BCBA Clinical Apprentice

Summary

Little Star ABA Therapy is committed to training the next generation of Behavior Analysts! Whether you are interested in staying with Little Star once credentialed as a BCBA or would like to transition to another agency, the Clinical Apprentice position will prepare you to be effective in your work. We understand the need for a guided supervisory experience with access to diverse unrestricted experiences and have designed a supervision curriculum to bridge the gap from university coursework to practical application.

This curriculum has 42 competencies that cover the majority of the 5th edition task list and the 2022 Ethics Code. Through individual and group supervision, Clinical Apprentices access targeted experience on various applications of Behavior Analysis within the context of autism spectrum disorders. For more information about our model, read the article we published in the Behavior Analysis in Practice journal in 2016, "The Apprentice: an Innovative Approach to Meet the Behavior Analysis Certification Board's Supervision Standards".

Little Star ABA Therapy works with children, teens, and young adults affected by autism. Operating as a nonprofit organization, we use our resources to ensure quality services to our patients, and to invest in our staff and the autism community. Our clinical leadership consists of experts in the field of ABA, including three PhDs and a world-class advisory board. We have been improving the lives of individuals with autism for over 20 years!

• Paid unrestricted hours
• Access to multiple supervisors
• Sequenced supervision curriculum designed from the 5th edition task list and the 2022 Ethics Code
• Opportunities to provide staff training and parent support, conduct various assessments, and develop treatment plans and programming (i.e., diverse supervised unrestricted activities are available)
• Weekly group supervision with other Clinical Apprentices
• Access to mock BCBA exams with content-specific feedback
• Assistance with career placement after obtaining the BCBA credential (at Little Star and elsewhere!)

• 15 days of paid time off (PTO) for the first year and additional day with each subsequent year
• 9 paid holidays
• 3 options for medical insurance and 2 options for dental insurance, and free vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan with up to a 4% company match
• As a nonprofit, our employees are eligible for public service loan forgiveness (PSLF)

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Enrolled in graduate-level Applied Behavior Analysis courses, and actively working towards certification as a board certified behavior analyst
• Six months of prior experience conducting ABA Therapy with patients with autism
• Completion of a minimum of 800 restricted supervision hours (preferred)

• Design, implement, and systematically monitor skill-acquisition and behavior reduction programs under the supervision of a Clinical BCBA
• Write monthly goals for patients as directed by the Clinical BCBA; create, prepare, and update acquisition program materials for patients
• Assist with the implementation of an assigned patient’s behavior deceleration plan, as needed
• Analyze and summarize results of assessments and graph results/data regularly; create and update data sheets and electronic data collection system
• Write 6-month progress reports with supervision and guidance by the Clinical BCBA
• Assist the Clinical BCBA by researching the literature related to specific patient’s programs; write objectives to be tested for initial assessments; conduct and assist with assessments related to the need for behavioral intervention (e.g., stimulus preference assessment, functional assessment, staff performance assessment)
• Conduct approximately one patient observation per week by giving feedback and instruction to RBTs, with supervision and feedback from Clinical BCBA; conduct naturalistic observation of patients as directed by the Clinical BCBA
• Oversee the implementation of behavior-analytic programs by RBTs, train and design behavioral systems and performance management for RBTs
• Meet with the…