QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL SET:

• Doctoral Degree from an approved program in clinical psychology.
• Experience in a culturally diverse, public school setting
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of child development
  Terms of Employment: This position is 200 days.

• Oversee the therapeutic programming within the GAIN classrooms
• Assist in developing the behavioral programming for the GAIN classrooms
• Assist in implementation of social/emotional curriculum within the GAIN classroom
• Parent consultation, collaboration with outside providers and home services, as needed
• Create and maintain program manuals for the GAIN classrooms
• Provide clinical supervision to GAIN classroom clinical staff
• Create a welcoming, inclusive, culturally responsive environment that is conducive to student’s learning and their ability to comfortably share their authentic selves.
• Support students with social emotional learning disabilities and students that are in crisis and or exhibiting behavioral outbursts
• Support students in maintaining safe behaviors across settings, including the use of blocking and reinforcement procedures as well as physical restraint, as needed.
• Oversee paraprofessional staff in supporting students and in data collection and entry.
• Assist staff in other buildings with student transitions; observe students as needed
• Assist staff in other buildings to determine appropriateness of evaluation in the GAIN classroom.
• Participate in ongoing professional development activities to include Safety-Care training,and all other relevant trainings
• Provide professional development opportunities to GAIN Program staff.
• Administer and interpret formal and informal cognitive and other relevant evaluations required to determine eligibility for special services, as well as for ongoing reevaluations.
• Provide written reports of assessment for student evaluations.
• Collaborate with building staff
• Participate as a member of the IEP team as well as other relevant school-based teams including crisis support, IST (Instructional Support Team- RTI/MTSS, etc.)
• Assist in developing IEP goals and objectives as well as monitor and report on progress.
• Provide supervision to group and individual lessons on social skills development as well as individual counseling sessions based on student needs and IEP goals/objectives.
• Involvement and consultation around behavioral interventions and plans, in conjunction with district BCBA/ behavioral staff, social workers, as appropriate.
• Participate in ongoing PD including maintaining knowledge of new intervention strategies and new assessments in the areas of instructional strategies, behavior management, behavioral intervention plans and emotional disabilities.
• Conduct home visits as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the Administration.