Job Description
The Behavior Support Specialist will provide behavior management instruction to teachers and classroom staff for students who exhibit challenging behaviors. The Behavior Support Specialist will provide direct interventions for students and serve as a resource to the classroom staff with regards to behavior management. He/she will conduct functional behavior assessments, develop positive behavior support plans, recommend, teach, and evaluate evidence based strategies, and help to implement data collection.
He/she will help to ensure that the needs of each child in the program are met through positive behavioral support plans derived from data collection and functional behavior assessments. He/she will also conduct weekly social skills group activities for his/her assigned classroom.