Behavior Technician InternAt — Autism Spectrum interventions

Works under the supervision of the Lead, Supervisor, Manager of Clinical Services, Divisional Clinical Supervisor, Associate Clinical Director, Clinical Director, Human Resource Manager, Executive Clinical Director, Executive Director.

Implements behavior Services at client's home, school and community Implements behavior intervention as taught, advised, guided and appropriate Collects, records and summarizes data on target behaviors Maintains updated notebook and record of consumer's program.

Implements changes as requested by supervisor
Monitors consumers' program and progress
Attends and participates in team meetings
Collaborates with parents and other personnel working with the consumer
Provides parent education under the supervision of the Supervisor
Helps to create stimuli for the program

Task:

The student will be working directly with clients in either the school and / or home settings.
While in the school setting, she will follow along with behavior intervention programs implemented by the supervisor and follow along with any school site rules and regulations. Should any instructions from the school site conflict with any concerns or behavior strategies from Alongside, she is expected to report these directly to her supervisor while maintaining a positive / neutral relationship with the school site. Depending on the client she is with, she may be more involved in their day-to-day routine or more distanced, stepping in only as needed and redirect most of the client's concerns to the teacher.
While in the home setting, she is expected to refrain from receiving any gifts provided by the family and maintain a professional relationship with the family by minimizing any personal information being shared. She will be working directly with the client in a more intensive environment for 2-4 hours at a time.

Training:

The student will receive supervision from her direct supervisor on the cases she is assigned. Occasional meetings will be held as needed for staff to review specific strategies and / or protocols and expectations. Field trainers will also be utilized as needed to provide additional in-person support when her direct supervisor is not available.

Learning Outcome:

Identify and implement applied behavior analysis strategies (i.e., priming, Premack Principle, differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors, etc.)
Demonstrate a professional relationship between families, school staff, and Alongside staff
Demonstrate proactive communication strategies with her direct supervisor and appropriate departments (e.g., scheduling, attendance, admin, etc.)
Identify and hypothesize functions of behaviors based on ABC data collected