ABA Therapist

Woods Services is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Behavioral Therapist to join our team. As a Behavioral Therapist, you will provide behavior analytic services to small caseloads of clients who exhibit challenging behaviors in residential, school, and community settings.

• Develop and Implement Treatment Plans: Develop goals and objectives with the child and family that meet their individualized needs by reviewing and completing evaluations, working with the family regarding treatment goals, and identifying presenting skills deficits or behaviors to identify what additional treatments may be needed.
• Behavioral Interventions: Develop behavior plans/treatment plans for all clients with a focus on teaching antecedent strategies for reducing problematic behavior(s) and increasing skills and replacement behaviors.
• Progress Monitoring: Maintain and evaluate clients progress through progress monitoring including, but not limited to, residential/classroom observations, data collection, and ongoing assessments.
• Collaboration and Communication: Consults and collaborates with parents, team members, school faculty, and other school/funding agencies regarding goal-related actions to support the child.
• Parent Training and Support: Maintains rapport and communication with parents on a regular basis through parent training and progress reports.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Works collaboratively with related service providers including, but not limited to, speech therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and special instructors to implement the required instructional strategies necessary to support each child's individual participation in residential/classroom activities.
• Documentation and Reporting: Prepares and provides individualized materials including, but not limited to, visual schedules, communication aids, and individualized reinforcement protocols as required by individual ISP.
• Support and Supervision: Supports children with daily living skills including, but not limited to, toileting, support during classroom mealtimes, hygiene activities, and classroom dressing activities.
• Administrative Tasks: Completes all documentation including but not limited to: Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA), ISP - development and updating the treatment plan as progress is made, Monthly Summary-Monthly Data collection, Required outcome tools, e.g. Verbal Behavioral Milestones and Placement Program (VB-MAPP), Abberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC), Essentials for daily living, Preference assessments, Fidelity checks, Graphing, and Weekly paperwork.

• Education and Experience: Masters Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis or related human services field with ABA experience; BCBA eligible or BCBA preferred.
• Skills and Knowledge: Background in the development and implementation of behavioral interventions in accordance with highest standards of practice, Expertise/training in conducting functional behavior assessments, Knowledge of normal human development and experience providing treatment to individuals with developmental disabilities and/or co-morbid mental health disorders.

Woods Services is a Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based non-profit population health network and advocacy organization that provides life-long innovative, comprehensive and integrated health, education, housing, workforce, behavioral health and case management services to more than 22,000 children and adults in the intellectual and developmental disability, child welfare, behavioral and brain trauma public health sectors who have complex and intensive medical and behavioral health-care needs.