Behavior Specialist

Behavioral Specialist

Primary Purpose: Provide direction, leadership, training and monitoring to school personnel on education programming and behavioral interventions for students in general education, 504 and special education with emotional disturbance, moderate to severe behavior problems and autism.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Model effective strategies with specific Special Education students with emotional disturbance, moderate to severe behavior problems and autism as specified in individual IEP's.
• Assist teachers in programming for students with emotional disturbance, moderate to severe behavior problems and autism.
• Assist in the mentoring of new teachers responsible for educating students with emotional disturbance, moderate to severe behavior problems, and autism in the understanding of teaching strategies, level systems, and the delivery of appropriate behavioral interventions.
• Provide individual or group parent training sessions as specified in the individual IEP's.
• Conduct student observations, collect data, analyze the data and provide feedback to staff and parents as a support for the student's IEP's, 504 BIPs and MTSS: Behavior.
• Assist in the development of behavior charts, data sheets, instructional activities, and staff training.
• Train others on appropriate data collection and analysis to support student's IEP's, 504 BIPs and MTSS: Behavior.
• Provide support and direction relative to individual student's IEP's, 504 BIPs and MTSS: Behavior.
• Attend staffing, ARDs, 504s and MTSS: Behavior meetings when appropriate to assist with the development and/or evaluation of individual educational plans.
• Assist in the transition of new students into and out of the special education classroom by providing teachers in-class support, joint planning and problem solving.
• Assist teachers and parents in data collection and in the evaluation of student progress.
• Promote the inclusion of students with emotional disturbance, moderate to severe behavior problems, and autism.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• Valid Texas Teacher's Certificate in related field (Preferred)
• Texas Behavior Support Initiative (TBSI) trained (Preferred)
• Experience providing support to students with emotional, behavioral or autistic diagnosis across a range of ages and settings.
• Experience with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
• Experience/Ability to work with school staff and parents
• Knowledge of all applicable federal, state, and local laws, guidelines and procedures, and special education laws, 504 and Multi-tier support systems (MTSS).
• Ability to communicate with educators, parents, students and community members.

Supervisory Duties: N/A

Reports to: Special Education Director

Experience: 3 or more years of experience working with students diagnosed with behavior disorders and/or autism (preferred)

Working Conditions:

• Maintain emotional control under stress, work with frequent interruptions.
• Frequent, bending, pushing, twisting, pulling, and overhead reaching.
• Able to bend, lift, and carry materials and equipment.
• Frequent district travel. Occasional prolonged and irregular hours.
• Potential physical aggression from student that may be related to their disability.
• Potential exposure to human body fluids. Ability to participate in physical restraints.