ABA Support Staff (No College Degree Required)

About the role

Manhattan Children’s Center is a world‑class educational and therapeutic facility for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, serving ages 5‑21 through a transdisciplinary model that emphasizes one‑to‑one instruction using ABA, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Skills Through Peer Instruction, and Family Training.

The center partners with The Manhattan Behavioral Center, a growing clinical resource for families and people with autism and related disabilities.

MCC emphasizes staff training and mentoring through close supervision and consistent professional development, offering 5 days per year of guest speakers, workshops, and open forums.

The workplace is inclusive and diverse, celebrates authenticity, maintains an open‑door policy for transparent communication, relies on data to inform decisions, and fosters a mindset of continual improvement.

Generous benefits include paid company closures during the last week of December, President’s Day week (February), Spring Break (April), 1st week of July, and the last two weeks of August; affordable health insurance plans; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF); employer retirement plan; life insurance; short‑ and long‑term disability; and educational opportunities at Capella University with scholarships and tuition‑saving offers.

If our company culture matches your values, come join the team at Manhattan Children’s Center!

Responsibilities

• Direct teaching of skills to students and data collection on responses
• Float through different classrooms based on the needs of the program
• Daily graphing and analysis of data for multiple students while monitoring learning trends
• Maintaining and promoting the generalization of learned skills
• Following students’ behavior intervention plans and reporting all observations of student behavior to the teacher
• Providing feedback and data to the teacher regarding social skills opportunities and parent concerns
• Preparing and organizing teaching materials and teaching settings daily
• Engage and use Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) holds/transport or disengagement tactics for students during behavioral episodes; this may mean physically intervening after thorough training to help deescalate children when they become a danger to themselves or others
• Completing other classroom duties as assigned by the Lead Teacher

Requirements

• High School Diploma; Associate degree preferred
• Experience working with individuals with disabilities
• Energetic, can‑do attitude and a willingness to collaborate with teachers, related service providers, parents, and other faculty

Pay

$40,500 Per Year

Schedule

Mon through Thurs 8:15am-4:15pm; Fri 8:15am-3:00pm