Behavior Specialist

7 days ago

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ABC Head Start Society Full time

Are you passionate about nurturing young minds and creating a positive learning environment for children who learn differently? Are you driven to help children overcome the impact of poverty and help neurodivergent learners harness their superpowers? We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Speech and Language Assistant to join our team.


Position Summary


The Behavior Specialist is responsible for providing input into the planning and implementation of early learning/head start programming as part of an interdisciplinary team as a consultative resource for the social/emotional/behavioral needs of children as identified.


Major functions and Responsibilities:

Skills and Abilities Surveillance

  • Complete classroom observations to determine needs of children in areas of communication, social/emotional and behavioral development
  • Collaborate with teacher, families/caregivers and other interdisciplinary team members to determine learning needs of students in the classroom
  • Observe and document student skills and abilities
IPP Contribution and Monitoring

  • Provide input for IPPs, including activities and strategies for identified goals
  • Observe and document progress on identified goals
  • Review and revise measures and/or goals as necessary
  • Participate in family/caregiver meetings as requested
Progress Reporting

  • Discuss, in consultation with interdisciplinary specialists, student skill development, progress, observations, and updates
  • Report/document student strengths, achievements, needs, and other noteworthy observations
  • Provide informal progress to parents/caregivers on a monthly basis via telephone calls, texts, and/or inperson visits, as assigned
Planning and Intervention

  • Provide strategies, services and referrals to internal/external supports to families/caregivers for inhome, and classroom staff for the classroom setting
  • Provide children with direct intervention support as needed, ensuring documentation is complete
  • Facilitate small group support as needed
  • Aid in the development of differentiated instruction strategies, including activities and strategies to support development in the areas of communication, social/emotional/behavioral needs
  • Provide recommendations for materials, tools, and/or technology to facilitate learning
  • Use a variety of treatment approaches to meet the needs of each child '" individual, small group, and/or whole group interventions in and out of the classroom setting
  • Document details of intervention based on student files, in the form of a Behavior Action Plan and anecdotal notes
Collaboration

  • Work with classroom and interdisciplinary team members as well as families/caregivers to develop and implement goals in areas of communication, social/emotional/behavioral development
  • Participate in joint planning meetings
  • Role model positive skillbuilding support for classroom team members
  • Support/build capacity of classroom team to implement Behavior Action Plans
  • Collaborate with Behavior Specialist Team re: intervention strategies
  • Consult and collaborate internal and external supports and services
Case Management

  • Provide input for Functional Observation Assessments for placement of children and identification of needs
  • Develop and implement Behavior Action Plans (BAPs) for identified children requiring additional support
  • Observe and document updates and progress in consultation with classroom and interdisciplinary team members for FOAs, IPPs, and BAPs
  • Document anecdotal observations specific but not limited to communication, social/emotional/behavioral development
Internal and External Learning and Development

  • Provide inservice training for staff in areas of communication, social/emotional/behavioral skill development in the classroom
  • Facilitate family and community workshops in the areas stated above
  • Research and Best Practice Continued Competency
  • Keep up to date on agency and provincial policies
  • Keep up to date on current professional practice
Professional Supervision/Evaluation

  • Discuss team strengths and areas for growth within the classroom during team meetings
  • Create, review and complete progress on professional goals in Performance Review
  • Participate in monthly or asneeded supervisions with Program Supervisor

Qualifications:

  • Degree/Diploma in Child and Youth Work, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, or related area
  • CPR/First Aid

Experience & Skills:

  • Knowledge of proven effective intervention strategies
  • Knowledge of the impact preschool mental health and diagnoses and speech/language delays and disorders have on children
  • Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams
  • Advanced written and oral communication skills and the ability to relay complex information to nontechnical contacts
  • Skills to work positively, collaboratively with children, classroom staff, social workers, parents and other allied professionals
  • Strong assessment and problemsolving skills are required to i

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