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Form of workHonest and reliable adults are being sought to provide behaviour-analytic interventions (aka teaching of skills) to 3 - 7 year-old children with autism. Most services will involve comprehensive interventions teaching language/communication, play, early-academic and self-care skills, but you will also be involved in focussed interventions such as intensive toilet-training. Clients receive individualised programs in a 1:1 teaching ratio and in multiple 2-hour sessions per week. Teaching and behaviour-management procedures will have been designed by qualified and experienced staff, and the Technician will apply these procedures with the client in his/her home, daycare facility, and/or school. Appropriate amounts of training and continued supervision will be provided.
Essential requirements: 1) A willingness to seek education and training in Applied Behaviour Analysis (see below); 2) a WA driver's license; 3) access to a private vehicle; 4) a valid Working With Children Check; 5) NDIS Worker Screening; 6) able to work until 6:00pm on weekdays and some Saturdays; and 7) joy when playing with children and when seeing desired changes in their behaviour, no matter how small they might be. (Note: A university degree or prior experience working with people with autism is NOT required.)
Preferred Requirements: 1) Animated mannerisms; 2) relatively small stature and agile; 3) playful manner with children; 4) ambition to master technical teaching procedures; and 5) relatively “thick skin” and so not easily embarrassed or intimidated.
This position is ideal for someone who has just finished (or is finishing) an undergraduate degree in psychology, speech pathology, occupational therapy, etc., because it's an opportunity to practice clinical work while earning professional certifications. It could be someone's first step toward a career as a Behaviour Analyst working with children presenting developmental disabilities. All staff will be expected - and helped - to pursue professional certification by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB); the minimum of which is the Registered Behaviour Technician (RBT) certificate (see http://www.bacb.com/index.php?page=101118). [link removed] (A more senior position is also available for those who already have some BACB certification.)
ABA is the most empirically-validated approach to assisting children with developmental disabilities and the procedures used in ABA (and by our agency) are described in scientific published research. Therefore, staff will need to be pro-science and able to read and comprehend scientific literature. To learn more about Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), look at these websites: www.bases-wa.com.au, www.behavior.org, www.bacb.com, www.abainternational.org, www.asatonline.org, www.necc.org, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1wNt_a1aI).
