Behavior Support Specialist - Bilingual - Pool

Job Title

Assist in data collection and assessment for behavior support services; assist in developing, implementing, and training staff in the use of positive behavior support and intervention techniques. Implement behavior support services with students.

Essential Functions:

• Assist with data collection and assessments for behavior support services.
• Assist with the development and implementation of positive behavior support and intervention techniques and positive behavior support plans as part of the individual education plan (IEP) process.
• Provide training in data collection and in the use of positive behavior support and intervention techniques and instructional methodologies to educational staff.
• Assist in developing augmentative and/or alternative communication systems.
• Monitor student progress and make recommendations for ongoing service as appropriate.
• Attend IEP meetings as assigned to provide information.
• Provide inservice training and make presentations to district staff.
• Assist in the development of training material and manuals.
• Maintain a variety of service related records and prepare reports.
• Contact district staff, parents, and other agencies.
• Travel to school sites as required; maintain regular contact with special education certificated staff.
• Attend meetings and conferences as assigned.
• Accompany parents and pupils to appointments with health care professionals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bilingual in English/Spanish
• Any combination of training, experience, and/or education equivalent to completion of college-level courses in psychology, special education, or related field, and three years of related experience.
• Possession of a valid California driver's license and availability of private transportation (mileage expense allowance provided).
• Personality and character traits suited to providing services for students with serious behavior challenges.
• Some positions may require proficiency in a foreign language and/or sign language.

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Positive behavior support and intervention techniques and instructional methodologies.
• Functional analysis assessment.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Recognize and understand serious behavior challenges.
• Apply positive behavior support and intervention techniques and instructional methodologies.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Operate standard office equipment including microcomputers and related software applications.
• Plan and organize work.
• Meet schedules and time lines.
• Maintain records and prepare reports.
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
• Work independently with little direction.
• Read, apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Working Conditions:

Environment:
Office or classroom setting.

Physical Requirements:

Hearing and speaking to exchange information; seeing to perform assigned duties; sitting or standing for extended periods of time; dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and other office equipment; kneeling, bending at the waist, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store files and supplies; lifting light objects.