Services

We accept Wisconsin Medicaid, most commercial insurance plans as well as various fiscal agents. We will help you determine if your plan covers ABA. You may be responsible for any deductibles not covered by Medicaid or other commercial insurance. We will discuss prior to treatment any out of pocket costs.

Yes, our company has worked with children as young as 2 and into young adulthood. Each child we have worked with has made gains and progress regardless of what age therapy started.

During initial meetings with your Behavior Treatment Therapist, we will spend time discussing areas of concern for your child, spend time interacting and performing skill assessments. Based on these interactions, The treatment therapist will then discuss with you any skill areas that need improvement and develop goals based on those. As therapy progresses therapists will track data on how your child progresses through skills and use this information to update goals every six months.

During initial meetings with your Behavior Treatment Therapist, a therapy schedule will be determined based on the child’s needs and the number of hours provided by the child’s funding source. Several times per year the therapy schedule is reevaluated and may change due to most of our staff attending college classes, and the fact that your child is not in school during the summer months. Our scheduling periods run from January-May, June-August, and September-December. We will discuss with you what hours work best for your family and will schedule accordingly.

Behavioral Treatment Technicians will provide the majority of one on one therapy with your child. They are typically college students, majoring in the areas of education, psychology, social work, etc. Behavior Treatment Therapist are responsible for hiring staff, training staff, overseeing staff, writing goals and answering any concerns or questions of parents and/or line staff. They visit the house at least once a week to make sure things are running smoothly and that there are no major concerns or problems. They have college degrees as well as over 2,000 hours of line therapy experience. Licensed Treatment Supervisor visit the house approximately every 6-8 weeks to meet with the treatment technician, parents and line staff to provide feedback and ideas regarding any problems that may arise and to ensure the therapy program is running smoothly.

When we begin therapy we will start by writing a treatment plan. This includes goals in a variety of areas, depending on the needs of the child. Each treatment plan is individualized and is based on the following information:

• any formal testing done
• parent report
• IEP’s
• diagnostic report
• any other relevant documents

Input from the family is extremely important to us. No one knows your child better than you and your immediate family, and it’s important that we’re all on the same page in terms of what goals and areas are most important. Behavior Treatment Therapist work closely with you to ensure that we can find techniques, goals and ideas that the whole team feels are effective and important. We take a team approach, and value the input of everyone on the team.

Some examples of things we work on are: toilet training, communication (with PECS, sign, or augmentative devices), social skills, safety skills within the home or community, self-care skills, daily living skills, independent living skills, attending skills, and more.

Yes, we believe in partnering with parents and always consider your input. We do ask that you remember that every Behavior Treatment Therapist is trained in evaluating and analyzing your child and your child’s needs. The treatment therapist then puts together goals based on his or her observations. Your treatment therapist has the best interest in having your child succeed, though sometimes treatment may be different than what you envisioned.

First, it’s important to remember that the majority of what we do will not be perceived to the child as “work” or “therapy”. Our goal is to keep as much of what we do positive, and much of it will be done through play.

The length of a therapy shift is individualized for each child depending on what they can handle, what the needs of the family are, etc. Shift lengths typically range from 2-4 hours. Behavioral Treatment Therapists will work with your family to determine what will work best for your child.

All shifts will vary depending on the child’s needs and goals, but this is a “typical” day: When the Behavior Treatment Technicians arrive, they will read through the binder to review the child’s individual goals, recent progress, and communication from any other staff members or family members. Next, they will spend some time greeting the child, maintaining/ building rapport, etc. After this, they will generally create a visual schedule of what the shift will look like, so you and your child know what to expect. Behavior Treatment Technicians will work on the child’s individualized goals (communication, self-help skills, social skills, safety skills, etc.) during this time, building in sensory breaks and break time as needed. For approximately the last 15 minutes of the shift, the Behavior Treatment Technicians will fill out paperwork in the binder that will help communicate and document the progress being made during therapy. The binder will be available for all members of the team or family to read at any time.

We do encourage family members to observe or take part in therapy regularly so that they are able to learn and apply the techniques and ideas that are used during therapy. Transferring skills to parents is an important part of therapy. Your Behavioral Treatment Therapists will discuss any expectations for parent involvement with and work together with you on ways for you to be involved in therapy shifts. If you do need to leave the house during a therapy session, we require that you are available by phone at all times in case of emergency and return before the shift is scheduled to be over.

Since we are an in-home program, it is important to spend a good deal of time initially working with the child on skills within the home. It is important to teach social skills and safety skills first in the home, in a safe environment. Our program offers a variety of opportunities such as game groups, healthy relationships, sports groups, and general social skills groups. Any additional social skills opportunities will be decided on by the treatment team.