Job Description
Job DescriptionPosition Summary:
Provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy in client homes throughout the DC area. Runs goals created by a certified behavior analyst and teaches skills related to language acquisition, behavior, social skills, and daily living skills.
Company Summary
Vision Statement:
At Beyond the BASICS, we are committed to providing behavior analytic services in a manner that is trauma-formed and kind through public speaking and direct therapy while ensuring we are always innovative, ethical, and excellent. We know Black Lives Matter, Queer Lives Matter, and Autistic voices Matter and will also strive to honor those truths.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct ABA sessions with primarily Autistic clients in-home, in schools, and community for clients between the ages of 2 and 26.
- Implement written interventions with individual, specific goals written by the BCBA (examples might include toileting, behavior management, one step directions, asserting “no”).
- Collect plus/minus data on correct answers and write simple session summaries at every session.
- Communicate with and coach family members and home service providers on the implementation of behavioral interventions and goals directed by the BCBA.
- Provide emergency response and crisis intervention as needed.
- Administrative duties may include creating content, online training, making materials, and other tasks as assigned.
- Maintain confidential knowledge of students and their families (HIPAA).
- Travel to sessions through the DC area.
- Other duties as directed by management.
Availability Requirements:
- Weekday availability (Monday through Friday) 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm for 2.5-to-3-hour sessions.
- Available at least one weekend day for a 3-hour session.
- Available from 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm every 8 weeks on a Tuesday for the Team Meeting
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma required.
- RBT Certification preferred
- 1 year’s experience working in ABA preferred
Language Skills:
- Must speak and understand English.
Physical requirements:
- Must be able to sit and stand up from the floor.
- Must be able to run after a client.
Technical Requirements:
- Must have a cell phone with texting ability and access to the internet for daily email use.
- Must be able to respond to messages within 2 hours.
- Must have working knowledge of G-suites (Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Meet)
Other Skills:
- Must be able to work remotely outside of an office without co-workers daily.
- Be receptive to feedback (during and after supervisions) and be able to implement it in multiple settings.
Core Beliefs
ABA works under the assumption that people engage in behavior due to the consequence of that behavior. Typically, behaviors occur because, in the past, they have been reinforced by escape, attention, access to an object, or a self-stimulatory effect. Traditional ABA may look at those consequences to control behavior, we try to look at those consequences as to way to help the client self-advocate and get a need met.
We presume competence
Self-advocacy skills are imperative for successful adults
Students should be allowed to say no, ask for breaks, and decline touch
Students are the clients
Parents and other therapists are our partners
Data is very important. It is graphed daily, and parents have access
Teaching is usually the best way to learn
It is important to listen to Autistic voices
We honor and celebrate neurodivergence.