Classroom Behavior Specialist PD

SUMMARY

In collaboration with the classroom team, is responsible for assisting the Special Education Teacher with the implementation of effective academic and social‑emotional programming for assigned students. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done.

The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

• Consistently applies the corporate values of respect, honesty and fairness and the constant pursuit of excellence in improving the health status of the people of the region through the provision of customer‑friendly, geographically‑accessible and high‑value services within the environment of a comprehensive integrated academic health system.
• In collaboration with the classroom team, assists in the formulation of social‑emotional and behavioral programming consistent with students’ IEPs.
• In collaboration with the classroom team, implements social‑emotional and behavioral programming consistent with students’ IEPs, which may include assisting students with activities of daily life such as toileting and other forms of self‑care.
• In collaboration with the classroom team, collects and manages data on social‑emotional and behavioral functioning for assigned students.
• In collaboration with the classroom team, prepares and presents verbal and/or written reports concerning social‑emotional and behavioral functioning for assigned students.
• Assists in implementation of the academic and social‑emotional curricula as directed by the classroom teacher and team leader.
• Provides academic support to students as directed by the classroom teacher.
• Prepares and submits required paperwork for the student record.
• Attends and participates in classroom team meetings and other student‑related meetings as assigned.
• Attends and participates in supervisory sessions, staff meetings or other meetings as assigned.
• Observes all Bradley Schools policies, rules and regulations.
• Performs other duties as required, assigned, or directed.

• Education:
  
  Baccalaureate Degree preferred with a major in education or related human service fields.
• Basic knowledge of data entry/management programs such as Excel; training will be provided upon hire.
• Bradley Hospital Safety Care Certification.
• Prior experience working with children is helpful.
• Employees in this position work in a psychiatric setting under stressful conditions associated with care of psychiatrically impaired, aggressive, and sometimes, self‑injurious students.
• Employees are expected to utilize de‑escalation techniques taught by LSS to minimize the need for physical intervention.
• Ability to remain calm during a crisis situation, make quick rational decisions, prioritize student care needs, and maintain a therapeutic environment.
• Ability to participate in physical management of students, including safety body positioning, blocking and deflecting possible aggression, and physically holding struggling students using approved methods only.
• Must be able to lift up to fifty pounds, reach with hands and arms, grasp and hold, bend/squat/kneel without limitation, and physically escort students who may become combative for short distances.
• Position requires occasional running for short distances, and frequent standing, walking, and sitting.

None.

$19.03-$31.39

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

LSS-Cumberland-7 Fatima Drive - 7 Fatima Drive Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864

per diem school days

Day

Per Diem - As required

No