Chemical dependency professional vs behavioral therapist

Differences between chemical dependency professional and behavioral therapist duties and responsibilities

Chemical dependency professional example responsibilities.

• Lead training for staff on specific counseling interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders.
• Observe strict compliance with all HIPPA guidelines
• Conduct substance use assessments, diagnose DSM multi-axis clients, and design ISSP treatment plans.
• Maintain a positive therapeutic relationship with patients while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Encourage patients towards choosing in-patient/out-patient treatment, or transitional living environments, after their detox needs.
• Provide daily group and individual psychotherapy at an outpatient rehabilitation facility for clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
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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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