BEHAVIOR ANALYST or BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST
Completing Functional Assessments of problem behaviors and/or skill deficits for individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injuries.
Development of Behavior Support Plans to help decrease problem behaviors and increasing functional replacement behaviors.
Training staff and families to implement the behavior support plan strategies.
Monitoring of the plan including observations and graphing of data.
Position Requirements:
Master’s Degree with graduate course work in Behavior Modification.
1 year experience in Behavioral Programming.
Board Certification as a Behavior Analyst preferred.
Contract rate varies on experience: $55 to $80/hour
COMMUNITY LIVING SUPPORT (CLS) or BEHAVIOR THERAPIST
Working directly with clients diagnosed with developmental disabilities (Many are children with autism) to complete activities of daily living including routine household care and maintenance, personal hygiene, shopping, money management, socialization, relationship building, leisure choices, participation in generic community activities, and therapeutic goals.
Implementing behavior support plans including communication skills and functional replacement behaviors.
Position Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED (prefer college experience)
Experience working with individuals with disabilities.
Contract rate varies on experience: $10 to $12.50/hour
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Implementing therapeutic, creative, and self-care activities to assist the individual in obtaining the highest possible level of functioning.
Position Requirements:
Licensed Occupational Therapist
Contract rate varies on experience: $55 to $65/hour
PSYCHOLOGIST
Administration of psychological testing, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment
Working directly with clients diagnosed with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injuries.
Helping clients to resolve personal issues or interpersonal problems
Substance abuse or chemical dependency for clients with acquired brain injury
Building and maintaining healthy relationships with others
Helping to develop social skills
Developing skills to cope with and adjust to a brain injury including the use of cognitive remediation strategies consisting of the development of compensatory memory and problem solving strategies, and management of impulsivity
Increasing the knowledge and awareness of the effects of the acquired brain injury upon the ABI clients functioning and social interaction.
Position Requirements:
Licensed Psychologist or Psychologist with Autonomous Functioning
Contract rate varies on experience: $65 to $100/hour
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
Speech language habilitation services to assist the individual in obtaining the highest possible level of functioning.
Speech therapy assessments
Training of other providers on services to assist providers in improving the individual’s level of functioning
Position Requirements:
Licensed Speech Language Pathologist
Contract rate varies on experience: $55 to $65/hour