A Closer Look at Behavior Management:
· A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is completed (interviews, formal assessments, and observations)
· A Behavior Support Plan (BSP) is developed with outlined strategies to help individuals meet their goals.
· Therapist will train members of the support time to implement behavioral strategies.
· Data is collected and a quarterly report is provided showing the effectiveness of the strategies.
· Face-to-face sessions with the therapist are conducted at individual’s home, community, day program, workplace, or at the office.
· Therapists consult with the individual’s waiver support team and attend team meetings to assess the individualized support plan (ISP).
The state of Indiana's Medicaid Waiver program offers Behavior Management Therapy (BMGO) with the following plans:
Family Support Waiver
For more information on the FSW or CIH Waiver, please visit the Disability and Rehabilitative Services website.
MBPSI Clinical Methods
MBPSI utilizes a hybrid approach that is matched with the strengths and needs of the individual and their family and support system. All techniques and approaches employed are multisystemic and multidimensional.
There are 6 specialization techniques that services are based upon:
*technique not indicated for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities
For more information:
· A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is completed (interviews, formal assessments, and observations)
· A Behavior Support Plan (BSP) is developed with outlined strategies to help individuals meet their goals.
· Therapist will train members of the support time to implement behavioral strategies.
· Data is collected and a quarterly report is provided showing the effectiveness of the strategies.
· Face-to-face sessions with the therapist are conducted at individual’s home, community, day program, workplace, or at the office.
· Therapists consult with the individual’s waiver support team and attend team meetings to assess the individualized support plan (ISP).
The state of Indiana's Medicaid Waiver program offers Behavior Management Therapy (BMGO) with the following plans:
Family Support Waiver
- Formerly the Support Services Waiver, the FSW is designed to provide limited, non-residential supports to persons with developmental disabilities residing with their families, or in other settings with informal supports.
- CIH is a combination of the Autism and the Developmental Disability Waivers and provides services that enable persons to remain in their homes or in community settings and assists transitions from institutions into community settings. This is a needs-based waiver and is designed to provide supports for persons to gain and maintain optimum levels of independence and community integration while allowing flexibility in the provision of those supports.
For more information on the FSW or CIH Waiver, please visit the Disability and Rehabilitative Services website.
MBPSI Clinical Methods
MBPSI utilizes a hybrid approach that is matched with the strengths and needs of the individual and their family and support system. All techniques and approaches employed are multisystemic and multidimensional.
- Multisystemic, also known as wraparound, seeks to incorporate and utilize all the professional and natural supports available.
- Multidimensional uses any appropriate technique that may assist in moving the individual towards their goals
There are 6 specialization techniques that services are based upon:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Lovaas Method
- Cognitive Behavioral
- Rational Emotive Behavior*
- Dialectical Behavioral*
- NLP*
*technique not indicated for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities
For more information:
- Click here for more information on evidence based practices for autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities
- Click here for more information on applied behavioral analysis (ABA)
- Click here for more information on the Lovaas Method