BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN
Employment Status: 192 Days (including 6 holidays)
FLSA Status: Exempt
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Valid Ohio Educational Aide Permit
2. Experience working with behaviorally at-risk children preferred
3. Experience implementing a Discrete Trials Training program preferred
4. Successful completion of BCI/FBI background checks
5. Meet NCLB requirements for paraprofessional status
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Under direct supervision, assists in the development and implementation of behavior intervention plans; implements specialized curriculum for children in MVESC autism programs; monitors, documents and reports on student progress; provides case management; participates in on-going training and staff development activities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (The below list is not ranked in order of importance.)
1. Ensures safety of students, taking all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials and facilities
2. Implements specific behavior intervention plans/Discrete Trial Training programs
3. Implements curriculum in the pivotal classroom and the integrated preschool class
4. Implements a wide range of behavioral strategies (e.g. time out, manual restraint, required relaxation, response cost, overcorrection, crisis intervention etc.)
5. Implements positive reinforcement strategies (e.g. primary, tactile, verbal, social, activity, etc.)
6. Maintains a continuous system of documentation/information collection to measure individual student progress toward academic and behavior goals
7. Maintains a positive, structured learning environment
8. Assists agency personnel as necessary to provide support services to students
9. Meets with team members on a regular basis
10. Completes written reports as assigned by the administration in an accurate and timely manner
11. Regularly communicates and documents contacts with various agencies and individuals involved with providing support services
12. Assists in the process of transitioning students to less restrictive programming and/or educational environments
13. Demonstrates skill in prevention and redirection of disruptive behavior and crisis management techniques
14. Assumes responsibility for professional growth and development remaining current in the literature and best practices that inform the field
15. Participates in crisis management training as arranged and assumes responsibility for periodic updates
16. Participates in on-going professional development opportunities
17. Has ability to physically intervene with children (e.g. lifting, carrying, physically guiding)
18. Has ability to maintain composure under adverse conditions (e.g. verbal abuse, physical assault, spitting, etc.)
19. Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance
20. Maintains required license(s) Behavior Technician
21. The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment at the Center.
22. Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings
23. Helps instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Staff member may be required to act as a substitute behavior technician if student classroom numbers are low. In such a situation, the staff member would be required to provide a substitute role for other MVESC autism classrooms as needed.
2. Performs all other duties as required or requested by the Superintendent
ADDITIONAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Assigned to specific students located in Elementary and/or Preschool autism programs. The position will require providing services in multiple locations as needed throughout the school year. Due to the challenging behavioral needs of the assigned children, there may be some exposure to verbal and/or physical abuse. The staff member is determined to be at Category 1 regarding exposure to bodily fluids including blood, human tissue, or bodily fluids and must make "universal precautions" a standard operating procedure.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
1. Basic knowledge of board policies and procedures; thorough knowledge and understanding of human behavior, learning, behavior analytic principles, autism; complete understanding of program goals and operational procedures
2. Written composition and technical writing, record keeping, planning and organization, student performance evaluation, academic/life skills intervention, behavioral intervention strategies, crisis management techniques, collaboration, and public speaking
ABILITY TO:
Implement the appropriate academic and behavioral intervention strategies; work with a broad range of students and personnel including school administrators, parents/guardians, teachers, counselors and other agency personnel; work independently and demonstrate self-initiative; manage time and impose structure as needed; organize and maintain a learning environment; manage disruptive students; mobilize resources and use a variety of intervention strategies EQUIPMENT OPERATED: Typical school technology as well as assistive technology (e.g., communication devices, etc.)
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Dates of the work period will be stated in the employment contract Behavior Technician
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: The Behavior Technician will be evaluated by The Director of Psychological Services or his or her designee in accordance with the procedures identified by law and including the standards established by the organization. The employee will be given a copy of the evaluation instrument and standards in advance and he or she will be expected