When you’re the BCBA® in a school, your day starts with data and continues with a dozen interruptions. You’re the link between the classroom and the clinical world, but your tools don’t always make it easy to stay connected.
In school-based ABA therapy, consistent data collection and staff collaboration are key to driving student progress. But most schools are short on systems that help everyone see the same picture of that progress.
Motivity is designed to change that. It’s an ABA platform, built with FERPA in mind, that is used by schools serving learners with autism and behavioral support needs. It brings teachers, behavior professionals, and administrators together around one source of truth: student progress, visible in real time.
When Teachers and ABA Staff Use Different Systems, Everyone Feels the Strain
In most public school ABA programs, data live in too many places: paper binders, Google Sheets, classroom tablets, and handwritten notes inside folders. Teachers are tracking behavior tallies and paraprofessionals are collecting data, while BCBAs are graphing and analyzing, often a week behind.
When data live in silos, the entire team feels it.
Teachers lose visibility into whether interventions are working. BCBAs spend hours cleaning data instead of coaching staff. Administrators can’t get a clear view of what’s really happening across classrooms or districts. And students are left waiting for adjustments that could have happened days earlier.
Fragmented Data in School-Based ABA Affects Students More Than You Think
ABA data collection in the public school system faces unique challenges. Staff rotate and students move between classrooms. On top of that, if each professional tracks behavior their own way, spotting patterns becomes harder and harder.
That’s when small gaps turn into real consequences:
- Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) fall out of sync. Goals get updated in one place but not another.
- Progress gets missed. Weeks of effort aren’t reflected in the data because someone forgot to upload a file.
- Team trust erodes. Teachers stop relying on progress reports that don’t match what they see in class.
- Families lose clarity. Reports shared during meetings tell part of the story, not the whole.
Everyone’s working hard, but unclear of what the whole picture looks like. And students lose more than numbers in a graph—they lose the impulse they need to truly succeed.
Seeing the Same Data Turns Busy Teams Into Aligned Ones
Things shift when data become a shared language instead of a personal chore.
With data collection software like Motivity, teachers can open graphs between classes to check current trends, BCBAs can join live sessions from another building, guiding adjustments as they happen, and paraprofessionals can collect data confidently knowing it’s visible to their supervisors.
“Integrating Motivity into our ABA therapy has saved the teachers and staff members invaluable time,” says Melissa Poccia, BCBA, at Parsippany Troy Hills School District. “The graphs are so easy to read and understand—it makes analyzing data simple and convenient.”
Staff now walk into IEP meetings already aligned, knowing everyone’s speaking from the same data, and making decisions to help students can move faster.
Motivity’s School Library Adapts to Every Learner
Every school program has its own rhythm, and every learner has different goals. But most ABA software treat all classrooms the same.
Motivity’s School Library gives districts the structure they need without limiting how they teach. Staff can:
- Build shared IEP goal banks customized for their district or classroom.
- Access over 1,000 ready-to-use templates across academic and behavioral domains (or create their own templates.)
- Modify each goal for an individual learner’s needs.
- Generate progress reports instantly from the same data they collect every day.
That means when a new staff member joins or a student transitions, no one starts from scratch. Teachers, BCBAs, and families stay aligned around the same information, without waiting for someone to “pull the data.”
Parents can also stay informed between IEP meetings, viewing easy-to-read progress updates that show their child’s growth.
It’s structure without rigidity: organized enough for compliance, flexible enough for real classrooms.
Real-Time Collaboration Builds Confident, Connected Teams
When everyone can see progress as it happens, teamwork feels lighter, and the work feels shared.
“My favorite thing about Motivity is being able to see others collect data live and seeing the updates made in the moment,” says Melissa Poccia. “There’s no lag time.”
Motivity’s clinical-grade ABA platform is customizable, secure, and backed by real people who’ve done the work. Our support team is made up of experienced behavior analysts who help schools get started and stay consistent.
Your schools already have the people who care deeply about their learners. Motivity gives them a way to stay connected—to the data, to each other, and to every learner’s progress.
Let us show you how Motivity can also help your school-based ABA team work as one.