Emotional Behavior Support Specialist
3 days ago
Special Education - Professional
Date Posted:
6/11/2025
Location:
TBD Location Job Title: Emotional Behavior Support Specialist Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Director/Coordinator Special Education Pay Grade: AP 3 - 187 Days
Dept./School: Assigned Campus Date Revised: June 11, 2025
Primary Purpose:
Plan and provide students with research-based learning and experiences designed to address behavior, academic, and social challenges. Evaluate students and provide research-based interventions to eliminate or reduce behavior that interferes with student's ability to receive benefits from their educational program. Services may include crisis intervention, short-term counseling/behavior support, group counseling/social skills training, and other direct or indirect services to students and families.
Qualifications:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree in special education, psychology, behavior analysis, social work, or counseling, preferred
- Background in trauma-informed research-based strategies and Applied Behavior Analysis or willingness to train with the district behavior team is required
- Certification in one of the following: Valid Texas teaching certificate, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker or other mental health licensure.
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Ability to understand and relate to children with developmental/mental health disabilities and behavioral challenges.
- Knowledge of counseling procedures and assessments
- Knowledge of mental health and psycho-social development
- Knowledge of human behavior
- Ability to help students manage their behavior, emotions, anxieties
- Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to graph data on EXCEL or Google Sheets
- Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) and Deescalation
Experience:
- Three years of experience working with students in special education or who are at-risk
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
- Assist campus and district staff with the provision of appropriate instructional/behavioral programs for students with emotional/behavioral/social needs.
- Provide individual and group counseling/behavior support sessions including crisis intervention, short-term counseling/behavior support, group counseling/social skills training and other direct or indirect services to students in fulfillment of ARD-adopted decisions.
- Collaborate with staff on the development of behavior, crisis management and discipline intervention plans.
- Design and implement staff development addressing the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students.
- Participate in staffing, ARD Committee meetings, case management meetings, and team problem-solving opportunities for students as needed.
- Demonstrate flexibility necessary to support on multiple campuses and grade levels to work directly with individual students and groups whose behavior is impacting the learning of self or others.
- Conduct counseling evaluation in accordance with regulations and district policy and practice as requested and within timelines specified.
- Complete Functional Behavior Assessments in accordance with regulations and district policy and practice as requested and within timelines specified.
- Maintain written documentation as required including service logs and monitor student progress and serve as liaison between student, parent, school, and agencies in order to coordinate services available to students and families.
- Attend staff development sessions to enhance professional growth.
- Assist with referrals for family services and outside agency participation when necessary.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Equipment Used: Special needs adaptive equipment; standard office equipment including
computer and peripherals
Posture: Frequent standing, sitting, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing pulling, and
twisting
Motion: Frequent walking, grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension
Lifting: Regular heavy lifting (45 pounds or more) and position of students with physical disabilities;
controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting non-ambulatory students
Environment: Exposure to biological hazards, bacteria, and communicable diseases; may require
district-wide travel
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
Other: Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures; Other duties as assigned
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. The Administration has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.
Employee:
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Date:
Approved by: Sara Roland Date: June 11, 2025
Reviewed by: Kyalla Bowens Date: June 11, 2025
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