Senior Behavior Analyst

Behavior Analyst Consultant

Organization for Research and Learning, Inc, (ORL) a small, very well established and stable Seattle-based private practice providing home-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to children with Autism and related disabilities seeks a Behavior Analyst to join our company's team. ORL is the Seattle area's second longest established ABA practice with an outstanding record of local and national leadership.

Consultant Position Overview:

At ORL, our mid-level and senior behavior analyst position is called a Consultant. The Consultant is responsible for designing and supervising the implementation of ORL clients' Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs in line with best practices, applicable regulatory and funding source guidelines.

Generate Measurable Progress in All Areas of Client's Needs

The Consultant is responsible for developing the clinical plan for each client.

• Develop comprehensive behavior intervention programs based on complete and accurate data, related, but not limited to the following areas: new skill instruction for client, staff development, family intervention, school intervention
• Design instructional sequences that attend to and account for critical and variable features of instructional stimuli and slice sequences such that each client's Program Manager can move clients through instructional steps easily
• Ensure clients reach mastery in all targeted intervention (e.g., pass Retention, Endurance, Stability, and Application tests on each skill targeted in intervention where appropriate)
• Measure and chart meta-level assessments (e.g., cumulative mastered targets, cumulative number of new things learned, etc.)
• Apply applicable current research from the areas of Behavior Analysis, Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention, Precision Teaching, autism interventions
• Remain current with the extant and newly emerging research related to the behavior analytic care of persons with autism
• Develop and update treatment plans that describe the recommended plan of care for each client, compliant with regulations and funder requirements

Cultivate Verbal Behavior Skills in Clients and Their Families Pertaining to Client Advancements and the Therapeutic Process.

• Ensure a match between family perception of progress and charted client data
• Ensure that each client's program addresses client values, and family goals and priorities, in that order

Collaborate with Other Service Providers Delivering Services to the Client

• Communicate with professionals in a form and of a frequency that directly benefits the client (e.g., team meeting notes, phone consults, co-attendance at team meetings, and email correspondence)
• Conduct school or other observations on schedule decided upon by the team and consented to by the parents

Documentation and Compliance

• Maintains client medical records in accordance with ORL's compliance standards in all applicable forms including paper charts and documents, online charts, and online client files
• Design and maintain ABA Session Summary note templates as directed by the Consultant
• Manages uploading of daily session notes and client record activity logs as prescribed, and checks those documents for accuracy or missing information prior to uploading
• Documents and bills for their work in line with funder expectations and ORL expectations

Professionalism and Ethics

• Complies with the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts published by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board
• Maintains active position-appropriate licensure (for example, LABA or LBA) and professional certification (such as, BCBA or BCaBA)
• Completes, tracks, and reports adequate professional development, including CEUs in appropriate categories to maintain professional licenses and certifications
• Completes work in a timely manner
• Discriminates and advocates for appropriate supervision and support when presented with tasks beyond their level of competence and expertise
• Learns and follows funder guidelines for each case including billing guidelines and treatment planning guidelines
• Understands what is included in their clients' authorization
• Monitors & manages authorization usage, ensuring clients receive scheduled dose of treatment
• Actively use community of practice
• Demonstrates strong employment hygiene and contacts their advocate or CSS if barriers arise

Uphold O.R.L.'s Values and Contribution to Realizing its Mission

• Employ single subject research designs as appropriate to answer questions, which first pertain to the needs of the learner, and second, that would benefit the field of behavior analysis as appropriate
• Present work to professional community nationally, regionally, and locally on behalf of ORL
• Attend conferences and events demonstrating your affiliation with ORL
• Play an active role in ensuring that Program Managers receive appropriate learning opportunities to advance their clinical skills and knowledge

Consultant Minimum Requirements

Education & Certifications:

• Master's degree in behavior analysis or related field with a strong emphasis in behavior analysis.
• BCBA or BCaBA certification (in good standing).
• Licensed Behavior Analyst in Washington state.
• Level B standardized assessment qualification (Pearson).

Experience (3+ years of the following):

• Implementing behavior analytic programs for children with ASD
  • Staff training and management, with data demonstrating skill acquisition shifts.
  • Providing assent-based care, including measuring/shaping assent/withdrawal behaviors and reducing high-impact/unsafe behaviors.
• Designing instruction for social, cognitive, academic, emotional, communication, community, and daily living skills, evidenced by:
  • Expanded work products (instructional materials, systems, training programs).
  • Robust, socially significant client gains (charted learner performance).
  • Culturally aligned intervention strategies and goals (charted learner performance).
• Formal Training and Experience in Assessment: assessment & analysis skills across cognitive, social, adaptive, academic, or language skills for ASD and similar populations.

Other Requirements:

• Valid Washington State driver's license.
• Consent to background check.
• Clean driving record.
• Reliable transportation.
• Willingness to drive an average of 30 miles per day.

Preferred Qualifications

Clinical Experience:

• Implementing Precision Teaching principles, including:
  • Proficiency in charting and analyzing data on the Standard Celeration Chart.
  • Measurement Proficiency: expertise in development and utilization of visual analysis to guide instructional decision making

Technical Proficiency (Specialized Tools):

• Precision X (Standard Celeration Charts, data collection).
• CentralReach (billing, assessments).
• Google Workspace (program materials, clinical documentation, spreadsheets, charts, progress summaries).
• Q-global (assigning assessments, generating reports)

Why Join Our Team?

If you're committed to science- and data-based, very high quality, culturally sensitive, and highly individualized intervention that can only be achieved through small caseloads, close supervision, careful attention to detail, comprehensive assessment, ongoing mentorship, and thoroughgoing participation in a practice community dedicated to constant improvement, then we'd love to chat with you.

What Do We Value?

• Excellence , which for us means doing things really well, in the service of doing what's best for people through ridiculously good, fast, and functional problem solving
• Connectedness, Relationships & People as evidenced through building strong personal relationships, developing trust, knowing the people around us, and doing the work of the organization collaboratively
• Making a Difference , which we achieve by (1) doing good for our clients, our colleagues, and our communities, and (2) taking data...in that order.
• Diversity , in whatever way that shows up by including and welcoming anyone who shares these