Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Summary: This position is for a full time hourly BCBA or PLBA. This position is open to graduate students who meet the requirements to become provisionally licensed in MO (must have all school courses completed and be within 6 months of taking the BCBA certification exam). Flexible hours! Opportunity for graduate students to get all indirect/unrestricted hours and supervision from a BCBA.

The Center-Based Behavior Analyst is responsible for developing plans to reduce problem behaviors and teach appropriate replacement behaviors for children, adolescents, and adults with autism and related developmental disabilities. The behavior analyst will conduct functional behavior assessments, and skills assessments and develop behavior and treatment plans in collaboration with parents, caregivers, educators and other team members. The behavior analyst is also responsible for developing skills acquisition programming, training parents, line therapists and other caregivers on all behavior change protocols, analyzing data and adjusting plans as needed based on data.

Starting Job Salary: $73,000-85,000 annually for full time employment of 40 hours a week with full BEHAVIOR ANALYST certification and licensure. (Salary will be prorated for provisionally licensed behavior analysts). Additional hours for students receiving services through their insurance after or before school or on weekends are available for an hourly bonus paid quarterly.

Benefits:

• A competitive salary with a guaranteed 40 hours/week
• Excellent health benefits package including medical, dental and vision coverage with employer paying a portion of premiums
• Paid time off
• Life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee appreciation activities
• Company matched 401K (fully vested after 1 year of employment)

Location and Schedule: This is a 40 hour per week position. The behavior analyst must be on the premises of the Therapeutic Education Center Monday-Friday from 8:30am-3:30pm. This will allow the behavior analyst to be present for all instructional time (9am-3pm) as well as time for set up and clean up. Additional activities within the 40-hour week include regular collaboration meetings, student or staff meetings as needed, as well as other treatment planning activities. Some of these additional activities may be completed off-campus but may require supervisor approval to do so.

Job Responsibilities:

The following is a summary of job responsibilities that are included for the behavior analyst position. These statements may not describe the entire job, but are intended to describe the general nature, essential functions, and level of qualifications and skills required for the position.

• Conduct functional assessment and/or functional analysis of target behaviors, including indirect assessments, direct observations, and experimental analyses in a variety of settings.

• Develop behavior intervention plans and general behavioral guidelines, in collaboration with parents, caregivers, educators and other team members, to decrease challenging behaviors and increase replacement behaviors

• Conduct competency-based training on behavior plans, skill acquisition programming and all other behavior change procedures for line therapists, parents, and any other team members with whom clients are in regular contact

• Ensure correct implementation of behavior support plans. skill acquisition programs and other behavior change procedures through the effective use of data and graphing, direct observations, team consultation, and records review

• Recommend and develop program modifications to the team as necessary

• Analyze all behavior and skill acquisition data at least monthly

• Collaborate with the SPED teacher , related service providers, and other team members to program for IEP goals and curricular areas.

• Provide competency-based training on and ensure correct implementation of skill acquisition programming and instruction to support staff (Line therapists and Registered Behavior Technicians).

• Supervise support staff in implementing instruction.

• Provide direct and indirect instructional support to students in a positive environment.

• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining an environment conducive to learning for all students.

• Meet with parents to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their individualized educational needs.

• Confer with parents, administrators, teachers, partner school district personnel, related service providers, and other professionals to develop individualized education programs (IEPs) designed to promote students' educational, physical, and social/emotional development.

• Maintain accurate and complete student records and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

• Provide crisis intervention, as needed, for students as dictated by students’ behavior and crisis plans.

• Assist in collection of data for providing appropriate classroom interventions.

• Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team as appropriate.

• Maintain professional competence by participating in staff development activities, curriculum development meetings, and other professional opportunities.

• Implement individualized behavior plans to decrease challenging behaviors and increase replacement behaviors

• Participate in intake meetings with prospective clients as requested.

• Complete a monthly report for each student which summarizes the progress made on programming as well as details any modifications made.

• Conduct skills assessments to determine programming needs and treatment recommendations

• Ensure compliance with statewide policies and procedures through presentation of behavior plans to behavior development committees and human rights committees as applicable

• Track and monitor all behavior analyst time and activities

• Record daily session notes in accordance with requirements of client specific payors and company procedures

• Enter time worked daily

• Collect and present data to, as well as consult with the psychiatrist and other professionals regarding behavioral progress, to allow informed decisions to be made regarding the effectiveness and necessity of specific treatments and services.

• Attend client centered meetings (e.g., IEPs, ISPs, BSPs, IFSPs) as appropriate

• Consult and coordinate services with other education and health care professionals on an as needed basis for all clients on caseload

• Participate in intake meetings with prospective clients as requested

• Attend all required company meetings and trainings

• Maintain certification and licensure

• Participate on continuing education as required for certification maintenance

• Coordinate and chair team meetings for client aba programs as needed

• Follow all company policies and procedures

• Provide classroom and in-vivo individual and group trainings to team members, line therapists and members of the community on a variety of behavior analytic topics

• Collect data on the client's behaviors, program targets, and teaching procedures.

• Demonstrate understanding of the services, individual needs, and goals for clients

• Provide direct supervision to line therapists.

• Observe and record client's behavior.

• Communicate regularly with teachers, line therapists, senior behavior analysts, Company owner and administration, parents, caregivers and other team members.

