Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Part-Time

Qualifications

• Licensure: Current Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), as certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) and LABA licensure in good standing with the Massachusetts state regulatory board.
• Education: Required - Master's Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis.

Experience/Requirements

• Experience providing ABA services in a home-based program is most desirable.
• Availability for a schedule that consists of after-school/evening hours.
• Passionate about working collaboratively with others as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality, evidence-based behavior analytic services.
• Interested and actively willing to invest in challenging self and others to grow professionally and clinically and to ensure best practices.
• Puts focus on supporting and training direct care staff (RBTs) and caregivers in their implementation and understanding of behavior analytic programming and strategies.
• Enjoys working directly with individuals served and using the behavior skills training model when working with caregivers and staff.
• Makes true personal connections... Excellent interpersonal / social skills, able to connect easily and quickly with people.

Primary Function/Responsibilities

• Demonstrates proficiency in collecting and analyzing data and making data-based decisions to promote socially significant change.
• Provides modeling and training to staff on working with individuals who engage in interfering behaviors.
• Works collaboratively to promote positive and least restrictive methodologies by focusing on up-to-date research and strategies.
• Conducts, writes, and analyzes comprehensive functional behavior assessments and behavior intervention plans.
• Identifies patient skill deficits that require targeting for increase through the use of standardized assessment tools to increase skills, including functional communication, self-help (ADLS) pre-vocational, vocational training, and social skills.
• Develops strong collaborative relationships which foster training for caregivers, staff, and other providers as needed to ensure effective techniques across all environments, promoting progress and generalization.
• Monitors progress and evaluates treatment effectiveness regularly.
• Strives to maintain high rates of progress and proactively seeks out clinical support when there is stagnation.
• Identifies behavior goals and intervention techniques utilizing non-aversive behavior change methods first and foremost.