Leominster Public Schools Leominster , MA 01453
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Leominster Public Schools
2024-2025 School Year / Full time
Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) - Frances Drake Elementary School
Title: Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Reports to: Director of Special Education and/or Special Education/Building Administration
Essential Functions:
Serves as a service provider and behavior consultant for special education students requiring services
Serves as a member of a clinical team including the Principal, Special Education Teacher, General Education Teacher, Team Chairperson, and related service providers
Train Tutors/Paraeducators so they can appropriately assist in the implementation of behavior plans.
Qualifications:
Master's degree and BCBA Certification
Extensive experience working with children and their families
Experience working with children at the elementary level desired
Experience in completing Functional Behavior Assessments and developing behavior improvement plans
Excellent listening, communication, and organizational skills
Responsibilities:
Work in conjunction with the other District BCBAs to provide support to the District's substantially separate programs, as well as other identified students.
Analyze available student data to help determine where, when, and why problem behaviors occur.
Directly observe students and complete Functional Behavior Assessments, according to established procedural guidelines.
Define all target behaviors in objective and measurable terms and design an appropriate data collection system to measure the target behaviors.
Integrate appropriate setting event, antecedent, teaching, and consequences strategies to reduce problem behavior and increase alternative replacement behaviors.
Provide professional training as well as train staff members on the implementation of the behavior support plans.
Monitor behavior data and provide descriptive progress notes on a quarterly basis (or more frequently if needed.)
Conduct treatment fidelity assessments to ensure proper implementation of the behavior support plan.
Review behavior data, meet and discuss with the appropriate staff member any discrepancies noted on the behavior data (e.g. lack of documentation, inappropriate restrictions or lack of appropriate consequences; situations in which the current behavior program or treatment approach were not followed appropriately.)
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