Applied Behavior Technician: One-on-One Student Support

New Braunfels Chamber; New Braunfels (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

New Braunfels Chamber is seeking a Behavior Technician to provide one-on-one behavioral intervention in home, community, and school settings. You will use ABA-based strategies to teach communication, social, and daily living skills while reducing maladaptive behaviors in students.

You will follow IEPs and Behavior Intervention Plans, assist students with day-to-day tasks, collect data on behaviors, and collaborate with teachers to ensure services are delivered smoothly without disruption to the

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Must hold and maintain current certification requirements.
• Follow the RBT Ethics Code.

Responsibilities

• Follow the IEP to include Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) to provide beneficial and effective care to students.
• Assist students with day-to-day tasks.
• Observe student behaviors to collect data.
• Teach specific skills required for skill acquisition and maladaptive behavior reduction.
• Nurture a student’s social abilities.
• Inform teacher and itinerant personnel about behavioral intervention findings.
• Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationship by pairing self as a reinforcing entity and building the value for the student of social interaction.
• Prompts safe and socially acceptable replacement behaviors to build a repertoire of communication, social interaction, and problem-solving skills.
• Fades prompts appropriately to promote both successful and independent responding.
• Increases the frequency or duration of safe and appropriate replacement behaviors by providing access to reinforcers (desired items/actions, attention, or removal of demands/aversive situations)
• Accurately collects behavior data including: A-B-C, count, frequency, duration, latency, inter-response time, event, interval based recording, etc.
• Follows the goals and interventions utilizing sound judgement and seeks out appropriate consultation.
• Collaborates with teachers and itinerant personnel to provide services effectively and without disruption to the environment or other individuals in the environment.
• Collaborates with teachers and itinerant personnel on reinforcement and early intervention information.

Skills

Disability awareness

Verbal & written instructions

Effective communication

Office equipment knowledge

Education

18+ years old

High School Diploma or equivalent

Current certification requirements

RBT Ethics Code compliance

Job description

New Braunfels Chamber is seeking a Behavior Technician to provide one-on-one behavioral intervention in home, community, and school settings. You will use ABA-based strategies to teach communication, social, and daily living skills while reducing maladaptive behaviors in students.

You will follow IEPs and Behavior Intervention Plans, assist students with day-to-day tasks, collect data on behaviors, and collaborate with teachers to ensure services are delivered smoothly without disruption to the