Special Education Behavior Consultant

Behavior Consultant Position for the school year

Terms of Employment

Contract is 185 days. Contract renewed on an annual basis dependent on satisfactory evaluation.

Evaluation

There will be a yearly evaluation.

Reports to

District Special Education Supervisor

Major Functions

Provides support to the staff and parents, FBA development, classroom observations, collaborative problem-solving, lead training in-services, counseling and participation in case conferences, provide teacher training, other duties as assigned.

Requirements

1. Masters degree in education, social work or counseling/psychology, or relevant work experience.
2. Working knowledge of effective assessment of behaviors, and behavior interventions.
3. Work experience with a school or mental health agency.
4. Demonstrate an ability to problem solve, team building.

Essential Functions

1. Perform all duties of the behavior consultant functions as required by SLPCSPC including:
2. Assist in informal evaluation of problematic behavior.
3. Develop Functional Behavior Analysis (FBAs)
4. Meet with the staff to determine effective methods to deal with problematic behavior and assist teachers as they develop and follow through with behavior plans.
5. Evaluate the current behavioral systems approaches in classrooms and their effectiveness in working with individual students.
6. Assist the staff in refining the behavioral management systems to effectively meet the needs of individual students.
7. Provide information to staff through in-services to assist in their understanding of problematic behavior.
8. Provide training to staff in order to give them the skills needed to carry out behavioral systems.
9. Provide training to parents to become positive, supportive advocates for their child.
10. Provide counseling to individual parents or students as appropriate.
11. Provide assistance in establishing positive interaction between the school and home.
12. Participate in case conferences as needed to develop individual education plans.
13. Participate in multi-agency collaboration meetings for students.
14. Submit billing to Medicaid for services provided (depending on license/credentials).
15. Other duties as assigned.