The Behavior Specialist, serves as a specialist for students who experience a significant impact
to their educational achievement due to social, emotional and behavioral skill development, and
who require support services in order to access and benefit from general education instruction.
The Behavior Specialist provides direct instruction within specific skill deficit areas that may
negatively affect academic progress. Areas of direct instruction may include but are not limited
to social skills, functional academic skills, social/emotional/behavioral skill development, problem
solving, executive functioning, self-regulation, organization and self-management. Additionally,
the Behavior Specialist may assist general education classroom teachers with appropriate
behavior intervention strategies and implementation of behavior intervention plans.
The Behavior Specialist will follow the federal, state and district procedural safeguards regarding
individual education plan development and implementation.
