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Newport News, Virginia

BCaBA - Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst

BCBAFull-Time

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Job Description

The Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) is expected to use their extensive clinical knowledge and experience to improve clients’ social, behavioral, and adaptive skills. The BCaBA will complete all activities under the guidance and with the direct supervision of a BCBA.

BCaBAs will support the implementation of individually tailored treatment plans, support family conversations, and share knowledge and experience through direct supervision, support, and training of behavior technicians.

Responsibilities

Deliver targeted interventions help change the lives of children with autism.

Customize and implement evidence-based treatment plans for each child to target adaptive and self-care skills, emotional development, coping and tolerance skills, play and leisure skills, family relationships, language and communication, cognitive functioning, self-management, self-advocacy and independence, safety skills, social relationships, and vocational skills.

  • Make strategic environmental modifications scientifically shown to improve behavior.
  • Adapt techniques to reduce interfering behaviors such as persistent repetition and self-injury.
  • Provide caring support during family conversations to ensure parents fully understand assessment results and treatment recommendations.
  • Advocate for your clients by monitoring for potential issues and communicating concerns.

Share your extensive knowledge and experience through direct supervision, support, training, and orientation of our growing team of behavioral technicians.

Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a master’s degree program in behavioral analysis or Verified Course Sequence.
  • Current BCaBA certification or LaBA license (depending on state) and sitting for your BCBA exam in the next 3 months.
  • Ability to collaborate with Proud Moments BCBAs to comply with requirements of your BCaBA certification.
  • Demonstrated skills and experience implementing applied behavioral analysis (ABA) with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or related disorders.
  • Excellent clinical competence and judgment.
  • Commitment to handling confidential information responsibly.
  • Exceptional communication, problem-solving, organizational and project management skills while working in a fast-paced environment.
  • Advanced skills in MS Office.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Applied Behavior AnalysisClinical SupervisionTreatment PlanningBehavioral InterventionsData MonitoringStaff TrainingOrganizational SkillsBehavioral Modification

Applied Behavior Analysis Career Context

Proud Moments holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 77 active listings.

In Virginia, the Applied Behavior Analysis weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$97k (62 salary observations; 198 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (1,650 salary observations; 5,557 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Applied Behavior Analysis by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedApplied Behavior Analysis median $95k (middle half $90k–$102k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Virginia vs national$97k median in Virginia$92k nationally (+6%)62 state / 1,650 national salary observations
Cost of livingVirginia index 101.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Applied Behavior Analysis listings in Virginia119 active2,487 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 60% remote · 38% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedVirginia healthcare professional listings: 35% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 11% offer loan repayment147 active listings, Nov 2026
New Applied Behavior Analysis listings1,245 in the last 30 days611 the 30 days before (+104%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Applied Behavior Analysis pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Proud Momentssilver tier, 70/100Top Employers work-life index77 active listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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<$110k
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$110k-120k
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$120k-130k
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$130k-140k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

40 jobs · 27 employers
CME allowance
83%
401k / retirement match
83%
Sign-on bonus
60%
Loan repayment
40%
Relocation assistance
35%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 3.0
Better work-life than 30% of Applied Behavior Analysis listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,394 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Newport News

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$281k
Typical market rent
$1,593/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.