<p>Responsibilities include:</p> <ul> <li>Evaluate the current strategies and interventions for students; modify or develop appropriate behavior and/or educational interventions and strategies using information from the IEP, Functional Behavior Assessment, direct observation, school input and other sources. </li><li>Provide individual educational and behavioral support to enable students to improve academically and behaviorally. </li><li>Participate in designing IEPs and attending meetings as needed. </li><li>Implement educationally sound services and supports to allow students to remain in the least restrictive setting as appropriate for their educational and behavioral needs. </li><li>Communicate and engage families in the educational life of students in the program. </li><li>Provide training, consultation, and other support activities to staff working with students with autism spectrum disorder across a variety of settings. </li><li>Provide direction and training to paraprofessional staff assigned to autism services. </li><li>Develop and implement professional development activities as assigned. </li><li>Gather, analyze, and interpret evaluation and assessment data for individual students/programs. </li><li>Participate in certification programs, seminars, and workshops. </li><li>Evaluate outside programs, curricula, and training packages for use within the program. </li><li>Collaborate with staff, agencies, service providers, and other consultants to improve programming for students in the inclusion setting.. </li></ul>