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Autism-Monarch Boarding Academy Youth Counselor |
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Work in the NEWLY RENOVATED
Monarch
Boarding Academy for Children with Autism! Due to growth in the department we are looking for Youth Counselors to be a part of an interdisciplinary team of professionals who are expected to provide the highest caliber of behavior-programming, data collection, therapeutic milieu, and instruction in individual and/or small group settings.
Responsibilities include: Implementing behavior management programs such as lesson plans, curriculum, or activities; Deliver planned and organized daily activities and routines to optimize treatment program and student’s learning; Protect students from physical and emotional harm emanating from themselves, others, or the environment; Properly handle emergencies such as injury, runaway and acting out situations; Strictly follow treatment guidelines in developing and fostering acceptable alternatives to non-communicative, negative, and/or destructive behavior; Teach and role model pro-social, mediation, and self-management skills; Care of students, which include supervising students when using restroom, during hygiene, care of sick students, assisting students with meals, management of students’ clothes and assisting during school transition; Develop a keen sense and understanding for each of the students and their behaviors in order to ascertain any medical or physiological changes that may occur; Monitor, chart, and record daily student behavioral data and plan and implement dally routine schedules to optimize the treatment program. Minimum Bachelors degree in related field with basic knowledge of autism spectrum disorders, child and adolescent development, and family dysfunction.
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