What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Qualified Health Care Professional position at Aspirations for Independent Living, LLC?
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ABA services are intended to help individuals who have challenges in the areas of behavior, social and communication skills in acquiring functional skills in their homes and communities and/or preventing hospitalizations or out-of-home placements. ABA services may assist individuals in learning new or functionally equivalent replacement behaviors that are directly related to existing challenging behaviors or functionally equivalent replacement behaviors for identified challenging behaviors. Services may also be provided to increase existing behavior, reduce existing behavior and emit behavior under precise environmental conditions. ABA services include the design, implementation and evaluation of systematic environmental modifications for the purposes of producing socially significant improvements in and understanding of human behavior based on the behavioral principles identified through experimental analysis. Central to the implementation of appropriate ABA services is the Behavior Support Plan (BSP),which is a treatment plan that involves the following elements:•Strategies and procedures described to generalize and maintain the effects of the BSP, as well as data collection to assess the plan’s effectiveness and fidelity of implementation •Specific skills and behaviors targeted for each individual should be clearly defined in observable terms and measured carefully by direct observation each session •Data collection by the staff, family and/or caregivers who are the primary implementers of the plan; data monitoring from continuous assessment of the individual’s skills in learning, communication and social competence; and a self-care guide to the scope of the Individual Support Plan (ISP), which must include separate, measurable goals and objectives with clear definitions of what constitutes mastery •Reports regarding the service must include data displayed in graphic format with relevant environmental variables that may affect the target behaviors indicated on the graph. The graph should provide an indication of the analysis via inclusion of environmental variables including medications and changes in medications, baseline or pre-intervention levels of behavior and strategy changes. •Performance-based training for parents, caregivers and significant others in the person’s life if these individuals are integral to the implementation or monitoring of the plan
A QHCP must have a graduate degree and Missouri State license as a Behavior Analyst or a licensed professional in psychology, social work or professional counseling with training specific to behavior analysis (RSMo Chapter 337 and 376, 337.300; 337.305; 337.310; 337.315; 337.320; 337.325; 337.330; 337.335; 337.340; 376.1224). A LaBA must have a Missouri State license as an assistant Behavior Analyst (RSMo Chapter 337and376 337.300; 337.305; 337.310; 337.315; 337.320; 337.325; 337.330; 337.335; 337.340; 376.1224).
ABA services can be provided by a person provisionally licensed in Behavior Analysis. Services provided by a person with a provisional license can be billed at the level of the provisional license. The person is expected to comply with Missouri licensure requirements for provisional licensure, including supervision by a LBA in the state of Missouri who is a contracted provider with DMH. ABA services can be provided by a person currently enrolled in a graduate program for ABA or who has completed a graduate degree in ABA and is currently completing the practical fieldwork requirements with ongoing supervision by a LBA in the state of Missouri who is a contracted provider for the MO HealthNet Division (MHD). These services provided by a person as part of the experience requirement and under the supervision of the LBA will be considered as the equivalent of LaBA services for purposes of billing and eligibility to provide particular ABA services. This does not include people who are eligible for provisional licensure or have exhausted provisional licensure renewals unless the person can substantiate that they are currently enrolled in a graduate program for ABA or working toward current requirements set forth by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
The Behavioral Qualified Health Care Professional will be responsible for assessment and planning of ABA for specific clients assigned. Employees are responsible to deliver services in the home, community, and also clinic based. THis will require usage of employee's personal vehicle and will require a driver's license and also auto insurance.
