The Behavior Technician specialty is generally very female-friendly with a large majority (83%) of providers reporting as female compared to only 16% reporting as male. People living in Florida, California, New York, Michigan, and Nevada enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Behavior Technician providers practice. In all, there are 4,944 registered Behavior Technician providers in the United States with over 1,078 of those located in Florida alone while around 565 chose to practice in California.
Behavior Technician providers have been assigned the 106S00000X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level II Classification. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Behavior Technician specialists practice in 53 different states/territories.
The behavior technician is a paraprofessional who practices under the close, ongoing supervision of a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and/or credentialed by a state (such as through licensure). The behavior technician is primarily responsible for the implementation of components of behavior-analytic treatment plans developed by the supervisor. That may include collecting data on treatment targets and conducting certain types of behavioral assessments (e.g., stimulus preference assessments). The behavior technician does not design treatment or assessment plans or procedures but provides services as assigned by the supervisor responsible for his or her work.