Summary of School Consultation Services
The Institute for Behavior Change
staff have a proven track record of excellence over the past five
years in consultations with several Pennsylvania Charter Schools, and
consultations at Approved Private Schools to develop comprehensive educational
rehabilitation and treatment programs for students. Institute staff can
perform diagnostic psychoeducational evaluations to determine if a child should
be classified as a student in need of Special Education. Our staff's evaluations
are consistently praised by school faculty, administrators, and parents.
If a child requires behavioral support in order to remain in
placement due to the presence of mental illness symptoms (including disruptive
behavior, dangerous behavior, self-injurious behavior or severe withdrawal
symptoms), The Institute for Behavior
Change can provide staff to deliver EPSDT "Behavioral Health
Rehabilitation" (BHR) services to
support the child until he or she is able to function more age-appropriately and
independently in the classroom. Institute staff can meet with
students to provide in-school mental health counseling (Mobile Therapy) via the EPSDT
BHR service program for children who require this level of intervention, and can also
consult with children who have more academically-oriented needs. Mobile
Therapy services are funded via the EPSDT BHR service program, and like all EPSDT services,
there is no cost to the school or the parent in Pennsylvania and some other
States. When it is necessary to
explain complicated Special Education regulations to parents or others who are
exasperated with these complexities, Institute staff can usually manage and
redirect discussions into positive, productive outcomes.
Reference Accounts
The Chester County Family Academy Charter School, West Chester,
Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Leadership Academy Charter School, Malvern, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Electrical and Technology Charter School,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Royer-Greaves School for Blind, Paoli, Pennsylvania
The 21st Century Cyber Charter School
The Wissahickon Charter School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
