Behavioral therapist vs mental health specialist

Differences between behavioral therapist and mental health specialist duties and responsibilities

Behavioral therapist example responsibilities.

• Manage behavioral program for each client assign (CPI training).
• Modele self-help and independent skills to assist autistic and developmentally delay children achieving their establish goals.
• Assist the BCBA in assessing new clients, supervising line therapists, providing parent training, and formulating client specific programs.
• Analyze and interpret results through graphing data collect from individual sessions.
• Work collaboratively with BCBA's and direct line staff to ensure care plan and procedures are being implement consistently and uniformly.
• Communicate with school administration, school teacher's and teaching assistants with helping create IEP's and behavior plans for individuals.
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Mental health specialist example responsibilities.

• Provide individualize intervention for problematic behaviors using TCI techniques such as de-escalation, to prevent and/or manage crisis.
• Assist and encourage patients with ADL's including feeding, ambulating, and hygiene to promote patient care.
• Utilize rehabilitation principles to support individuals, families and communities in developing effective strategies to improve client mental health functioning.
• Provide psychological care to patients in an in-patient psych unit, including facilitating group activities, crisis intervention, implementing therapeutic approaches
• Meet physical requirements to complete SAMA and CPR training.
• Provide kindness and compassion to the deceased and their families.
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