Behavior Technician - Shine Community Services - La Crosse County
Behavior Technician - Shine Community Services - La Crosse County
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BEHAVIOR TECHNICIAN
MISSION: Chiledas mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals with cognitive and behavior challenges. Chileda Shine Community Services is an innovative program that incorporates a collaborative approach to providing community inhome and inschool support to neurodiverse individuals and their families. Chileda Shine uses evidencebased practices with the goal of generalizing skills across environments to improve the quality of lives for children adults and families.
SUMMARY: The Behavior Technician works directly with clients in their home community school or Shine building teaching life skills activities of daily living ADLs social and communication skills and verbal behavior interventions. The Behavior Technician will implement the Behavior Support Plan (BSP treatment plan goals and any safety plans developed by the team. The treatment is individualized to meet the childs needs and used to decrease problem and aggressive behaviors and/or promote skill acquisition.
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must possess excellent communication and time management skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain healthy relationships with clients supervisors and colleagues.
- Experience working with neurodivergent individuals is preferred.
- Experience working independently with individuals in a home/school setting is preferred.
- Must have a valid drivers license an insured vehicle and the ability to independently get to multiple sites throughout the surrounding counties.
GENERAL HOURS OF DUTY: Flexible hours Monday through Friday and some weekends. Hours will vary depending on the needs of the family. Hours may include early mornings or late nights. This position requires traveling within La Crosse and surrounding counties.
REPORTS TO: Behavior Consultant or Lead Behavior Technician
JOB DUTIES:
- Follow procedures outlined in the clients individualized safety plan when needed.
- Demonstrate proficiency in evidencebased techniques including prompting modeling and positive reinforcement.
- Utilize visual schedules and discrete trial training to support individualized learning.
- Implement differential reinforcement strategies to encourage desired behaviors.
- Facilitate functional communication training to enhance clients communication skills.
- Become familiar with and abide by the RBT and BCBA Ethics Code.
- Communicate with clients and parents demonstrating respect collaboration compassion learning and safety.
- Communicate progress with parents/caregivers using nontechnical language.
- Arrive on time to sessions with outlined materials and data collection tools.
- Use a TraumaInformed Approach by communicating with and about clients respectfully positively and ageappropriately while consistently using a therapeutic tone even in highstress situations.
- Encourage clients individuality by allowing selfexpression and providing opportunities to make choices throughout the session.
- Maintain client confidentiality.
- Complete necessary documentation including completion of treatment plan goals behavior data session notes and incident reports within 24 hours of each session.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
