Autism Resource Specialist (Remote from Kansas City, St. Louis or Central Missouri)

Position Information **Position Title** Autism Resource Specialist (Remote from Kansas City, St. Louis or Central Missouri) **Work Location** Springfield Campus **Out\-of\-State Employment** Out\-of\-state employment is limited to Arkansas, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., and subject to supervisor approval. **Department** Project ACCESS **HR Home Department** 020400 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION **Pay Grade** 43 **Proposed Salary** $54,160/annual **Sponsorship Information** Applicants must be currently authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States on a full\-time basis. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship. **Position only available to current, regular, full\-time Missouri State University employees?** No, Position is available to all applicants. **Appointment Type** Full Time Regular **Exempt/Non\-Exempt** Exempt **General Function** The Autism Resource Specialist (ARS) provides a comprehensive, sustained, and intensive approach to improving school\-based personnel ability to effect measurable educational progress by students with autism or a related developmental disability. This position coordinates and develops three primary activities: performing consultations with school personnel, providing professional development for school personnel, and by creating and providing resources and expertise to school personnel. This role manages all aspects of Project ACCESS programs in the field, working with a broad spectrum of public\-school personnel including teachers, administrators, related service providers, and para\-educators. The ARS is responsible for consulting with and training school\-based multidisciplinary teams in assessment of students who present with autism spectrum disorder behaviors or characteristics to determine eligibility for special education services. This position advocates for the use of research\-supported autism evidence\-based interventions in the development of programming and behavior support plans, as well as, assists school\-based multidisciplinary teams in establishing autism programs including the design of the school environment, assessing personal professional development targets for educators, and development of Individualized Education Plans for students, creates written, graphic, and multimedia resources appropriate for use in the school environment. **Description of Primary Duties** **This position is grant funded, and continuation of this position is contingent upon****continued grant funding.** This position coordinates and develops three primary activities: performing consultations with school personnel, providing professional development for school personnel, and by creating and providing resources and expertise to school personnel. This role manages all aspects of Project ACCESS programs in the field, working with a broad spectrum of public\-school personnel including teachers, administrators, related service providers, and para\