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Scott Dickson

Scott Dickson

Los Angeles

ABA expert with provider, platform & payor experience. I specialize in platform integration, intelligent automation, and data-driven decision support to solve complex operational challenges at scale.

From Anxiety to Action: Building KPI Decks That Scale with Your ABA Organization

From Anxiety to Action: Building KPI Decks That Scale with Your ABA Organization

If you’ve ever been asked to prepare a KPI deck for your board or executive team, you know the feeling: a mix of pressure, vulnerability, and uncertainty. Even if your operations are solid, there’s something about putting numbers on a slide that invites scrutiny — especially when those numbers

📬 ABA Mission July 2025 Monthly Newsletter

📬 ABA Mission July 2025 Monthly Newsletter

Opening Note 🚀 New to ABA Mission? Join the growing community of ABA executives, investors, and tech leaders tracking platform strategy and growth. 👉 Subscribe here to get future issues by email. The ABA Mission Viewpoint Our readership has doubled in the last month, and for good reason—platform momentum is shifting,

🌍 Can U.S. Autism Tools Go Global? Only If They Evolve the Playbook.

🌍 Can U.S. Autism Tools Go Global? Only If They Evolve the Playbook.

The U.S. autism care market is unique: shaped by insurance mandates, high-intensity ABA therapy, and a web of billing, authorization, and documentation requirements. That complexity has fueled an ecosystem of tech platforms built to automate, streamline, and scale—but mostly for one specific model: clinic-based ABA services reimbursed by

🧠 Bridging the AI Gap in ABA: How It Actually Works (No Code, No Hype)

🧠 Bridging the AI Gap in ABA: How It Actually Works (No Code, No Hype)

There’s a growing divide between what AI can do—and what a lot of ABA providers understand about it. Words like LLMs, tensors, or transformers sound like science fiction to many clinicians. But at the core, it’s simpler than it seems: You load your existing documentation into an

June 2025 SCUBA Platform Update: Strategic Quiet, Tactical Movement

June 2025 SCUBA Platform Update: Strategic Quiet, Tactical Movement

While June brought no new platform investments — a contrast to the funding flurry earlier this year — it wasn’t quiet behind the scenes. That said, I expect at least one or two additional funding rounds to be announced soon. I speak regularly with leaders at most of the teams featured

Provider SCUBA – June 2025 Update: The top 2 get even bigger

Provider SCUBA – June 2025 Update: The top 2 get even bigger

Welcome back to SCUBA — Scott’s Completely Unscientific Behaviorist Assessment — where I track directional trends in ABA provider hiring, growth, and strategy using publicly available data. ⚠️ Important Note on Methodology: This data isn’t perfect. LinkedIn misses many direct care staff, and state counts come from provider websites, which aren&

Scaling ABA with Tech and Data—Without Losing Sight of Who It’s For

Scaling ABA with Tech and Data—Without Losing Sight of Who It’s For

What a recent interview Rohit Verma had with Jonathan Mueller reminded me about leveraging technology for real-world access—not just workflow efficiency. I spend most of my time thinking about how to scale ABA services through better platforms, data infrastructure, and workflow automation. Tech, when done right, is a force