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Board approves shift to embedded behavior technicians and adds full-time school psychologist
Summary
The board approved restructuring the transition academy to embed registered behavior technicians (RBTs) at school campuses and to add one full-time school psychologist (CCEIS-funded); the change includes reclassification and pay adjustments for three staff who are RBTs.
The Hamblen County Board of Education voted Dec. 9 to change the district's transition academy and behavior-services model so registered behavior technicians are embedded at school campuses and to add a full-time school psychologist funded by CCEIS.
Dr. Green described the shift as moving from a model that pulled some students out into a dedicated transition classroom toward placing RBTs as assigned staff at home schools. "Instead of calling the…
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