Behavior Specialist

Description

Mission and Priorities:

At Children’s Health Council, we believe in the promise and potential of every child, teen and young adult. Our mission is to transform young lives by providing culturally responsive best-in-class learning and mental health services to families from diverse backgrounds regardless of language, location, or ability to pay. We specialize in ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression and Autism. Our strategic priorities include: being people first and empowering our workforce, creating systems built on equity, access, and inclusion, elevating technology and strengthening our community partnerships.

Could this be you?

• Do you like to work in an environment where we live our mission?
• Do you value celebrating our differences and learning from them?
• Are you passionate about the work you do?
• Do you value collaboration?
• Are you looking to be empowered as a professional to help us grow as an organizational community?
• Are you a skilled cross-cultural communicator, helping cultivate a place of acceptance?
• Do you value cross-cultural competence and communication with individuals, teams, and systems within our organization?
  
  

If you can answer “yes” to these questions, this job could be for you!

About the role!

• The Behavior Specialist will play a vital role in conducting, developing, and implementing/evaluating function-based positive behavior intervention plan plans (PBIP), as well as collaborating with each student’s assigned therapist to align therapeutic goals, IEP behavioral goals and the student’s personal goal. Reporting directly to the Behavior Program Manager, the Behavior Specialist will also complete initial incident report/behavior emergency report and submit in a timely fashion to Behavior Program Specialist within 24 hours after a behavior emergency.
  
  

As a Classroom Behavior Specialist, you will:

• Implement and monitor the schoolwide Positive Behavior Training (PBT) management system at the classroom level.
• Train parents in effectively using the PBT within the home environment.
• Collect and analyze behavioral and replacement skill data.
• Conduct, develop, implement and evaluate function based positive behavior intervention plan plans (PBIP) as necessary.
• Regularly communicate with parents on each student’s engagement with the school’s behavior program, including successful demonstration of self-regulatory specifically when students incur consequences due to acute behavioral incidents during the school day.
• Develop, monitor progress and report on each student’s behavioral IEP goals and benchmark measures.
• Collaborate with each student’s assigned therapist to align therapeutic goals, IEP behavioral goals and the student’s personal goal.
• Monitor and report on each student’s behavioral performance as it relates to the student’s behavioral IEP goals.
• Prepare a written summary, update goals and participate in IEP meetings and parent/teacher conferences.
• With the classroom teacher, co-facilitate weekly team meetings.
• Attend all school staff meetings, behavior department meetings, and IEP meetings.
• Co-facilitate three formal parent conferences for each student every year with follow up written summary; communicate progress via phone and email as necessary.
• Attend weekly or bi-weekly group supervision and individual supervision meetings with Behavior Program Manager.
• Complete initial incident report/behavior emergency report and submit in a timely fashion to Behavior Program Specialist within 24 hours after a behavior emergency.
• Conduct daily check-ins with students and prepare daily PBT school-to-home communication.
• Support students in weekly Therapy Activity Group and Art therapy sessions.
• Provide direction to classroom assistant in implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention Plans (PBIP), data collection procedures, and utilization of PBT.
• Under the guidance of Behavior Program Manager, prepare and conduct weekly social skill lessons.
• Following training, execute procedures prescribed for behavior emergencies and/or escalating crises.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
• Ensure that school policies and procedures are carried out.
• Ensure that CA Educational Code is adhered to.
• Adheres to CHC Employee Handbook.
• Ensure the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Laws are adhered to.
• Protect the confidentiality of client/student and families.
  
  

What we’re looking for:

• Knowledge of and experience with children who have serious emotional disturbances and learning disabilities.
• Ability to develop, prepare, deliver and monitor IEPs based on identified skill deficit areas.
• Knowledge and experience developing, reporting and administering IEP plans.
• Ability to work on an interdisciplinary team and to provide guidance/supervision to teaching assistants/interns.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills in order to communicate via email and preparing documents on a word processor.
  
  

About your background (education/experience):

• Minimum three years working in a school setting working with children who have serious emotional disturbances and/or learning disabilities preferred.
• A background in Applied Behavior Analysis is preferred.
• Required: B.A in Education, Psychology, or related field and/or equivalent experience.
• Required: Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certified or will obtain certification within 90 days of employment.
• Advanced degree or training in one or more of the following (preferred)
• Special Education teaching
• Mental health
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (preferred)
  
  

Working Conditions:

• Exempt Full-Time.
• Works Monday through Friday in either Palo Alto or San Jose.
• Able to de-escalate student crisis.
• Able to undergo training and implementation of Pro-ACT crisis management system.
• Able to stand and sit for extended periods of time for instruction and supervision.
• The person in this position needs to move about inside and outside the classroom and playground area.
• Able to lift and/or move up to 20 lbs.
  
  

Compensation:

Range: $69,000 to $85,000 per year

Pay Type: Salary

• The starting base salary for this position is as shown above. The actual base salary is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, and market demand. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
  
  

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