Apprenticeship

General Summary:

During the apprenticeship candidates will work directly with Registered Behavior Technicians, Board Certified Behavior Analysts, and clients 3 years of age - 21 years of age.

There will be exposure to Behavior Intervention Plans, Treatment Integrities, and Applied Behavior Analysis practices.

Supervisor's Title:

Director of Center Based Services

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Bachelor's degree or 4 years working with children.
• Adequate oral communication skills.

Essential Competencies:

• Maintaining confidentiality of clients and their families.
• Ability to meet deadlines and independently manage tasks.
• Knowledge and experience with assistive technology.
• Ability to accept and implement feedback.

Schedule Commitment:

• 6 Months
• 20 hours a week
  1. Available schedules:
  2. Monday - Friday
  3. 8 am - 12 pm
  4. 12 pm - 4 pm
  5. 8 am - 4 pm

Performance Expectations:

Daily:

• Within sessions with clients:
  1. Assist in recording and graphing data for behavior reduction and skill acquisition programming.
  2. Implement skill acquisition and behavior reduction programming with clients.
  3. Collaboratively problem solve when new challenging behavior/issues come up during session.
• Convert appointments in central reach with appropriate data collection and session notes.

Weekly:

• Attend and participate in weekly all staff meetings (If applicable with schedule agreement).
• Communicate with supervisor on any concerns with treatment goals, challenging behavior, and/or issues with families*.
  1. Issues to arise may include scheduling, treatment concerns, new challenging behavior.
• Assisting in making materials for instructional and treatment programs.

Bi-Weekly:

• Attend and participate in clinical meetings for Center-based staff.
• Participates in initial and follow-up training in applied behavior analysis methodology.

Monthly:

• Meet with designated BCBA mentor.
• Completes necessary training to demonstrate the knowledge of behavioral principles and instructional strategies. This includes implementation of complex curriculum and behavior plans, data collection, and analysis.
• Attends and participates in all training days for center-based staff.

Physical Requirements of the Job:

• Able to do the following for extended periods of time:
  1. Sit
  2. kneel on floor
  3. Stand
  4. Walk
  5. Run
• Able to respond to crisis situations across numerous groups.
• Able to do frequent bending to accommodate and assist children.
• Able to lift 50+ Pounds.
• Able to move quickly and keep up with running teenagers/young adults.

Req # 1105