A day in the life of a Behaviour Technician (BT)
Have you ever wondered what is it like to be a Behaviour Technician? What do we do daily and what is the difference between a BT and Behaviour Analyst (BA)?
Kamila Rojecka, Behaviour Technician at PBSC, takes us through her typical day…
Let me invite you to spend a day with me, a Behaviour Technician. I promise you will not regret that, because let me tell you I have the best job in the world!
BTs work directly with children, young people, and their families. Their work is always supported and supervised by Board Certified Behaviour Analyst BCBA, who has completed a master’s degree.
There are some things that I will do on a typical day as a part of my role:
If you look at my calendar, you can see that my days are always filled with different activities, such as sessions with some lovely Children and Young People (CYP), school and home observations, attending professional meetings, collecting data, reviewing progress, and writing reports.
Today, I’m going to visit an amazing young lady that I support with an emotional regulation programme, but before the fun part starts, I need to spend a few hours going through her outcome goals, reviewing data, and preparing necessary resources, toys, and other reinforcers.
We always start the session with some mindfulness activities, and today it’s our favourite mindful Pringles eating exercise, who said that mindfulness can’t be fun? Then we will talk about her values and together plan small steps, and actions that she can take every day that will move her towards her goals.
For the session with her, I will also take her personalised Mood Diary so she can independently monitor her mood during the day, and her Worry Journal will prompt her to use different strategies when faced with worries and stress. In the last 5 minutes of the session, we will spend playing her favourite game on YouTube or kicking a ball in the garden.
Another amazing session completed. Off I go for another meeting filled with fun, laughter and learning some difficult social interaction skills.