Under the general supervision of a Clinical Psychologist or other higher level supervisor in a State institution, community mental health center, or other setting in a State department, is responsible for basic or descriptive behavioral assessments and systemic or analog functional analysis, and for the development, implementation and monitoring of interventions involving basic, as well as, advanced behavior analytic concepts and methods; Supervises Behavior Analyst 1's and other behavior support staff; does other related work as required.

NOTE:  Basic or descriptive behavioral assessments are defined as those which examine relationships between environmental antecedents, consequences and the frequency of the problem behavior through naturalistic observations and interviews, with no manipulation of variables.  Incumbents record reviews to draw conclusions and develop behavior intervention plans.

NOTE:  Systemic or functional analog functional analysis is defined as the examination of relationships between environmental antecedents, consequences, and frequency of the problem behavior through controlled manipulation of specific environmental variables.  Incumbents apply experimental design procedures of functional analysis.

CERTIFICATION: Applicants must possess a certificate as a Certified Behavior Analyst by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Inc.