Job Description

Make on-site home visits according to the hours allotted by the funding source

Therapist training

• Use behavioral skills training to ensure staff are using best practice ABA procedures
• Use behavioral skills training to implement new skill acquisition programs and behavior reduction plans
• Collaborate with Clinical Manager if professional development plan is needed

Program Administration

• Use sign-in calendar to track therapist attendance and alert home office to any inconsistencies in scheduling
• Therapists to call/text both Coordinating BCBA and family member if a session is to be missed. BCBA to alert Clinical Manager of absence
• BCBA to keep current copy of Week-At-A-Glance provided by ABLG in the program book, and to alert home office to changes in scheduling
• Follow up with therapist and family calls and emails within 24 hours
• Link services with related providers and districts to create a collaborative model

Review program book at every visit

• Check that data is moving in desired direction; if no change after 5 sessions, make a modification
• Check that all SAPs are being run consistently at every session using Program Checklist
• Check that data is being collected each session and if there is no data, check that documentation of why is provided in the communication log
• Move programs into generalization/maintenance as per the guidelines
• Check that preference assessments are being run according to schedule
• Check that graphing protocols are being followed and that graphs are done in pencil

Conduct monthly clinic meeting with all staff and available family members for 1-2 hours, as allotted

• Review programs that can be generalized to parents
• Troubleshoot programs that are not progressing in the desired direction
• Train parents to use behavior intervention plan, if applicable
• Ensure consistency between staff members
• Create guidelines and contingencies for parental involvement in home-based program
• Program Integrity
• Collect IOA data on each program, quarterly.
• If IOA is less than 80%, resolve the issue within 2 weeks
• If requested, collect data on therapist performance and report to Clinical Manager
• If required, take treatment integrity measures

Behavior Reduction

• Design and collect data for purposes of deriving function of maladaptive behavior
• Collect baseline data on all maladaptive behavior prior to implementation of behavior reduction plan, unless client is endangering himself or others
• Write behavior intervention plan
• Train all parties to implement behavior reduction plan and to collect and graph data
• Send Behavior Reduction Plan to Clinical Manger for student files

Skill Acquisition

• Assemble ABLG Program Book
• In collaboration with Clinical Manager, write Goals and Objectives for client
• Complete and update/maintain Goals and Objective grid
• Write individualized skill acquisition programs, including targets.
• Put SAPs into shared Team Leader folder
• Baseline or supervise baseline of all skill acquisition programs prior to implementation
• Make recommendations for new skill acquisition programs as initial goals are mastered
• Write task analyses as needed
• Develop overall program goals according to ABLG Essential Domains
• Make, gather, and organize materials for the students’ programs

Generalization/Maintenance

• Create and implement a generalization/maintenance protocol utilizing Gen/Maint book provided to each program

Reassessment

• Per the funding source contract, provide progress notes as per prescribed format
• If requested, complete ATEC or GARS for reassessment purposes