become a BCBA, as the need for
BCBAs is much higher and only increasing every year.
Job Market:
Write a paragraph describing whether this job will continue to be in demand and
what changes are predicted. Cite your credible source of information.
Based on the projected job market, and numbers given by the BACB, the need for BCaBA will remain
high, even if it lowered in the past year. In the state of Geogia specifically, the need for BCaBAs was
not lowered in the past year like it was annually, instead it increased over 50%! According to O*Net,
the projected growth for behavioral counselors is projected to be 18% for the next year, which is much
faster than average.
References: National Center for O*NET Development. Georgia Employment Trends: 21-1014.00 -
Mental Health Counselors.
O*NET OnLine
.
https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/21-1014.00?st=GA
Reference:
Include author, date, and the URL for your credible source of information, and
identify the credibility criteria used to establish this as a credible source.
National Center for O*NET Development. Georgia Employment Trends: 21-1014.00 - Mental Health
Counselors.
O*NET OnLine
.
https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/21-1014.00?st=GA
I chose this website because it is partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor and it is updated
frequently, with accurate information.
Education Plan:
Write a paragraph or more outlining your plan to get the education needed to
reach your career goal. Include requirements for licensure, if any.
For my career goal as a BCaBA, I first must complete my bachelor’s degree, which I am in the process
of obtaining at Capella. After I graduate from Capella, or possibly before, I will work on my 1000-1300
hours of supervised fieldwork, in a company that I am already familiar with and have expressed to me
that this will be possible. After I have all my hours, I will need to take the BCaBA exam and then obtain
licensure.
Skills Plan:
Write a paragraph or more outlining how you plan to acquire the skills you’ll need to
reach your career goal. Consider soft skills (traits that make you a good worker) and hard skills
(abilities you learn in school or on the job) in your description.
For my career goal, there are many skills I will need, as I will be working with children. Some of the
soft skills I will need are good communication, which I will work on through discussions with my peers;
critical thinking, which is something I have been working on daily and plan to continue that. There are
also hard skills I will need to obtain, such as data input, performing evaluations, and creating plans; I
will learn these skills through courses I take at Capella and through the supervised fieldwork hours I
will be doing.
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Career Planning Worksheet
Experience Plan:
Write a paragraph or more outlining how you plan to gain the experience
needed to reach your career goal.
For the experience I will need to obtain my career goal, I plan to start my supervised fieldwork hours
with a company that I am already familiar with and have already expressed their interest in doing so.
After I complete these hours and obtain licensure I plan to stay with that company for some time and
will gain plenty of experience with them. If this plan falls through or does not work out, I will
investigate internships, or beginner positions within different companies.
Course Plan:
List courses at Capella that will help you reach your career goal. For each
course, write a sentence explaining how it will help you reach your goal.
PSYC4001- Applied Behavior Analysis Foundations will provide me with concepts, theories, and
terminology of ABA and provide information about careers, history and purpose of ABA.
PSYC4003- Applied Behavior Analysis Research and Interventions will be useful to understand research
methods and designs used in ABA and will help me better understand treatment plans.
Resources:
Write a paragraph or more describing resources you can use to reach your career
goal.
I know it is going to take many resources for me to reach my career goal, some of the tangible
resources I will use are financial aid and student loans to be sure I can finish my degree, I will also be
in touch with my academic advisor to be certain I am on the right path for my career goals. My resume
is also going to be a great resource when it comes time to start my career, making sure it is efficient
and impressive to really get an employer’s attention. Some intangible resources I can use is my
determination and enthusiasm for helping children, I am also very creative and feel like I can bring lots
of fun to my career, by engaging with the child clients.
Save this completed worksheet as a Word document (.doc, .docx) on your computer. Then, attach a copy
of this document as your submission for the Week 9 Assignment.
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