Silicon Valley ABA

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Support and train consumers according to their individual needs in all areas of
personal development.
2. Promote the development of consumer self-esteem and problem-solving abilities
by acting as a helper using the self-advocacy model.
3. Support and train consumer in communication skills development.
4. Intervene in crisis situations by assessing the emergency, prioritizing the needs
of the consumer and acting in a way that respects the dignity of the consumer.
5. Provide training according to the "Person Centered Plan".
6. Train consumers to use available community resources to meet their individual
interests and needs.
7. Implement "Behavior Intervention Plans" as written by Behavioral Consultant.
8. Timely recording of consumer progress notes, I.D. notes, incident reports,
yearly Individual Service Plans, and semi-annual reviews.
9. Timely coordination of consumer Individual Service Plan (ISP).
10. Provide ongoing communication about consumer progress to consumers, their
families, residential providers, Regional Center case managers, and significant
others.
11. Attend all meetings as required by Program Director.

Evaluate and devise treatment for children ages 0-21 in the schools, home
and clinic setting. Work with families, caregivers and teachers as part of
a multidisciplinary team. Skilled treatment that helps children to achieve
skills for the job of living necessary for improving their independence.

Speech and language therapists work closely with infants, children and
adults who have various levels of speech, language and communication
problems. They also work with people who have swallowing difficulties.
Therapists assess the clients' needs before developing individual treatment
programmes to enable each client to improve as much as possible.