Registered Behavior Technician Jobs

Job Summary

Registered behavior technicians (RBTs) provide applied-behavior-analytic services for patients diagnosed with developmental disabilities, pediatric feeding disorders, or other behavioral diagnoses under the direction of a professional behavior analyst (e.g., board certified behavior analyst, licensed psychologist). RBTs assist with patient assessments and program implementation. RBTs assist with organizing and maintaining data-collection and statistical-analysis systems, research activities, and staff training.

Essential Job Functions

Applied-Behavior-Analytic Services

Conduct sessions with patients using standard procedures under the direction of a professional behavior analyst

Provide suggestions of possible procedures and methods to a professional behavior analyst

Assist professional behavior analyst in implementing intake, assessment, treatment, and discharge procedures

Prepare initial drafts of session materials, session descriptions, and progress notes

Enter assessment and treatment data into spreadsheets and graph those data

Report the behavior and environment in observable and measurable terms to a professional behavior analyst and provide goal updates

Perform initial analysis of findings and present recommendations to a professional behavior analyst

Assist in the creation of data-collection protocols and systems

Assist with the development of skill-acquisition programs (e.g., increasing acceptance and consumption of healthy food and liquid, developmental feeding skills such as self-feeding or chewing, social and communication skills, curriculum-based developmental, social skills)

Assist with the development of behavior-reduction programs (e.g., extinction protocols to reduce inappropriate mealtime behavior, non-contingent reinforcement to reduce crying, functional communication training)

Assist in the training of caregivers (e.g., parents, school personnel)

Auxiliary Program Support

Assist in organization, cleanliness, and maintenance of department location, materials, and equipment

Assist clinical faculty and professional behavior analysts with various research activities

Formal Education and Job-Related Experience

• Preference given to individuals with experience working with patients or individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities, pediatric feeding disorders, or other behavioral diagnoses in an educational, instructional, or therapeutic setting.

Certification

• American Heart Association BLS required

License

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Physical Demands

Must be able to move, lift, and carry patients and objects. Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients may involve independently lifting of up to fifty (50) pounds, as well as assisting with weights of more than one-hundred (100) pounds. Requires use of abdominal and lower back muscles to provide support over time without fatigue. This position requires frequent movement, use of limbs, and good manual dexterity, coordination, and stamina. This position may also require extended periods of standing or sitting

Working Environment - Additional Comments

RBTs may work with patients who vomit, or who engage in other forms of challenging behavior, such as aggression, self-injury, elopement, expulsion (spitting out food or liquid during treatment), or property destruction.

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