The Behavior Technician provides direct one-on-one behavioral interventions to teach communication, social, and daily living skills and reduce problematic behaviors in the home, community, and school settings. Behavior Technicians will be trained to utilize interventions developed out of the science of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Major Duties
Establish & maintain a therapeutic relationship by pairing self as a reinforcing entity and building the value for the client of social interaction with the BT.
Prompt safe and socially acceptable replacement behaviors in order to build a repertoire of communication, social interaction, and problem-solving skills.
Fade prompts appropriately to promote both successful and independent responding.
Increase the frequency or duration of safe and appropriate replacement behaviors by providing access to reinforcers (desired items/actions, attention, or removal of demands/aversive situations).
Accurately collect behavior data including: A-B-C, count, frequency, duration, latency, inter-response time, event, and interval based recording.
Accurately collect data based on current programming.
Follow the treatment plan goals and interventions utilizing sound judgment and seek out appropriate consultation.
Becoming a BCBA?
If you’re on the path to becoming a BCBA, starting as a BT is a great way to gain hands-on ABA experience.
We love to mentor and train our staff, as a result, the Pass Rate for our first-time BCBAs candidates is 86%.
That’s well above the National Pass Rate of just 60%.
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