SERVICES

ABA Services in the home environment are provided by both BCBA’s and RBTs. Before services begin, the BCBA conducts an assessment that includes interviews with parents/caregivers, observations of the child and direct probing of skills. 

With parent/caregiver input, goals are developed and the BCBA creates a treatment plan to teach skill deficits. If the child demonstrates challenging behaviors, the BCBA will collect data on the behaviors and will create a Behavior Intervention Plan. 

RBTs are responsible for implementing the Treatment/Behavior Plan and taking data on both targeted skills and challenging behavior. The responsibility of the BCBA is to analyze the data, make any necessary changes to the programs and to provide feedback to the RBTs. The BCBA will also meet with the parents/caregivers weekly or bi-weekly to provide support and training.

Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE)  

An IEE is a private evaluation in the school environment by a professional who does not work for the child’s school. A School District or Parents/Caregivers can request the services of H.O.P.E. Consulting, Inc. to conduct an IEE. The IEE becomes part of your child’s educational record. 

Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)

An FBA is a process for identifying problematic behaviors and developing Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) to decrease and or eliminate those behaviors. This process consists of:

1. Obtaining background information on the student.
2. Observations of the student to look at current functioning, observe current supports in place, observe current plan in place and interview school staff.
3. Define target behaviors that need to be addressed. The team is trained on taking data on the target behaviors. Data is taken for 2+ weeks.
4. Schedule additional observations to take data on target behaviors.
5. Analyze Data.
6. Meet with the school team to discuss observations/recommendations.
7. School Staff and Parents/Caretakers receive BCBA’s report.
8. Write rough draft of the FBA with the school team.
9. School Staff, BCBA and Parents/Caretakers meet to discuss the FBA and write BIP.

Staff Training 

H.O.P.E. Consulting, Inc. will train school staff to competently implement the Behavior Intervention Plan. The frequency and duration of staff training varies from case to case.