Licensed Behavior Specialist

The Lincoln Center For Family And Youth

Job Location:

Norristown, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

Job Details

Norristown PA

Job Posting Date(s)

09/22/2025

Description

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth 1100 Adams Ave Audubon PA 19403

JOB DESCRIPTION: Licensed Behavior Specialist
Title: Licensed Behavior Specialist

Reports To: Clinical Director
Organization Summary:
Position Summary:
Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1983
TLC is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communitiesone
moment one choice one connection at a time. Headquartered in Pennsylvania TLC operates across
multiple states providing K-12 alternative education comprehensive mental and behavioral health
services coaching counseling and trauma-informed training.
Additionally TLC collaborates with school districts universities hospitals police departments
and nonprofit organizations offering consultation services to secure federal and state grant
funding.
This position specializes in behavior change. The function of this role is to provide direct
assistance to educational staff administrators agency personnel and parents in the areas of
behavior change and addressing challenging behaviors of students. The Behavior Consultant provides
individual and group trainings conducts and supports functional behavior assessments and positive
behavior support plans advises administrators and staff regarding best practices and regulations
works as a collaborative consultant with school and agency personnel and provides expertise
regarding behavior modification in complex cases. The Behavior Consultant provides services and
documents that are compliant with federal state and local regulations. Also services and
documents are based on best practices research validated methods and PDE supported procedures and
materials.
Skills & Knowledge: Provide consultation to staff through observations functional
behavior
assessment behavior modification plan development consultations and recommendations related to
the needs of individual students utilizing best practice research validation methodologies and
PDE endorsed practices.
Conduct functional behavioral assessments for students in the school home or community
setting.
Create individualized positive behavioral support plans to address the target
behaviors.

Train staff parents and students on implementation of the plan. Monitor treatment integrity
and provide feedback when needed.
Develop and oversee ongoing behavior data collection and present summarized data when
needed.
Assist staff in maintaining the level of expertise within their programs regarding the proper
methods of deescalating challenging and complex behaviors presented by students.
Provide direct intervention support to students both proactively to teach new skills and
reactively to facilitate the de-escalation of the student.
Provide training staff development and informational support in all aspects of behavior change
with challenging behaviors to LEA staff parents students and agency personnel.

Maintain professional and legally compliant documentation of services and student related
paperwork.
Stay knowledgeable in best practice and research validated practices.

Perform additional duties as needed and specified by supervisor

Education and Experience:

Masters Degree required
Licensed Behavior Specialist Consultant in Pennsylvania required
Experience working with children and adolescents with severe and complex behavior challenges in
a school community or residential setting is required.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a
comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee
for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without
notice.
Work Hours: Full-time 10-month position

Work Environment: Public school and Home settings.

EEO Statement: TLC is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not
discriminate on any legally recognized basis including but not limited to race age color
religion sex marital status national origin citizenship ancestry physical or mental
disability veteran status or any other basis recognized by
federal state or local law.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

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