Services

IN-HOME BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

In-home Behavior Management
Therapeutic Mentoring

The Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI) is an interagency initiative of the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services whose mission is to strengthen, expand, and integrate Massachusetts state services into a comprehensive, community-based system of care to ensure that families and their children with significant behavioral, emotional, and mental health needs obtain the services necessary for success in home, school, and community.

IN-HOME BEHAVIORAL HEALTH addresses a youth’s (under 21) behaviors that interfere with successful functioning in the community. Services are delivered by one or more members of a team consisting of professional and paraprofessional staff via a combination of Behavior Management Therapy and Behavior Management Monitoring. Behavior Management Therapy includes a behavioral assessment (observing the youth’s behavior, antecedents of behaviors, and identification of motivators) and the development of a highly specific behavior plan with interventions that are designed to diminish, extinguish, or improve specific behaviors related to the youth’s behavioral health condition(s). Supervision and coordination of interventions, and training other interveners to address specific behavioral objectives or performance goals are provided.

Behavior Management Monitoring includes implementation of the behavior plan developed by the Behavior Management Therapist as well as monitoring of the youth’s behavior and reinforcing implementation of the behavior plan by the caregiver(s). Also included is progress reporting back to the Behavior Management Therapist on implementation of the behavior plan and progress toward behavioral objectives or performance goals so that the behavior plan may be modified as needed.

THERAPEUTIC MENTORING SERVICES (TM) are provided to youth (under the age of 21) in any setting where the youth resides, such as the home (including foster homes and therapeutic foster homes), and in other community settings such as school, child care centers, or respite settings. TM offers structured, one-to-one, strength-based support services between a therapeutic mentor and a youth for the purpose of addressing daily living, social, and communication needs. Therapeutic Mentoring services include supporting, coaching, and training the youth in age-appropriate behaviors, interpersonal communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution, and relating appropriately to other children and adolescents, as well as adults, in recreational and social activities. TM promotes a youth’s success in navigating various social contexts, learning new skills, and making functional progress in the community.

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