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Duties

Essential Functions:

  • Serves on assigned schools’ RTI problem solving team
  • Participates in the case study evaluation process by obtaining a FBA on each new referral (may be during a RTI problem solving meeting) or during re-evals
  • Participates with other members of District teams in the multidisciplinary conference and in writing the IEPs when appropriate for the FBA and BIP
  • Identifies children in need of services who require behavioral intervention
  • Creates social stories and visuals to help assist students with emotional and behavioral needs.
  • Assist teachers and staff to analyze and process student’s behavior
  • Keeps sufficient records on student to provide on-going evaluation and targeting of specific problems
  • Provides individual strategies and consultation for students to implement in educational environments
  • Works with the behavioral team on referral process
  • Provides supporte to individual children to encourage development of more positive self-concept, appropriate goal-directed behavior and appropriate social interaction with children and adults
  • Organizes and facilitates topic-oriented groups for adults regarding parenting skills, needs of special education children and their parents and other group concerns
  • Makes home visits to understand the family composition and the student within that context
  • Shares knowledge of child development and methods of coping with student/family difficulties through contacts with families
  • Facilitates referrals regarding family needs to existing community agencies
  • Acts as communication link between school and home regarding aspects of the case study evaluation; supportive and education services available through school
  • Acts as an advocate on behalf of families to assist parents and other family members in verbalizing their perspective or needs to educational or community agency professionals
  • Participates in identifying and resolving problems between school and community
  • Represents the school in social concerns of the community and communicates to the community
  • Acts as a liaison between families, school, and community agencies
  • Continues professional growth through reading, workshops and conferences and membership in professional organizations
  • Keeps appraised of current rules and regulations in the areas of specialeducation.
  • Understands public laws which affect education process
  • Shares knowledge of behavioral/emotional issues and services with other professionals by providing consultation and in-services to them
  • Attends staff meetings and in-services at specified times

 
Additional Functions:

  • Assists school personnel in recognizing unmet needs of students by providing consultation and/or in-service experiences to school personnel, parents and students 
  • Assists in developing resources to resolve problems and interface these with school and community needs
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Board Certified Behavioral Analyst preferred 
  • Illinois Professional Educator License preferred 
  • 1+ year experience preferred

Salary/Benefits

Regionally competitive

Link to District/Third Party Online Application Web Page

https://www.applitrack.com/d323/OnlineApp/JobPostings/View.asp?AppliTrackJobId=4713

Job Posting Date

5/2/2024

Start Date

8/1/2024