Behavioral Support Professional

Behavior Support Professional (BSP) services are provided to persons with assessed need, as identified on the annual functional assessment, for adaptive skills training. For persons who require adaptive skills training, the BSP performs the following activities: Develops training plans that include person-specific aspects and methods of intervention or instruction; Provides training to staff persons who will implement the training plans on aspects and methods of intervention (i.e., family, Person-Centered Support, Facility-Based Day Habilitation, Supported Employment, and Crisis Direct Support Professionals); Provides training for Direct Support Professionals who provide Respite services if applicable for respite-relevant training objectives or health/safety training objectives only; Evaluates/monitors the effectiveness of the training plans through analysis of programming results that occurs at least monthly; Follows-up once training plans have been implemented to observe progress/regression; and Revises training plans as needed. At a minimum have a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a human services field or a Board of Regents degree and one year professional experience in the I/DD field