Our
Director is licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist Steven
Kossor who has practiced in Pennsylvania since 1977. He created
www.treatmentplansthatworked.com
which offers more than 500 examples of real-life treatment plans that were
actually successful, with the data that documents it, as a guide to
professionals in the creation of age-appropriate behavioral treatment
interventions for children. The site also offers examples of successful
treatment planning documents that parents can give to professionals as a
means of setting basic standards for treatment design and monitoring.
These plans have been used to develop behavioral treatment programs for
children in more than 105 countries. The website has been the #1
source for information about treatment planning for children in Google
searches since 2006. Through the federal Medicaid program in at least
37 states, funding for these treatment programs is available to children at
no cost to parents, regardless of family income!
Here are
some excerpts from
treatmentplansthatworked.com
to give you an indication of the depth of knowledge that the staff of
OurCaseManager.pro
will bring to benefit your child:
How to write an excellent
Behavioral Treatment Plan
An
appalling lack of standards exists as to what a child's behavioral treatment
plan should look like. As a result, parents are frequently at a loss to
determine if the Plan proposed for their child is either adequate or
appropriate. As an alternative to wishful thinking, misplaced trust in an
unknown and untested service provider, and to raise the standards for
treatment plans for children who are displaying challenging behavior, this
internet resource has been created. Let's define our terms, first of all.
A Treatment Plan should provide all of the
information necessary for a conscientious person to deliver the correct
treatment procedures, at the correct times, and with sufficient
consistency to produce the changes in behavior that are described in the
Plan -- reducing or eliminating undesirable behavior and increasing or
improving desired behavior, while providing a means to monitor progress on
an ongoing basis that informs the process of treatment. Professional
guidance should always be sought before and during the implementation of
any treatment plan or program, behavioral or otherwise.
Subtle
differences can change the outcome of any treatment plan. In this
field, for every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert.
Nevertheless, there are some basic standards on which everyone should
agree. At a minimum for example, all behavioral treatment plans should
provide the following information. The order of presentation isn’t as
important as the level of understanding that it creates in the mind of the
person who is to implement the plan, such as a mental health worker or a
parent.
A very simple plan, accompanied by a very high level of
professional supervision, training and support, can achieve tremendous
results. A highly complicated, lengthy, jargon-ridden treatment plan written
by someone with impressive credentials obviously doesn't guarantee success.
The middle ground (where the treatment plan is complete in terms of its
components, explicit in its directions to the person who will implement it,
and which can be evaluated objectively as to its effectiveness) is ideal.
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Any
behavioral treatment plan should specify the exact behavior that is
“targeted” for improvement. The plan must say exactly what is to
be reduced or eliminated. By the same token, the plan must say exactly
what is to be taught in replacement of the “targeted” behavior. It is
rarely helpful to tell a child what not to do; you always
have to specify what he/she should do as well.
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A
treatment plan should explain exactly what the treatment provider
should be doing to accomplish the replacement of the “target” behavior. A
treatment provider should be able to look at the treatment plan and know
precisely which techniques are to be used, how often and in which
circumstances. When terms like “contingency contracting” are used, a
glossary of terms that is accessible to the treatment provider is
essential. How else can the treatment provider know exactly
what to do? |
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A
treatment plan should always contain a simple and easy means of measuring
progress from the perspective of the treatment recipient, not the
treatment provider. Outcome progress measurement should include a
“baseline” measure, which is a starting point in the measurement of
treatment outcomes that precedes the start of the treatment period. How
else will you know how far you’ve come (or how far you’ve gone astray) if
you don’t know where you started? |
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Treatment plans must include a planned stop date, so that the treatment
team can prepare to present information to funding authorities prior to
that date in order for funding to be continued. Continued funding is
necessary and therefore justifiable whenever the child is within the age
served by the funding entity, the treatment plan is working, but
the work has not yet been satisfactorily completed. |
