Hourly Pay: $40.00 – $45.00

The Behavioral Specialist is a trained individual who provides behavioral services and case management to students in an educational setting and provides field training and supervision to School Aides, Behavior Technicians, and related field staff under the supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops goals, teaching strategies, and behavior change plans using Applied Behavior Analysis principles under the supervision of a BCBA
• Provides behavioral services to students with an IEP designation, general classroom support, or students with a behavior change plan
• Trains School Aides and Behavior Technicians in the field on behavioral principles, implementing behavior change plans, implementing skill acquisition goals, data collection, and how to work through or address challenging behavior
• Writes behavior change plans and progress reports on behavior rates and skill acquisition goals
• Monitors progress and effectiveness of implemented behavioral and teaching strategies
• Analyzes, writes reports, and presents data and progress in an easy to understand format
• Works with other on-site supervisors such as teachers, administrators, psychologists, etc. to identify and establish behavioral strategies that will produce long term success through maintenance and generalization

Minimum Requirements:

• Must hold applicable license, certification, or registration in area of behavior analysis (e.g.ABAT, BCAT, LABA, or BCaBA)
• Bachelor’s degree in applied behavior analysis, teaching, psychology, or related field required
• Preferred experience in providing behavior analytic services in school
• BCBA certification or current enrollment in BCBA and/or Master’s level program preferred
• One year minimum pediatric experience preferred
• Complies with all relevant professional standards of practice
• Participation and completion of Amergis’ Competency program when applicable
• Current CPR if applicable
• TB questionnaire, PPD or chest x-ray if applicable
• Current health certificate (per contract or state regulation)
• Must meet all federal, state and local requirements
• Successful completion of new hire training as applicable to job site
• Understand patient confidentiality and HIPAA requirements
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals (including, but not limited to, supervisors, co-workers, clients) via strong communication skills; proficiency in the English language is required
• Computer proficiency required
• Must be at least 18 years of age