Director of ABA Services - Prosper

Are you a compassionate and enthusiastic person looking to positively impact the lives of children diagnosed with special needs? At The Behavior Exchange you can do just that! We are currently seeking a Director of ABA Services t o join our team of highly qualified professionals that share our mission to bring hope and meaningful change into the lives of children, their families, and fellow teammates.  The Behavior Exchange is a Behavioral Health Center of Excellence® - providing ABA Therapy and autism care.  The Behavior Exchange offers individualized, early-start therapy and education programs for children with autism spectrum disorders, behavioral issues, developmental delays, and other special needs.  Why you’ll love working at The Behavior Exchange: Competitive Pay Compensation Paid Time Off, Benefits, and 401K Training & Development Personal Growth & Leadership Opportunities Supportive & Interdisciplinary Work Environment What you will do: The Director of ABA Services will provide specific needs within the applied behavior analysis (ABA) program at The Behavior Exchange as directed by the ABA Clinical Line Lead. They will be a liaison to communicate needs between BCBAs, RBTs, and administration. The Director of ABA Services will assist in building team atmosphere, understand and be proactive in the needs of therapists and the company, and provide leadership within their specific discipline. They will display the ability to initiate active problem solving and follow through to continually improve the environment, culture, and mission of The Behavior Exchange including exhibiting the ability to cast vision for the company and its values. The Director of ABA Services will understand and model the company mission through daily interaction with The Behavior Exchange team, clients, and parents. Provide daily on-site mentoring to the ABA team, including BCBA(s), RBT(s), and Fieldwork Student(s) for The Behavior Exchange. Provide mentoring to the ABA team, including BCBA(s), RBT(s), and Fieldwork Student(s). In coordination with the Senior Director, develop and carry out plans for culture and retention of team members. Complete ABA assessments for incoming clients as needed to support the BCBA team for growth and future caseload development. Complete screenings for incoming clients for both outpatient and preschool. Model protocol modification as well as parent training as needed with clients assigned. Implement Family Guidance Programming for incoming clients as needed to support the BCBA team for growth and development. Provide therapy services in highly specialized facilities with an emphasis on goal attainment through appropriate developmental progression of functional skill attainment and real-life experiences. Assist with medical leaves and caseload coverage as needed. Mentor BCBA team members by answering questions regarding selecting and administering appropriate assessment protocols for both initial and re-assessments. Answer BCBA questions regarding treatment plans including both programming for skill acquisition, implementing teaching procedures, creating, or editing behavior support plans, and other topics. Review ABA initial and re-assessments and provides feedback/mentoring to BCBA team members as needed for clinical excellence. Review outsource assessments to assure funding guidelines are met. Provide effective communication to team through on-the-floor observations, emails, group meetings, team trainings, Teams messages and Teams channels, and other forms of communication. Participate in weekly one-on-one meetings with either the ABA Clinical Line Lead and/or Senior Director for clinical streamlining. Discussion of positive accomplishments from discipline along with discipline challenges. Problem solving ways to continually improve our clinical and/or operational services. Review of BCBA caseloads and billable hours of previous week(s) for protocol modification, parent training, and RBT Discussion of task list for the upcoming week if needed. Review of overall happenings within the company. Conduct clinical oversight of ABA Program through weekly, monthly, and quarterly site quality checks. Client programming, BIPs, and BCBA notes for excellence. Frequency and content. RBT Treatment. BCBA Protocol Modification. Parent Training. RBT notes for excellence. Observations of sessions – on-the-floor, in person. Coordination of Care frequency and documentation. RBT group monthly trainings – frequency and content. Client TEAMS channels – frequency and content. Collaborate and assist in RBT/Child schedules at each site by reviewing ABA schedule for day and week to provide input, feedback, and suggestions to maximize child receiving services as recommended. Participate in monthly group ABA Team Lead meeting with other ABA team leads and ABA Clinical Line Lead. Assist site Senior Directors by prioritizing supply order needs as they relate to ABA materials. Assist with planning and conducting BCBA meetings or CEU in-services related to RBT supervision and parent training. Assist with reviewing and providing input for updates needed to the BCBA Resource Manual and RBT Orientation Manual semi-annually. Assist with development of and leading of trainings as directed by ABA Clinical Line Lead. Assist with creating fidelity checklists, for both RBT and parent training sessions, then reviews and/or updates as needed, but at least semi-annually. Complete RBT onboarding including welcome tour, introduction to team, leading RBT orientation meetings, and coordination with Administrative Operations Specialist or other administrative support team members for scheduling observations and pair treating. Complete 45- and 90-day reviews for RBT(s) with or without supervising BCBA. Complete 45- and 90-day reviews for BCBA(s) with site Senior Director. Participate in RBT interviews with site Senior Dire