Compassionate Behavior Insight LLC
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At Compassionate Behavior Insight, we are committed to supporting families through personalized and compassionate ABA services. Hello!
I am Yuri Rivera, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) passionate about helping others through Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Since 2018, I have been working in the field of ABA in the state of Texas, primarily with children aged 2 to 14. My dedication to this field stems from a deep desire to make a difference in people’s lives, especially those facing behavioral challenges. I firmly belie
There’s a version of calm that gets misunderstood.
People picture it as stillness, nothing moving, nothing hard happening. But that’s not really what steady looks like, on the water or in a living room at 5pm when everyone’s tired.
Steady is staying upright while things are still in motion. It’s not about making the waves stop. It’s about not capsizing while they pass.
That’s most of what I coach parents on, honestly. Not how to stop the storm, how to stay in the boat.
07/19/2026
I didn’t always know how to sit with a hard moment instead of trying to fix it fast.
That took time, and a lot of unlearning what I thought “helping” was supposed to look like.
That’s really what Cohort 3 is for, not more information, but a space to actually practice staying steady, together with other parents doing the same thing.
Starting August 18. Comment “COHORT” and I’ll send you the details.
She was dancing. I was piece by piece, finding where things fit.
Neither of us had to change what we were doing for the other to feel okay.
I think about this a lot with the families I work with, how much pressure there is to make kids match our energy, or to match theirs.
Most of the time, nobody actually has to.
Cohort 3 starts soon. It’s a space to slow down and think differently about the moments that usually make us panic. Comment “COHORT” and I’ll send you the details. 🤍
07/03/2026
Nobody teaches this in orientation.
Most daycare and camp staff show up wanting to do right by kids, but without the tools to handle the hard moments. That’s not a character flaw. That’s a training gap.
These five reframes are what I wish every staff member knew before their first day.
Save this for the moments when you need it most, and if you know someone working with kids this summer, send it their way. This information should be in every staff room.
From up here, the ocean looks simple. It’s not. 🌊
From the surface, you see waves. Maybe some whitecaps. That’s it.
But underneath? Currents. Temperature shifts. Entire ecosystems. The surface is only telling you a fraction of the story.
Behavior works exactly the same way.
When a child screams, hits, refuses, or shuts down, that’s the surface. It’s what everyone sees. It’s what gets labeled “bad behavior.”
But underneath that behavior is the real story:
👉 What happened right before?
👉 What is the child getting, or escaping, through this behavior?
👉 What are they trying to communicate without the words to say it?
As a behavior analyst, my job isn’t to judge the waves. It’s to understand what’s moving beneath them.
And here’s the good news for parents: you can learn to see beneath the surface too. When you stop asking “How do I stop this behavior?” and start asking “What is this behavior telling me?” everything changes.
Behavior is communication. Always.
💬 Parents: what’s one behavior that confused you until you figured out what was really driving it? Share below, your story might help another parent in the same boat. (Pun intended. 🚢)
06/10/2026
Here’s what I wish more people knew:
Behavior is never random. It’s communication. The meltdown, the avoidance, the ‘attitude’, they’re all telling is something. My work at a behavior analyst is helping parents and others learn to hear what a child can’t yet say. When the adult understands the message, everything starts to shift 🤍
What’s one behavior that’s left you scratching your head???
Share below 👇🏽
05/19/2026
I can tell a lot about a family before they even say a word.
The way they sit down. The way they look at each other. The way they start with “I know this is probably a silly question but…”
It is never a silly question.
What I see in that first moment is not a family that has failed.
It is a family that has been trying, really trying, for a long time.
And what they need before anything else is not a plan or a strategy or a checklist.
It is permission.
Permission to stop carrying the weight of wondering what they did wrong.
Because the answer is nothing.
I have sat with families who came to me after years of hard seasons.
And I have watched things shift in ways they genuinely did not believe were possible anymore.
Not overnight.
Not without work.
But they shifted.
Every single time, the turning point was not a strategy.
It was the moment they finally understood what was actually happening.
And realized they did not have to figure it out alone.
Swipe through if you need to hear that today.
Helping a child calm down does not always look like sitting quietly.
Sometimes it looks like this.
Moving together. Laughing together. Just being present together.
Children learn how to handle big emotions by watching the adults around them, and by feeling safe and connected with them.
That is it. That is the whole thing.
The parents I work with are not looking for perfect.
They are looking for real.
Real tools. Real support. Real change.
My summer parent cohort is a small group coaching experience for parents of children with big emotions.
If you are tired of just surviving the hard days,
This is for you.
I’ve watched the moms I work with give everything, especially over a weekend like this one.
And Tuesday morning they show up running on fumes, wondering why everything feels harder.
This is your reminder.
Your nervous system is not separate from your parenting.
It is the foundation of it.
The calendar can wait.
The to-do list will still be there.
But your capacity to show up regulated, present, and grounded for your child, that requires something from you first.
Rest today. On purpose.
Your child’s regulation starts with yours.
05/09/2026
I’m a Survivor fan. Have been for years.
And honestly? Watching that show has made me a better behavior analyst. Here’s why.
Things I’ve seen on the Survivor island, and in a family’s living room during a session:
Someone completely lose it after days of not getting what they need.
(Deprivation is a powerful behavior motivator. True on the island. True at home.)
A person do something unexpected just to get attention from the group.
(Attention is one of the most powerful reinforcers that exist. For all of us.)
Someone shut down entirely rather than face something overwhelming.
(Escape and avoidance look very different, but they’re the same function.)
The quiet, observant one,who doesn’t say much, but who sees everything.
(That one’s me. In both settings.)
Alliances built on consistency and trust, and broken when that trust disappears.
(Children test boundaries for the same reason. They’re checking: are you reliable? Safe? Predictable?)
The most strategic players aren’t the loudest.
They’re the ones who understand what drives people.
That’s behavior science.
And it works everywhere.
Drop your favorite Survivor season in the comments, I want to know your type.
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