Behavioral Interventionist Personal Statement Examples

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Over the past three years I have worked as a behavioral interventionist providing behavioral therapy to children with special needs in their home environment. Meaning that I have serviced children from many different ethnic backgrounds. My past experiences have given me the skills needed to be an active listener, acquire good rapport building skills, respect and an understanding of different cultures, sensitivity and a strong sense of non-verbal communication awareness. I am also quick and efficient at decision making, risk and crisis management as I have encountered these problems within my behavioral interventionist job and my instructional assistant job in my title one local district. Having the experience of working with special needs children

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