School Behavioral Specialist

Overview
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Behavioral Specialist to join our team. The ideal candidate will provide expert behavioral therapy and support to students. The Behavioral Specialist will play a vital role in promoting positive behavioral outcomes and enhancing the quality of life for those served. Candidates should have a strong foundation in applied behavior analysis and be able to provide diversified strategies and activities specifically designed for targeted students.

Duties

• Supports students in their acquisition of skills and knowledge to support positive behaviors in the school/classroom.
• Promotes highly specialized positive behavior interventions that are explicit, intensive, and accelerated for "at-risk" students, providing direct support for students and working collaboratively with staff to design behavior intervention plans.
• Is a positive mental health support and guide to nurture resiliency in our students continually supervising them while ensuring that it is done in a safe, non-threatening, caring environment so students can thrive.
• Serves as a liaison between school and home advocating for new and improved school services to meet the needs of those involved.
• Assists dysregulated students and partners with staff to support student regulation.
• Works cooperatively with building administrators and other school stakeholders to promote positive student behavior. - Supports new students to the school to successfully integrate them into the school community.
• Provides professional development opportunities that target strategies, research, and models of instructional practices that support teachers in the successful implementation of a positive behavior model in their classrooms. Assisting staff in defining and measuring behavior; understanding principals of reinforcements; teaching new behavior; implementing strategies for weakening behavior; and identifying antecedents. - Engages in on-going professional development to increase knowledge and skills of positive student behavior support for all students, targeted students, and students who represent sub-group populations.
• Assists parents by engaging them in the "student behavior intervention plan" process and empowering them by providing skills and techniques to support positive behavior development in their child(ren).
• Supports teachers/staff through participation in Special Education and General Education Intervention Plan (GEI).
• Promptly and accurately keeps records and makes reports, using ongoing assessments to maintain a record of student progress, modeling good assessment processes that assist students in assessing their own work and behavior, reviewing behavior referrals and building SEL data reports.
• Adheres to professional ethics and complies with all district rules, regulations, and policies.
• Maintains confidentiality of student information.

Pay: From $49,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings