Special Announcement:  On November 21st 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).  This information was presented to an enthusiastic audience at the bi-annual Training Institutes in Nashville in July, along with outcome research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on more than 300 individual treatment plans for children with Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and other conditions that found our treatment model to be associated with substantial behavioral change in children and worthy of further study.        

 

 

 

See the Press Release authorized by the UNC researchers, with a link to the research monograph here.

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NEW RESOURCE!      Treatmentplansthatworked.com is now available for parents & professionals.

Access more than 150 "treatment plans that worked" - with the data that documents it!

OUTCOME RESEARCH

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The Institute for Behavior Change believes that treatment without outcome measurement is most probably a waste of time and resources.  Treatment funded by Medical Assistance (Medicaid) and other public monies must be subject to ongoing outcome testing to justify the public's expenditure of funding.  The Institute for Behavior Change is proud to say that we have been conducting this outcome research on our delivery of EPSDT "Behavioral Health Rehabilitation" (BHR) services since 1997. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Research

 

 

 

 

Outcome research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) on more than 300 individual treatment plans for children with Autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and other conditions found the IBC treatment model for BHR services to be associated with substantial behavioral change in children and worthy of further study.        

 

 

 

See the Press Release authorized by the UNC researchers, with a link to the research monograph here.

Additional Research

The following is a summary of our most recent research.  583 treatment records of children with deteriorating behavioral profiles between 2002 and 2007 were reviewed and our model for Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services (BHRS) treatment programs demonstrated 79% overall effectiveness as measured by parents' reports of progress after just four months of treatment.  

Between 74% and 82% effectiveness (actual reduction of target behavior or stabilization of deteriorating behavior patterns) was demonstrated in each of the following five behavioral domains between 2002 and 2007, based on outcome data taken from parents on a weekly basis for 583 four-month treatment periods. 
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Physical aggression:  2002 -2007

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Lack of safety awareness:  2002 - 2007

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Communication deficits:  2002 - 2007

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Socialization deficits 2002 - 2007

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Noncompliance with adult prompts:  2002 - 2007

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Overall Effectiveness of the IBC treatment model for BHRS:  2002 - 2007

The Raw Data shows that we obtained better results in 2007 than in any prior year.  Our staff are getting better at doing this work!

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Raw Data:  2002 -2007

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