Behavior Support Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Position Overview

ENSPIRE Consulting Group, LLC is seeking a compassionate, knowledgeable, and collaborative Behavioral Support Consultant to provide school-based behavioral support to students in grades K–12.

The Behavioral Support Consultant will work collaboratively with students, teachers, administrators, special education teams, related service providers, and families to identify behavioral needs and develop practical, individualized strategies that promote student success. The consultant will support students with a variety of behavioral, emotional, developmental, and learning needs within the school environment.

This position is ideal for a behavioral professional who enjoys working as part of a multidisciplinary educational team and is passionate about helping children and adolescents develop the skills necessary to succeed academically, socially, and behaviorally.

The Behavioral Support Consultant will provide consultation, observation, assessment, intervention planning, staff coaching, and ongoing monitoring of student progress. Services should be data-informed, student-centered, and designed to support participation and success within the school setting.

Essential Responsibilities

Student Behavioral Support

• Provide behavioral consultation and support for students in grades K–12 experiencing behavioral, emotional, social, developmental, or learning-related challenges.
• Observe students across school environments, including classrooms, lunchrooms, hallways, recess, and other relevant settings.
• Identify behavioral patterns, environmental factors, triggers, and potential functions of challenging behaviors.
• Develop positive, proactive strategies to increase appropriate behaviors and reduce behaviors that interfere with learning or participation.
• Support students in developing replacement behaviors, coping strategies, self-regulation skills, communication skills, social skills, and problem-solving skills.
• Assist educational teams in creating structured and supportive environments that promote student engagement and success.
• Provide direct behavioral support when clinically or educationally appropriate.

Behavioral Assessment & Intervention Planning

• Conduct and/or assist with Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and other behavioral assessments as appropriate to the individual's role and credentials.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and interpret behavioral data.
• Develop individualized behavior support plans and behavior intervention strategies in collaboration with the student's educational team.
• Assist with the implementation and monitoring of Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), IEP-related behavioral supports, and other individualized interventions.
• Establish appropriate data collection procedures to measure student progress.
• Regularly review behavioral data and make recommendations for modifying interventions when necessary.
• Ensure behavioral recommendations are practical, measurable, and appropriate for implementation within the school environment.

School-Based Consultation

• Collaborate with classroom teachers, special education teachers, school administrators, school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, counselors, paraprofessionals, and other related-service providers.
• Participate in IEP meetings, student support meetings, multidisciplinary team meetings, and other school-based meetings as requested.
• Provide recommendations regarding classroom structure, environmental modifications, reinforcement strategies, prompting, transitions, and other behavioral supports.
• Assist school teams in understanding the relationship between student behavior, academic performance, communication, social-emotional functioning, and environmental factors.
• Promote consistent implementation of behavioral strategies across staff members and school settings.
• Serve as a behavioral resource and consultant to school personnel.

Staff Training & Coaching

• Provide training, modeling, coaching, and feedback to teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school personnel regarding behavioral support strategies. <