Registered Behavior Technician I

Description

Job Summary: Provide direct instructional services to clients, implementing and executing the recommendations, interventions, teaching procedures, etc. as derived and determined by each of the client’s VB-MAPP and/or ABLLS-R under the direct supervision of the BCBA. Knowledge of the principles and procedures of Applied Behavior Analysis. Knowledge Skinner’s Analysis of Verbal Behavior (preferred). Attendance at Verbal Behavior workshop preferable, oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, family/child relations, professionalism, time management, math aptitude, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and carry out treatment and behavior plans based on initial and ongoing assessments. Provide the most appropriate and developmentally individualized learning environment for each client of the clinic. Participate in the development of reports, individual treatment plans and behavior reduction plans in coordination with the BCBA.
• Meet with BCBA on a regular basis to review duties and responsibilities. Receive ongoing supervision from the BCBA and implement feedback and recommendations. Keep routine supervision documentation.
• Teach clients developmentally appropriate functional skills and manages challenging behavior as determined through the client’s individualized treatment and/or behavior intervention plans. Provide Intensive Table Teaching (ITT) and Natural Environment Instruction (NET).
• Write daily session note in EPIC medical records system for each client seen on a given day and forward note to BCBA for editing and signature. Prepares materials for assigned clients: e.g., selects language targets, prepares program book(s). Case manages assigned program book(s). Update Progress Notes for assigned clients.
• Passes RBT competencies (i.e., pairing with reinforcement, manding, general session structure, NET) at specified criterion (e.g., 80%).
• Responsible for daily upkeep of program materials for designated clients according to guidelines as set forth by BCBA. This includes: data collection, probing, graphing, updating program book(s) and daily data, replenishing daily materials needed for assigned clients, organizing and cleaning assigned clients work area.
• Participate in staff meetings, mandatory in-service trainings and other meetings as assigned. Represent yourself and the clinic in a professional and courteous manner.
• Protect and ensure the health and safety of every child. Assist clients with health and hygiene practices.
• Adhere to approved company policies, procedures and philosophies, most critically HIPAA, FERPA, and confidentiality requirements.
• Know, understand, and continually practice the guiding principles of the clinic. Address any clinic operational problems that may be occurring.
• Completes and keeps copy of Monthly and Final Experience Verification form if enrolled in a graduate program in applied behavior analysis.
• Must pass Competencies at 80%. 
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive.

Physical and Environmental Demands:

Requires no exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, no handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, no working hours beyond regularly scheduled hours, no travelling to offsite locations, no activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, no work produced is subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, no lifting/carrying up to 10 pounds, no lifting/carrying up to 25 pounds, occasional lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds, no lifting/carrying up to 75 pounds, no lifting/carrying up to100 pounds, no lifting/carrying 100 pounds or more, no climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, no driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (Occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant51% or more)

Requirements

Education and Experience: High School Diploma or Higher. BA or BS in Psychology or related field preferred.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: 

Must have Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Certification