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    BHRS - Successful MH Treatment for Children funded   by Medicaid since 1992

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Independent Research

 

 

 

 

UNC-Chapel Hill researchers studied our treatment outcome data -- review their findings here

 

 

 

 

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.        

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. 

 

 

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

This information was presented to enthusiastic audiences at the 2008 Training Institutes sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and George Washington University in July of 2008.  Four (4) separate presentations are scheduled for the 2010 Training Institutes in Washington, DC in July of 2010 describing the work of the Institute for Behavior Change in much greater detail.  Erica Richman of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joined Executive Director Steven Kossor in presenting the data analyzed at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2008 and joVanna Gerardi who has participated in the IBC Outcome Data Analysis Project will join the presentation in 2010. 

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