Behavior Therapist resume examples

• Implement academic, social language and behavioral programming using ABA techniques, individualizing behavior programs every student.
• Experience in functional communication training using PECS and AAC devices.
• Work with students 1:1 throughout the entire school day working on both discrete trials and academic work as well as social pragmatic instruction in real life situations throughout the school day using methodology of ABA.
• Student Case Manager: maintaining program book, creating materials, summarizing data.
• Home based parent training.
• Work with BCBA to modify academic and behavior programs to best meet student needs.
  

• Provide 1:1 interventions to children to help increase their academic, social, and communication skills while also decreasing challenging behaviors.
• Work cooperatively with other paraprofessional, certified and licensed staff to facilitate positive interactions for the student with all staff and the ability to take instructions from a variety of school staff who are responsible for the student's education.
• Use appropriate applied behavior teaching, communication, and reinforcement techniques.
• Collect and track academic and behavior data.
• Maintains appropriate documentation on outcomes of discrete trials and functional communication training.
  

• Taught objectives on individual treatment programs using the principles of applied behavior analysis including discrete trial, shaping, natural environment training, verbal behavior, social skills, self-help, and behavior.
• Worked with clients ranging in age between 3 and 27 years of age in their home, public school, and group home settings.
• Program implementation consisting of conducting treatment sessions, recording data, and communicating effectively with clients' families , BCBA supervisor, co-workers, and teachers to create a collective plan of support.
• Trained new staff assigned to work with my specific clients to collect data and facilitate sessions using the behavior plan.
• Work in an effective, efficient, ethical, and socially valid manner treating clients safely and with respect.
• Foster reasoning and problem solving through active exploration games and activities.
  

• Calculated and implemented monthly goals providing coaching to increase ADT, UPT, and sales.
• Effectively managed all merchandise including buying, receiving, maintaining and completing annual inventory count.
• Accounts Receivable/Payable reconciliation.
  
• Compile annual recommendations for end of fiscal year budgets.
  

• Licensed by the Commonwealth of MA to provide childcare for infants to school aged children.
• Provided a safe and healthy environment where children learned about themselves, their friends and the world around them.
• Through a well developed, age appropriate curriculum, each child was encouraged to discover his or her abilities and interests.
• Maintained daily records of children's individual activities, behaviors, meals and naps.
• Interacted with families in a positive manner as well as provided helpful parenting information to families on child development and community support.
• Created and implemented developmentally-appropriate curriculum that addressing all learning styles.
• Completed monthly child development assessments following the Massachusetts state guidelines.

Behavior Therapist providing individual, specialized services in conjunction with Kelly Services, Inc. and Berkeley County School District to aid with the progress, and implementation, of students' IEP(Individualized Education Program) goals.  This includes, but is not limited to:




• Monitoring each student's educational, and social, progress with individualized files, data collection, and spreadsheet data.
• Delivering individualized programming, and differentiated instruction, for students on the autism spectrum.
• Identifying signs of potential emotional or developmental concerns in children and partnering with their educative teams, and providers, to assist in collaborative problem solving efforts to achieve the best program implementation for the progress of the child.

• Used behavior modification techniques to redirect behavior of both parent and child in order to establish a healthy environment for proper growth and development
• Independently serviced families in the greater Charleston area

Lead Therapist:

• Training and supervising teams of therapists, graphing client's weekly progress, ordering necessary therapy materials, aiding with team trainings and meetings, communicating client's ongoing needs and progress to our local ABA clinic, regional coordinator(s) and parents as needed

Line Therapist:

• Executing ABA specific programs tailored to the client's needs. These include, but are not limited to, behavior modification, language development(including sign language), gross motor development, fine motor development, natural environment training, potty training and social skill development

• Developed innovative programs, and activities, based on school and community needs
• Planned, and hosted, course related interactive activities
• Hosted visiting international teams staying onsite
• Worked within a team to best create, maintain and troubleshoot both new and ongoing projects