• Is receptive to feedback and constructive criticism to improve skills, implements and demonstrates follow- through of recommendations given by supervisor.

• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to ensure client safety and confidentiality.

• Follows ethical and professional guidelines as prescribed by supervisors, Missouri Behavior Analyst Advisory Board and BACB Guidelines for Responsible Conduct.

• Follows supervisory chain of command.

• The employee may be asked to perform duties not listed in this job description, but which are considered to be essential to the employment position.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Applicants should have experience with implementing functional behavior assessments with children, adolescents and/or adults with autism, recognizing and discussing signs of autism and criteria for autism spectrum disorder, and participating in clinical teams with other autism professionals. Applicants should have a strong clinical background in administering verbal behavior assessments, conducting language, play, and skill-based assessments, and in designing, implementing, and/or training others using individualized language, play and skill-based curricula. Strong applicants will have supervised experience in 1:1 education of learners with autism across educational, home and community settings, as well as familiarity with designing, participating in, or supervising ABA programs for individuals with autism. Experience with collecting, graphing, analyzing, displaying and discussing data based progress is a must.

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience providing services to individuals with autism and/or other developmental disabilities.

• Master's degree in Behavior Analysis, Psychology, Special Education or a related field. Strong consideration is given to candidates with degrees from ABA accredited programs.

• Completion of all required fieldwork experience hours required by the BACB to be eligible for the BEHAVIOR ANALYST exam (for PLBA applicants only)

• National Board Certification as a Behavior Analyst (BEHAVIOR ANALYST) or Provisional Licensure in Missouri as a Provisionally Certified Behavior Analyst (PLBA)*

• Licensure as a Behavior Analyst (BEHAVIOR ANALYST) or PLBA in the state of Missouri (or meets the eligibility criteria for licensure)*

• *Successful passing of the BCBA exam and obtaining full licensure with the state of MO (LBA) must be obtained no later than 6 months from the start date of the position.

Therapeutic Skills:

• Strong knowledge of the principles and practice of Applied Behavior Analysis.

• Strong knowledge of the behavioral, cognitive, educational, vocational and social challenges encountered by persons with developmental disabilities.

• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks/goals for self and others.

• Effective negotiation and problem solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively with various technology including Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, tablet apps.

• Extensive experience in working with people with developmental disabilities

• Strong leadership skills

• Supervisory and performance evaluation experience

• Patience

• Ability to interact well with children, adolescents and adults

• Ability to work cooperatively as a therapy team member

• Effective with shifting roles, caseloads, responsibilities, and expectations in a changing environment.

Other Requirements:

• Be at least 18 years of age.

• Excellent organization skills

• Must have reliable transportation, maintain current auto insurance and a current driver's license, and be able to drive between appointments.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents, including but not limited to programs, behavior plans, treatment plans, functional behavior assessment reports, skill acquisition protocols, meeting notes, session notes, safety rules, policies and procedures.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with individuals of all professional levels.

Mathematical and Reasoning Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide and use calculator to report and record data.

• Ability to solve practical problems

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Competency and Other Skills

• Ability to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

• Ability to use email, text, scanners, fax machines and attach documents to communicate with team members and transmit data as required by supervisors.

• Sense of personal responsibility for work performance and a professional attitude.

• Maintain regular attendance and arrive on-time for shifts.

• Follow absence reporting and shift re-scheduling policies.

Physical and Other Demands

• The physical/mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, sit (including on the floor at times), and use hands to write, providing prompting to clients and manipulate teaching materials

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Mental demands include the ability to learn, adapt to changes, pay close attention to details, exercise discretion and good judgment, develop options and solutions to crisis and problems, gather and analyze facts, courteous and professional behavior, deal with stressful situations and adhere to company policies and procedures.

o Clients with whom the behavior analyst will work may engage in frequent, intense, and/or sustained challenging behaviors of concern. These may include but are not limited to aggression towards themselves or others, property destruction, loud inappropriate vocals (cursing, screaming, crying, etc.), noncompliance, and running off/leaving the area. The behavior line therapist/registered behavior technician must be able to consistently implement each client’s individual behavior plan/guidelines and crisis plan as directed in these situations. The BEHAVIOR ANALYST must also be able to quickly discern when to block, move away from the client, use personal protective equipment and implement other crisis intervention strategies including but not limited to approved physical restraint and transport procedures, as well as instruct and coach other staff through the correct use of these processes.

• The employee at any time needs to be able to lift, stoop, squat, kneel and move up to 25 pounds independently or a child’s weight with assistance as appropriate.

• The employee at any time needs to be able to implement physical and nonphysical crisis intervention procedures according to company-specific crisis intervention training.

Work Hazards:

• Clients may engage in challenging behaviors which may pose a risk of injury to staff. Behaviors may include but are not limited to physical aggression, property destruction/throwing items, and challenging behaviors involving bodily fluids. The BEHAVIOR ANALYST will be required to utilize personal protective equipment as directed to minimize risk of injury.

• Exposure to bodily fluids (i.e., during assistance and teaching self-care and toileting skills, administering first aid if needed).

Evaluation:

Performance of this job will be evaluated regularly (at least quarterly) during BEHAVIOR ANALYST visits. All employees are subject to a 90 day probationary period of employment upon hire.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $73,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Compensation Package:

• Bonus opportunities

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Ability to Commute:

• Wentzville, MO 63385 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $73,000 - $85,000