Lead Therapist

ICM•White Hall, AR

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Therapist is responsible for ensuring the treatment plan is implemented as designed and effectively. This includes reviewing data collected by the Line Therapist and parent/guardian, modeling therapies, teaching line therapists, and providing guidance and support. The role requires knowledge of evidence-based therapies and the ability to make adjustments to client objectives as needed. The Lead Therapist also reports progress and concerns to supervisors and interventionists, and receives feedback from parents/guardians.

Requirements

Knowledge of evidence-based therapies including ABA, Discrete Trial, Pivotal Response Training, and Natural Environment Training.
Ability to make adjustments to client objectives/targets as needed.
Understanding of prompting procedures, data collection, and error correction procedures.
Ability to think on your feet and make suggestions and/or corrections as needed relating to client programs, data collection, and issues and/or concerns.
Ability to ensure that the line therapist(s) are generalizing programs throughout multiple settings/environments.
Ability to ensure that the line therapist includes maintenance goals within current programming.

Responsibilities

Work a maximum of six (6) hours each week per client, with four (4) hours in the client's home and two (2) hours worked outside the client's home as needed.
Ensure the treatment plan is implemented as designed and is effective.
Review all data collected by the Line Therapist and parent/guardian.
Model all therapies/objectives the client is working on and teach the line therapist how to implement all programs.
Make adjustments to client objectives/targets as needed.
Provide guidance and support to the Line Therapist(s).
Report issues and/or concerns relating to family, client, or team to your supervisor.
Report progress and/or concerns to your Interventionist.
Receive parent/guardian feedback, responding to or forwarding concerns to the appropriate person.
Observe the implementation of goals facilitated by the Line Therapist in the client's home to ensure they follow the ITP.
Communicate with the parent/guardian and respond to concerns as needed.
Provide the Interventionist with mastered goals/graphs/ or other data to be updated.
Monitor programs to ensure that generalization of skills and maintenance goals are being worked on in multiple settings.
Inform the Interventionist of any concerns or issues.
Complete work related to the client’s program outside the client’s home, such as creating visual schedules, token boards, program materials, etc., with prior approval.