Behavior Therapist InternAt — Behavioral Autism Therapies

The therapist will be responsible for providing ABA services to children with developmental disabilities. 

Tasks:

1. Ability to collect and enter data on Catalyst.
2, Ability to complete Soap Notes and Consumer Summary Notes.
3. Indicate a need to check for mastery and introduction of new programs into the program list to the Clinical Supervisor on each individual case.
4. Write monthly summaries to include the graph of data collected within that month (and previous months, if applicable).
5. Attend family clinic meetings, as directed by the Clinical Supervisor on each individual case.

Training:

General employer orientation (mandatory), bi-weekly weekly scheduled supervision, job shadowing, workshops/skills training, provision of work samples, overview/contextualization of assigned tasks, training literature reviews and testing.

Learning Outcome:

By the end of the academic internship, the student will be able to:
1. Provide behavior management, Discrete Trial Training, floor time, social skills, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) strategies and parent education to families with development disabilities.
2. Implement ABA/behavior modification strategies and interventions under agency supervision.
3. Ability to maintain professional boundaries, professional composure, work well under pressure and politely
interact with individuals and families.
4. Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills to interact with clients, family members, and agency's staff.