Behavior Therapist

The role of the Behavior Therapist is to provide one to one instruction using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) techniques in a center or community based setting with preschool to school aged children with diagnosed moderate to severe disabilities, primarily autism. The Behavior Therapist’s goal is to assist in providing a well-organized, smooth functioning environment in which all children can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials and teaching.

Job Title: Behavior Therapist, MHP
Reports To: Clinical Supervisor/Lead Therapist
Position Status: Hourly
Work Days: Monday through Friday
Work Hours: 9 – 5:30

Position Requirements: Education and/or Experience:

  • Master’s degree in a psychology related field.
  • Bachelor’s degree plus 2,000 hours working with children under age 18 with disabilities.
  • Two years experience with Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) methodology preferred.
  • Two or more years experience working with children with Autism or related disorders.
  • One to two years experience supervising a team of professionals preferred.
  • Experience using Microsoft Office;
  • primarily Word and Excel.
  • Familiarity with the ABBLS and SDQ.
  • Experience with electronic medical records preferred.

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.

    • Cooperates successfully as a member of a team.
    • Must possess a valid driver’s license and insurance
    • Communicates effectively with others, including giving and receiving feedback on the quality of services.
    • Experience working with families/parents with children with Autism.
    • Experience with case management job duties such as setting up transportation, coordinating appointments with social workers, assisting families in finding funding for their child, etc.
    • Experience writing IEP’s/ITP’s and behavior plans.
    • Experience graphing data.
    • Experience training staff on ABA based therapies.
    • Ability to maintain confidentiality.
    • Effective oral and written communication skills.
    • Demonstrated capability to interface and maintain effective relationships with staff, consultants, in a team-oriented environment.
    • Capacity to assume responsibility for own professional development.
    • Detail oriented, logical, and methodological approach to problem solving.

    • Flexible, with the ability to work in a highly demanding, stressful environment.

    • Conduct a variety of assessments to ensure client progress.
    • Experience writing yearly evaluations for subordinate staff.

Assess Children:

  • Take pictures and maintain anecdotal notes, written observations, and other approved forms of documentation and data for each child when instructed to do so by Clinical Manager.
  • A variety of assessments will be done with each client regularly to ensure progress.

Curriculum Preparation:

  • Develop age appropriate, individualized activities for breaks and down time in conjunction with Clinical Manager.
  • Provide data driven recommendations for programming and behavior intervention.
  • Individualize all client programming to cater to the learning skills of each client.

Communicate With Parents:

  • As a parent advocate, help resolve issues or concerns that are raised by parents and staff with the assistance of the Clinical Manager
  • Train parents in home, center and/or community based settings in order to generalize skills and give parents tools to better teach their child.
  • Inform parents about daily routine, daily progress, expectations, and other pertinent information.
  • Communicate with parents about incidents that have been observed and/or recorded during sessions.
  • Obtain all required parental signatures such as on all incident reports and daily sign in sheets.

Documentation:

  • Complete all necessary paperwork for sessions including data collection sheets and daily progress sheets in a timely manner.
  • Maintain accurate and up to date progress notes for all children worked with on a daily basis.
  • Graph client data monthly.
  • Update treatment plans minimally every 90 days.
  • Manage client/staff schedules via electronic medical records
  • Familiarity with Electronic Health Record (EHR) preferred

Facility Maintenance:

  • Help to maintain a clean and organized learning environment.
  • Sanitize all surfaces, equipment, and toys and materials when necessary
  • Assist with routinely checking materials to ensure they are in good repair in order to conduct effective therapy sessions.
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