Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst - Full Time | Outpatient (77025 Houston)
Location: 10830 Craighead Dr. Ste 100 Houston, TX 77025
JOB REF: 25-001
TALENT AREA: Applied Behavior Analysis
JOB SHIFT: Monday - Friday || 8:00am – 4pm
JOB TYPE: Full-Time
POSTED DATE: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
JOB SUMMARY
At Elite Spectrum ABA, we're seeking dedicated professionals to join our team as a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBA). As a BCaBA, you'll be at the forefront of implementing cutting-edge behavioral interventions for children with autism, working under the supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Our BCaBA's play a crucial role in delivering behavior analysis services, collaborating closely with BCBAs and RBT Supervisors to ensure exceptional patient care and safety. Both positions offer the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on young lives, helping families navigate the challenges of autism spectrum disorders. If you're passionate about shaping minds and providing top-notch behavioral support, we invite you to join our team and be part of our mission to transform lives through innovative ABA therapy.
Requirements:
PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Job responsibilities labeled EF capture those duties that are essential functions of the job.
Philosophical Underpinnings
1. Identify the goals of behavior analysis as a science (i.e., description, prediction, control).
2. Explain the philosophical assumptions underlying the science of behavior analysis (e.g., selectionism, determinism, empiricism, parsimony, pragmatism).
3. Describe and explain behavior from the perspective of radical behaviorism.
4. Distinguish among behaviorism, the experimental analysis of behavior, applied behavior analysis, and professional practice guided by the science of behavior analysis.
5. Describe and define the dimensions of applied behavior analysis (Baer, Wolf, & Risley, 1968).
Concepts and Principles
Define and provide examples of:
- behavior, response, and response class.
- stimulus and stimulus class.
- respondent and operant conditioning.
- positive and negative reinforcement contingencies.
- schedules of reinforcement.
- positive and negative punishment contingencies.
- automatic and socially mediated contingencies.
- unconditioned, conditioned, and generalized reinforcers and punishers.
- operant extinction.
- stimulus control.
- discrimination, generalization, and maintenance.
- motivating operations.
- rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior.
- the verbal operants.
- derived stimulus relations.
Measurement, Data Display, and Interpretation
1. Establish operational definitions of behavior.
2. Distinguish among direct, indirect, and product measures of behavior.
3. Measure:
- temporal dimensions of behavior (e.g., duration, latency, interresponse time).
- occurrence (e.g., frequency, rate, percentage).
- form and strength of behavior (e.g., topography, magnitude).
- trials to criterion.
4. Design and implement sampling procedures (i.e., interval recording, time sampling).
5. Evaluate the validity and reliability of measurement procedures.
6. Graph data to communicate relevant quantitative relations (e.g., equal-interval graphs, bar graphs, cumulative records).
7. Select a measurement system to obtain representative data given the dimensions of behavior and the logistics of observing and recording.
8. Interpret graphed data.
Experimental Design
1. Distinguish between dependent and independent variables.
2. Identify the defining features of single-subject experimental designs (e.g., individuals serve as their own controls, repeated measures, prediction, verification, replication).
3. Use single-subject experimental designs (e.g., reversal, multiple baseline, multielement, changing criterion).
4. Distinguish between internal and external validity.
5. Describe the advantages of single-subject experimental designs compared to group designs.
6. Describe rationales for conducting comparative, component, and parametric analyses.
Ethics
The Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts serves as a comprehensive guide for practitioners in the field, outlining crucial responsibilities and ethical standards. At its core, the code emphasizes the paramount importance of responsible conduct, urging behavior analysts to uphold the highest professional integrity in all their endeavors. This ethical framework extends across various domains, including client interactions, assessment procedures, and the development of behavior-change programs. The code also addresses the vital role of supervision, highlighting the ethical obligations of behavior analysts in mentoring roles. Furthermore, it underscores the profession's commitment to scientific rigor and ethical research practices, while also delineating responsibilities towards colleagues and the broader professional community. By encompassing public statements, interactions with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB), and the overall advancement of the field, this code serves as a beacon for ethical practice, ensuring that behavior analysts contribute positively to their clients' lives and the profession as a whole.
Behavior Assessment
1. Review records and available data (e.g., educational, medical, historical) at the outset of the case.
2. Determine the need for behavior-analytic services.
3. Identify and prioritize socially significant behavior-change goals.
4. Conduct assessments of relevant skill strengths and deficits.
5. Conduct preference assessments.
6. Describe the common functions of problem behavior.
7. Conduct a descriptive assessment of problem behavior.
8. Conduct a functional analysis of problem behavior.
9. Interpret functional assessment data.
Behavior-Change Procedures
1. Use positive and negative reinforcement procedures to strengthen behavior.
2. Use interventions based on motivating operations and discriminative stimuli.
3. Establish and use conditioned reinforcers.
4. Use modeling and imitation training.
5. Use instructions and rules.
6. Use shaping.
7. Use chaining.
8. Use discrete-trial, free-operant, and naturalistic teaching arrangements.
9. Teach simple and conditional discriminations.
10. Use Skinner's analysis to teach verbal behavior.
11. Use equivalence-based instruction.
12. Use the high-probability instructional sequence.
13. Use reinforcement procedures to weaken behavior (e.g., DRA, FCT, DRO, DRL, NCR).
14. Use extinction.
15. Use positive and negative punishment (e.g., time-out, response cost, overcorrection).
16. Use stimulus and response prompts and fading (e.g., errorless, most-to-least, least-to-most, prompt delay, stimulus fading).
