Under the direction of the Case Supervisor and/or Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, the Behavior Technician is responsible for the direct implementation of skill-acquisition and behavior reduction plans developed by the Case Supervisor and/or BCBA. The Behavior Technicians may also collect data and collect certain types of assessments (e.g. stimulus preference assessments) under the supervision of a Case Supervisor. The behavior technician is not responsible for the designing of interventions, conducting in-depth assessments, or developing skills acquisition or behavior reduction plans. It is the responsibility of the designated Case Supervisor and BCBA to determine which tasks a behavior technician may perform as a function of his/ or her training, experience, and competence. The designated Case Supervisor and/or BCBA is ultimately responsible for the work performed by the behavior technician. Hours are not guaranteed and based off client needs.Â
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Follow and implement specific treatment areas (programs from FBA)
• Knowledge of appropriate behavioral intervention strategies
• Identify barriers that may cause dependency and that provide roadblocks to attaining new skills and goals.
• Must attend monthly in-service meetings.
• Encourage active involvement and decision making to advance the client to a higher skill level of independent living.
• Collect data according to programs in Functional Behavior Assessment
• Complete daily notes and provide parent signatures for session verification
• Meet and regularly communicate with parents, Case Supervisor, and BCBA on behavioral progress of clients.
• Respond to inquiries and concerns which arise from parents, students, teachers and staff.
• Follow direction and instruction provided by assigned Case Supervisor, Executive Director, Behavior Analyst, Senior Clinical Director
• Provide regular communication with Case supervisor, Executive Director and/or Senior Clinical Director.
