Behavioral Assistance
Behavioral Assistance services are specific, outcome-oriented interventions designed to augment other mental/behavioral health services included in a child/youth’s comprehensive plan of care. Behavioral Assistance is a dynamic process of intervention designed to target specific behaviors that are interfering with a child/youth’s functioning. It includes ongoing evaluation resulting in effective modification of a child/youth’s identified behavior(s). They are components of an approved, written, detailed individualized behavioral assistance plan of care prepared by a licensed clinical behavioral health care practitioner.
The goal of Behavioral Assistance services involve applying positive behavioral principles within the community using culturally based norms to foster adaptive outcomes to enhance a child/youth’s behavior and/or attitude by developing and strengthening skills.
Behavioral assistance services are provided in the beneficiary’s home or other community setting and aimed at averting admission or readmission to residential mental/behavioral health treatment programs or inpatient psychiatric settings.
Behavioral Assistance services are face-to-face interventions provided individually or in a group setting with the child/youth and/or his/her family/caregiver(s) that will provide the necessary support to the child/youth to attain the goals of the service plan.