8 Reviews
Rating Distribution
Passionate staff and best practices
Staff are passionate and the school leans on evidence-based practices, with real growth opportunities in special education.
thumb_up Pros
- Evidence-based practices
- Growth opportunities
Great place to start a SPED career
Caring staff who are invested in student success, but compensation and work-life balance can be tough.
thumb_up Pros
- Caring, student-focused staff
thumb_down Cons
- Inadequate compensation
- Work-life balance issues
Great training, low pay
Strong behavioral skills training, but very limited opportunities to accrue BCBA supervision hours, which are capped.
thumb_up Pros
- Strong behavioral skills training
thumb_down Cons
- Capped/minimal BCBA supervision hours
Great students, weak management
Students are engaged and rewarding to work with, but the environment can feel cliquish with unclear expectations and little feedback from management.
thumb_up Pros
- Engaged, rewarding students
thumb_down Cons
- Cliquish culture
- Unclear expectations
- Minimal management feedback
Great kids, low pay for the DC area
Strong relationships with students and staff, but pay is described as far below market for the DC metro area, with inconsistent administration.
thumb_up Pros
- Strong student and staff relationships
thumb_down Cons
- Pay well below DC-metro market rate
- Inconsistent administration
Cliquey but a good entry point
A solid way to get started in ABA, but the culture can feel exclusionary and compensation is not sustainable long-term.
thumb_up Pros
- Good entry point into ABA field
thumb_down Cons
- Exclusionary/cliquish culture
- Unsustainable compensation
Supportive, rewarding culture
Staff genuinely care about student outcomes and the culture is rewarding, even if the work itself isn't glamorous.
thumb_up Pros
- Staff genuinely invested in students
- Rewarding culture
thumb_down Cons
- Work is not glamorous
Great growth and balance
Work-life balance is better here than at other nonprofits, and there are real career advancement opportunities.
thumb_up Pros
- Above-average work-life balance
- Career advancement opportunities