Classroom Behavior Therapist

Pay Range: $21-26 per Hour

Schedule: 7:45a to 3:00p; 10-month school year, summers are optional.

Join a Team That Changes Lives

For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we’re here to create real change – helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.

Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives – including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.

At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
• Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
• Paid On-the-Job Training
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
• Flexible Schedules
• Retirement Savings Plan

Elwyn seeks a Classroom-Based Behavior Therapist provides direct behavioral and instructional support to students in a special education classroom setting. This role may include a mix of direct 1:1 student support and classroom-wide support, depending on student and program needs. The position works under the direction of a BCBA and in collaboration with teachers and related service providers to help students access instruction, build skills, follow behavior support plans, and remain safe throughout the school day.

• Provide direct 1:1 support to assigned students during instructional, behavioral, social, adaptive, and transition activities.
• Support student engagement, independence, communication, and participation throughout the school day.
• Assist students during classroom routines, lunch, recess, transportation, bathrooms, and other assigned settings.

• Implement positive behavior support strategies and skill acquisition plans as written and directed by the BCBA/ LBS.
• Use approved ABA-based strategies, including prompting, reinforcement, visual supports, antecedent strategies, and de-escalation techniques.
• Respond to student behavioral needs in a timely, calm, and supportive manner consistent with school and agency procedures.

• Provide classroom-wide support by helping staff maintain routines, expectations, reinforcement systems, and behavior support strategies.
• Model and support consistent implementation of student-specific strategies across instructional and non-instructional activities.
• Collaborate with teachers, BCBA/LBSs, and related service providers to support consistency across student programming.

• Collect accurate data on behavior, skill acquisition, incidents, and student progress using assigned systems and procedures.
• Share objective observations, data trends, and implementation feedback with the BCBA/LBS, teacher, and interdisciplinary team.
• Participate in debriefs, data reviews, problem-solving discussions, and IEP-related input when requested.

• Maintain line-of-sight supervision of assigned students and support a safe, structured classroom environment.
• Follow health, safety, emergency, sign-in/sign-out, confidentiality, and campus security procedures.
• Assist with drills, evacuations, crisis response, CPR, and agency-approved safety procedures when trained and directed.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and respectful learning environment and report safety concerns promptly.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or graduate equivalency diploma (GED); undergraduate degree in behavioral health, psychology, special education, or related field preferred
• One (1) to three (3)…