Jiarra Marasigan, M.S., Bcba Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Orange County, California, United States

• Write comprehensive and individualized skill acquisition and behavior-reduction programs to be implemented in the home and community
• Conduct functional behavior assessments (FBAs), reinforcer assessments, and preference assessments
• Collaborate with the client's clinical team to ensure everyone's receiving the support they need and to create goals that will benefit the client
• Supervise behavior technicians, clinical leaders, and parent consultants to ensure interventions are implemented correctly, data are collected correctly, current goals are relevant to the clients and their families.
• Review and edit progress and termination reports
• Meet with other professionals (e.g., speech pathologist, psychologist, teacher, etc.) involved with the client, as appropriate

Orange County, California, United States

• Write comprehensive and individualized skill acquisition and behavior-reduction programs to be implemented in the home and community
• Conduct assessments such as VB-MAPP and preference assessments
• Assist in functional behavior assessments (FBAs) conducted by BCBA
• Collaborate with the client's clinical team to ensure everyone's receiving the support they need and to create goals that will benefit the client
• Supervise behavior technicians to ensure interventions are implemented correctly and to assist them when needed
• Meet with other professionals (e.g., speech pathologist, psychologist, teacher, etc.) involved with the client, as appropriate

Orange County, California, United States

• Wrote developmentally and age appropriate social skills lesson plans involving different themes each month which targeted new and current social skills goals of each client in the class, ranging from younger kids to.
• Prepared weekly group activities
• Wrote monthly social skills newsletter which informed clients and their parents about the theme of the month and activities to target social skills goals
• Conducted behavior technician competencies to provide feedback on program implementation and work ethic in social skills class

Greater Los Angeles Area And Orange County

• Cooperate with teacher in managing problematic behaviors and difficulty in attending to non-preferred tasks in school to increase school attention
• Continuously working with clinical team to address and update reinforcement systems
• Create numerous task analysis for daily living skills with program supervisor which promotes and encourages client independence
• Provide academic assistance and aid in using coping strategies appropriately during difficult situations

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Collaborated with clinical team to explore different strategies for clients to successfully master skills and reduce maladaptive behaviors
• Utilized Discrete Trial Teaching (DTT) when targeting new skills with the younger clients that led to quick mastery of skills (e.g. colors, numbers, shapes)
• Implemented safety care to self-injurious and aggressive clients and guided families on how to approach and manage safely

Los Angeles And Costa Mesa

• Utilized Natural Environmental Teaching (NET) to ensure that learning is generalized in different settings
• Conduct functional behavior assessments to figure out the purpose of certain inappropriate behaviors and preference assessments to obtain knowledge of the hierarchy of reinforcers not only in home but as well as school.
• Oversight of the participants in social skills group and promoted socialization through activities and play

Costa Mesa, CA

• On site data collection and analysis
• Provided assistance to the applied behavior analyst supervisor in running programs from behavior intervention plan (BIP)
• Taught functional communication to clients which decreased problematic behaviors
• Participated in team meetings to give feedback to families to ensure the success of programs
• Planned numerous age and developmentally-appropriate activities that simultaneously target goals from BIP

Long Beach, CA

• Opening/closing responsibilities, included cash handling and supervising the sales floor
• Assisted in hiring, training, and supervising student staff
• Assisted with graduation fair planning, marketing, and execution
• Assisted manager in clerical duties, system maintenance, assessed store productivity, checked inventory, and generated new ideas the bookstore can implement

Long Beach, CA

• Responsible for cashiering and providing excellent customer service
• Completed daily housekeeping and maintenance of the store

Long Beach, CA

• Managed the hospital playrooms with the assistance of child life specialists and assistants by constructing activities with patients and their families to decrease stress and anxiety experienced in hospital setting
• Supervised patients and provided emotional support during bedside visitations and in hospital playroom

Garden Grove, CA

• Assisted preschool teachers with cleaning up the classroom, serving meals, and nap time
• Promoted socialization by initiating program activities and imaginative play with children

Long Beach, CA

Helped with the adult education in a course focused on essential computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Master'S Degree, Counseling With An Option In Applied Behavior Analysis

Bachelor’S Degree, Human Development

Minor in Child Development and Family Studies