ABA Therapy Assistant

Position Type: Student Support Services Date Posted: 9/12/2023 Location: District Additional Information: Show/Hide Date: September 12, 2023 From: Office of Superintendent Subject: Vacancy Position: ABA Therapy Assistant - District Pennsauken Public Schools is an urban/suburban Pre-K to 12th grade school district of approximately 5,000 students located in Camden County, New Jersey Responsibilities: * Provides intensive individualized therapy services directed toward the development and/or enhancement of skills necessary for emotional, cognitive, behavioral, language, and interpersonal growth of the student.

* Uses appropriate applied behavior teaching, communication, and reinforcement techniques consistently.

* Accurately completes all required documentation and data collection daily.

* Works with an individual student to reinforce learning of material or skills as described in the IEP/treatment plan.

* Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of the individual student, his/her needs, interests, and abilities.

* Helps the student master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.

* Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.

* Assists with the supervision of the student during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods and field trips.

* Reads to the student as needed, listens to the student read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with the assigned student.

* Assists the student throughout the school environment as necessary.

* Checks notebooks and supervises testing and make up work as assigned by the teacher.

* Helps the student with his/her clothing as needed.

* Assists with lunch, snack and cleanup routines.

* Assists with wash-up and toilet routines.

* Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about the individual student.

* Supervises, observes and assists the assigned student at all times, including escorting the student during all transitions and lunch or as prescribed in the student's IEP.

* Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about the student as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

* Participates in inservice training programs as assigned.

Qualifications: * Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

* Sixty semester hours of postsecondary work or; an associate's degree; or successful completion of ParaProfessional Test.

* Appropriate Elementary New Jersey State Certification REQUIRED * MUST pass NJ Criminal History Review Unit fingerprinting requirement * New Jersey state residency requirements for public employees in effect Applications are accepted on-line only.

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Deadline for Application: Until Filled E.O.E.

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