Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)

Join Chimes - and go further to help others go far! Chimes is a not-for-profit organization that assists people with intellectual and behavioral challenges to achieve their fullest potential.Our vast array of services - educational, employment, vocational, residential, habilitative, and behavioral health - are delivered through a network of national and international affiliates.

This allows us to take a comprehensive, holistic approach to improving the lives of every person we serve - those who receive and those who reap the benefits of our innovative, responsive solutions.Program: Intensive Behavioral Health ServicesLocation: Wyomissing, PASchedule: Full-Time; Monday through Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pmPay Rate: $42-45/Hour BillableShort/General Description/Summary:It is the responsibility of the BCBA to develop and oversee the implementation of formal behavior management plans, conduct functional behavioral assessments and provide behavioral consultation services.Job Functions:


* Interview Staff and/or family members who know the individual served well before the development of the plan to get background and preliminary information


* Develop the behavior support plan based on applied behavior analysis and verbal behavior strategies


* Analyze available data to help determine where, when, and why problem behaviors occur


* Directly observe the individual served in all relevant settings.

Analyze the data to determine the function of the problem behavior


* Define all target behaviors in objective and measurable terms and design an appropriate data collection system to measure the target behaviors


* Integrate appropriate setting events, antecedents, teaching, and consequence strategies to reduce problem behavior and increase alternative replacement behaviors


* Ensure the behavior support plan addresses the function of the problem behavior


* Train staff members directly ( i.e., in person, with opportunities for questions, discussion, etc.

) on the implementation of the behavior support plan


* Monitor the individual's behavior data and provide descriptive progress notes on a monthly basis


* Conduct treatment fidelity assessments to ensure proper implementation of the behavior support plan


* If the intervention has not produced substantial progress toward the intended goal within 90 days, analyze the potential barriers to implementation and/or change the behavior support plan if necessary


* Review behavior data, meet and discuss with the appropriate staff member any discrepancies noted on the behavior data (e.g.

lack of documentation, inappropriate restrictions or lack of proper consequences; situations in which the current behavior program or treatment approach was not followed appropriately also, check each report to ensure that time, date, signatures, are correct)


* Attend Human Rights Committee meetings and team meetings as needed

Minimum Requirements:Education and/or Experience:
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