School Consultations

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about our research-based model for EPSDT "Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services"

Special Announcement: On November 21^st IBC will host a conference for parents and professionals at the Eden Resort in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to explain the Medicaid funding system for Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS, often mistakenly called "wraparound" services in Pennsylvania) and describe how Medicaid funding for necessary treatment services for children can be easily and consistently obtained, how to identify the components and characteristics of excellent behavioral treatment services, and how to retain Medical Assistance (MA) funding for needed behavioral treatment services until the treatment plan is finished. The keynote address will be by Dr. Robert Cormany, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators (PAPSA).

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School Consultation Services -- click here for sample reports, contracts and current fees

Key Benefits

	Our work is consistently rated as faster, better, and more cost-effective than other providers'
	Ongoing program supervision, and total service monitoring, by Certified School Psychologists
	Strategic consultations seek to empower faculty, administration, and parents in win-win collaborations

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

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Last updated: 11/11/08.