Entry Level Behavior Technician

Score 80 / 100 · Clinical / behavioral research

Lane fit

5 / 10 (worth 30)

Level

right level (worth 15)

Timing

fits spring/summer/post-grad 2027 (worth 15)

Pay

paid

Location

SF Bay

Employer

2 / 5 · full-time signal 2 / 3

Why

This is an entry-level ABA behavior technician role that works directly with children, in the broad behavioral-health space. It matches her psychology degree, her ASL, and her experience with families and children at Kiddleton. She has no clinical or RBT experience, and the role is more therapy delivery than research, forensic or product work. The posting is truncated, so it is unclear whether part-time hours are offered. If they are, it could work alongside her senior year as clinical experience, and many ABA employers offer part-time school-friendly schedules. It is a fallback to pursue only after confirming the hours and the RBT training path.

Watch out for

• Posting text is truncated, so schedule and hours are unclear
• Salary of $52-62.4K is an aggregator estimate and is not confirmed in the posting
• Likely full-time and may need to start now, before her May 2027 graduation
• Driving required for in-home and community visits, and she may not have a car in SF
• Hayward is a commute from SF
• Typically requires RBT certification (40-hour training), which she lacks; employer may train
• Direct ABA therapy, not research or UX, and it is a tangent from her forensic/federal/mental-health tech goals
• Vague culture language ('like-minded', 'growing family')

Resume angles

• Kiddleton customer-facing work with families and children, plus daily documentation and reporting
• Psychology BA coursework in Psychopathology and Research Methods, Psi Chi member
• ASL proficiency and attention to detail in accurate documentation