Behavior Specialist
Behavior Specialist
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31-07-2025
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Job DescriptionPosition:Behavior SpecialistReports to:Principal Special Education Coordinator BCBA Assistant Superintendent of Student ServicesEvaluated by:BCBAQualifications:Bachelors Degree in Psychology Education or related working with elementary age children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and/or social/emotional/ behavioral training in and practical knowledge of Applied Behavior Analysis and intervention strategies including social skills/ social thinking active in-depth training/ certification in Crisis Prevention and Intervention organization and communication skills; knowledge of Excel for data entry and Responsibilities:In collaboration with pertinent Team members and taking into consideration various disability impact features for individual students to develop and write behavior intervention plans/ programs including the collection methods/ frequency and provide specific strategies for school staff and parents to facilitate understanding and collect record and analyze data across multiple data points; to assist psychologists and BCBA in conducting and writing up findings of FBAs. To model various strategies and techniques to assist others in the implementation of behavior intervention plans and social skills facilitation across various school settings. To record and analyze data to provide feedback to school staff and parents regarding interventions success and/ or discuss changes to BIPs based on data and provide crisis intervention as needed including but not limited to verbal discussion/ processing of events with students and staff and the application of physical intervention methods to reduce risk of injury to students or Job Tasks:Participate in consultation meetings with program staff regarding specific students and behavior needs; to consider behaviors that should increase in frequency/ duration as well as those that should data collection systems for use by school staff and data collected into Excel spreadsheets and provide graphs to visually display student progress on multiple data points accompanied by brief narrative reports synthesizing key information related to conjunction with other school staff is responsible to collect information for FBAs analyze data and make recommendations regarding strategies implementation/ changes. Communication with families regarding behavior intervention plans/ strategies/ and progress monitoring; both during interim progress meetings and annual IEP meetings as directed by Principal or Special Education students in school settings consult with pertinent school staff to ensure coordination of strategies/goals and to facilitate communication between school and home regarding behavior intervention and support directly with students to model strategies provide direct teaching of various skills and assess current performance and progress towards BIP/BSP and other goals targeted for data collection/ analysis/ progress conjunction with school staff plan and implement social skills activities designed to target specific social skill deficit areas identified by students IEP well-written reports as may be requested by special education/ administrative personnel and/or to reflect progress towards goals/objectives (at least 3 x annually per student.)Participate in Team meetings to offer insights into student progress and needs; may also be required to write/contribute to IEP duties/responsibilities related to the behavioral needs of students as may be assigned by Principal or Special Education Administrator/ Schedule: School Year with additional days as may be designated for training and /or program preparation during the summer months. Physical Demands of the Job:Able to physically restrain children weighing up to 120 to lift/ carry children weighing up to 120 to sit on floor and/or in chairs sized for young children for up to 45-60 consecutive to reach above head in order to assist or lift children on play to run/ sprint for distances up to 1/8 of a mile. Work Environment: Be able to work in a close environmentBe able to work in moderately noisy environmentBe able to handle frequent interruptionsPhysical Requirements:Be physically and emotionally capable of carrying-out responsibilities and duties in a busy computerized environment. This position requires hand/wrist movement as in writing or using a computer keyboard/mouse and moderate to frequent exertion in body movements such as reaching bending and requirements include the ability to read routine and complex documents and to use a Middleton and Topsfield Public Schools are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action EmployerIt is the policy of the Boxford Middleton and Topsfield Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race gender religion national origin color homelessness age disability sexual orientation or gender identity in its education programs services activities or employment practices. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant is selected on the basis of qualifications merit and are informed that school systems are required to obtain all available criminal offender record information (CORI and SAFIS Background Check per 603 CMR51.00) from the criminal history systems board (CHSB) of any current or prospective employee of the school department.
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