Behavior Specialist

POSITION TITLE:

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or Behavior Specialist

POSITION LOCATION:

Administration Building

FLSA:

Exempt

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BCBA or minimum of a Masters Degree in Special Education or Mental Health
• Experience and specialized knowledge in working with challenging behaviors
• Extensive background with analyzing behaviors that could facilitate Functional behavior assessments and facilitating behavior plans
• Evidence of strong organization skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills to build relations and to resolve conflict
• Resolution for both students and stakeholders
• Experience and training in behavior intervention and Autism
• Evidence of effective behavior management strategies
• Experience with “at-risk” students
• Current trainer in crisis intervention preferred

REPORTS TO:

Director Of Special Education

JOB GOAL: To act as a liaison between school, home, and community to provide prevention, assessment, intervention, and support services to enhance academic, social, and behavioral success of students.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Ability to demonstrate effective leadership skills in group settings.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with its state and federal regulations related to student privacy laws.
• Physical and emotional ability and dexterity to perform required work and move about as needed in a fast-paced, high intensive work environment.
• Assist in the development and implementation of behavioral programs: conduct functional assessments, participate in the development of interim and positive behavior plans, collect and graph data on students’ target behaviors and replacement behaviors.
• Participates in the evaluation and revision of behavior plans.
• Participate in conferences, staff meetings, day treatment meetings, meetings for the development of behavior intervention plans, and in-service training sessions as scheduled.
• Ability to work with an ethnically and educationally diverse group of students, parents, and teachers.
• Collaborate with teachers and model for teachers how to modify instruction for those students with behavioral needs.
• Provide individualized behavior assessments.
• Provide research-based targeted interventions and monitor progress, to support the integration of behavior supports.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to handle emotionally charged situations.
• Ability to train other staff members to apply effective behavior management techniques.
• Provide training to teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents inappropriate assessment, development, and execution of positive behavioral intervention plans.
• Assist with the development of student crisis and safety plans.
• Understand special education laws, rules, and regulations.
• Follow building and school procedures.
• Communicate regularly with the Director of Special Education.
• Participate in and facilitate district-wide behavior intervention initiatives.
• Provide large and small group presentations.
• Provide crisis intervention training.
• Perform and model appropriate safety procedures for self and others.
• Serve as the liaison between the district and the day treatment facilities; process referrals & conferences; and monitor attendance and student progress in the day treatment facilities.
• Perform lifting of heavy educational supplies and instructional equipment .
• Know Board of Education policies, district, and school guidelines and regulations and adhere to same.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Abide by state statutes, school board policies, and regulations.
• Attend meetings and performs duties as assigned by administrators or supervisors.
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
• Serve on committees as assigned.
• Must have the ability to lift at least 40 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to endure prolonged standing, walking, sitting, occasional reaching above the head or the shoulders, bending, squatting, and kneeling.