17. Use token economies.
18. Use group contingencies.
19. Use contingency contracting.
20. Use self-management strategies.
21. Use procedures to promote stimulus and response generalization.
22. Use procedures to promote maintenance.
Selecting and Implementing Interventions
1. State intervention goals in observable and measurable terms.
2. Recommend intervention goals and strategies based on such factors as client preferences, supporting environments, risks, constraints, and social validity.
3. Identify potential interventions based on assessment results and the best available scientific evidence.
4. When a target behavior is to be decreased, select an acceptable alternative behavior to be established or increased.
5. Plan for possible unwanted effects when using reinforcement, extinction, and punishment procedures.
6. Monitor client progress and treatment integrity.
7. Make data-based decisions about the need for ongoing services.
8. Make data-based decisions about the effectiveness of the intervention and the need for treatment revision.
9. Collaborate with others who support and/or provide services to clients.
Personnel Supervision and Management
1. State the reasons for using behavior-analytic supervision and the potential risks of ineffective supervision (e.g., poor client outcomes, poor supervisee performance).
2. Establish clear performance expectations for the supervisor and supervisee.
3. Select supervision goals based on an assessment of the supervisee’s skills.
4. Train personnel to competently perform assessment and intervention procedures.
5. Use performance monitoring, feedback, and reinforcement systems.
6. Use a functional assessment approach (e.g., performance diagnostics) to identify variables affecting personnel performance.
7. Use function-based strategies to improve personnel performance.
8. Evaluate the effects of supervision (e.g., on client outcomes, on supervisee repertoires).
Qualifications:
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s Degree or Higher from an ABAI-Accredited Program
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- 2+ year of experience as a Registered Behavior Technician
- Actively certified BCaBA
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED
- BACB BCaBA Certification (must be active and in good standing)
- American Heart Association CPR/BLS with a live component or willing to obtain within 30 days of employment.
- TDLR BCaBA Certification
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations.
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially regarding activities impacting patient or employee safety or security.
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, providers, and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles.
- Ability to work independently, capable of handling challenging/difficult therapy procedures and patient care situations; demonstrates sound judgment and executes above average clinical skills.
- Exhibits strong interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills with all levels of the healthcare team and assures delivery of excellent customer service to all patients, visitors, and co-workers.
- Possesses proficient computer knowledge
- Demonstrate professional competence
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Client and Stakeholder Communication
• Multilevel Communication: Ability to effectively communicate with diverse groups including clients, staff, parents, volunteers, Board members, school personnel, and medical professionals
• Active Listening: Skill to attentively listen and comprehend the needs and concerns of various stakeholders
• Cultural Sensitivity: Capacity to communicate respectfully and effectively across different cultural backgrounds
• Conflict Resolution: Proficiency in de-escalating tense situations and mediating conflicts through clear, empathetic communication
Sensitive Information Management
• Confidentiality: Ability to maintain strict confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information
• Tactful Communication: Skill to respond effectively and empathetically to sensitive inquiries or complaints
• Discretion: Judgment to know what information can be shared and with whom
Documentation and Reporting
• Clear Writing: Ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate written communications
• Report Creation: Skill to compile comprehensive client reports with attention to detail
• Minute Taking: Proficiency in accurately recording and summarizing meeting discussions and decisions
• Timely Submission: Commitment to completing all documentation within specified deadlines
Work Attire | Yes/No
Uniform | No
Scrubs | Yes
Business professional | Yes
Other (dept approved) | Yes
Company Profile:
At Elite Spectrum ABA, we provide comprehensive behavioral health care in Houston, TX. Established in 2017, we have worked hard to create a space where both our patients and staff can thrive. We are committed to providing quality services and strive to ensure that each patient receives the individualized care they need.
Our staff of experienced professionals is dedicated to their work and their patients. We provide a supportive environment that encourages autonomy and progress in the science of ABA. Our clinicians are passionate about helping every patient reach their goals and maximize their potential.
At Elite Spectrum ABA, we are committed to helping our patients in Houston and the surrounding areas lead healthier, happier lives. We provide comprehensive services to ensure that all our clients receive the care they need. We strive for excellence and are proud to be a leader in behavioral health care.
