Board-Certified Behavior Analyst

Elite ABA Therapy, LLC is an outpatient behavioral health center that provides one-on-one center-based Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) to children between the ages of 3 to 12 who have been diagnosed with Autism and/or other developmental delays. We are located in Wilkes-Barre Twp, PA and operate year-round. Our clinic hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. We are closed on all federal holidays.

Elite ABA Therapy, LLC specializes in providing Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services, which are the most widely known evidence-based practices for teaching new skills and improving behavior. Our goal is to optimize our clients’ independence and promote social integration by teaching meaningful and socially significant skills in the least restrictive environment. Our clinic is designed to simulate an Early Intervention-like setting, but without academic curriculum. Teaching is completely individualized and based on the client’s needs identified in their treatment plan. Clients receive 1:1 individual services but are grouped with up to 7 other children to simulate a classroom. Each group of children follow a daily schedule of activities that include both individual and group formats. Individual activities include direct instruction of skill acquisition programs specified in the client’s individualized treatment plan, such as teaching communication skills. Group activities include circle time, structured play groups, and planned activities (music, arts and crafts, etc.) to work on social skills and generalizing learned skills to group settings.

The daily schedule is designed for 3 different sessions per day; the morning session from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, the second session from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm., and the after-school session from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.

BCBA Service Role and Responsibilities:

Board-Certified Behavior Analysts and assistants will be responsible for clinical operations that include conducting RBT trainings, competency assessments, supervision, conducting client functional behavior assessments, writing treatment plans, submitting plans for insurance approval, setting up client treatment goals in practice management software, conducting norm-referenced assessments (VB-MAPP), standardized assessments (Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and others), designing and updating individualized DTT programs for each client, training RBT’s on implementation of the DTT program, reviewing client data, reviewing RBT session notes, writing daily session notes for billable sessions, and conducting monthly caregiver training (can be done during the client’s regularly scheduled session at the clinic or in the home setting).

Daily Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and protocol modification services (97155 billing code) with each client/RBT once per week. This code cannot simply be used for supervision or passive client observation; The session must include active modifications of interventions, behavior functions, treatment goals, data collection/graphing, data analysis, etc.
• Ensure RBT’s are collecting real-time data throughout the session.
• Visual analysis of RBT’s data to determine effectiveness of interventions and overall client progress

• • Review RBT session notes
  • Using practice management software for documentation, scheduling, and data collection

Monthly Responsibilities

• Provide onsite caregiver training (97156 billing code) with each client’s caregivers. Training should be done in-person at least once per month. Group training sessions may be conducted at the clinic, or training may be done individually at the clinic or in the client’s home.

Conduct observation/consultation session in other settings (e.g. school, home)

Quarterly Responsibilities

• Complete a quarterly report for each client.

Ongoing Responsibilities

• Keep CAQH profile updated (this is used for insurance credentialing)
• Licenses/Certifications must remain current in order to provide billable services.

• Conduct a Functional Behavioral Assessment for each client every 3-6 months (depending on insurance regulations) for authorization of ABA services.

Pay Rate

• $55 per hour
• Part-Time Employee Benefits:
• • 2 weeks of flexible paid time off per year (employees will receive 1 week of PTO after the 90-day probationary period and then an additional week after they have worked for 6 months and do not have a probationary status resulting from a disciplinary action).

Elite ABA Therapy, LLC is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a policy of equal rights and employment opportunities free from discrimination and harassment. No personnel may be discriminated against or harassed based on the following prohibited grounds: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin (including limited English proficiency), disability, age (40 or older), ancestry, genetic information (including family medical history), citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, or economic status. Reasonable accommodation(s) will be made for applicants and employees who need them for medical or religious reasons, as required by law. Minorities, persons with disabilities, and persons with limited English proficiency will be integrated into the workplace environment with necessary accommodations to perform job duties.