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BHW is a Nonpublic Agency (NPA), certified by the California Department of Education to contract with school districts to provide behavior intervention including development and modification and behavior intervention implementation of behavior modification plans, and parent counseling and training as stated in the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP). We are also vendored to provide in-home behavioral intervention services for any of the 21 regional centers in California.

Home Programs
Each child works one-on-one with a behavioral therapist on prescribed goals derived from the intervention plan. Therapy is delivered in discrete trial training (DTT) and pivotal response training (PRT) with the focus of generalizing skills across settings. Each session varies on the needs of the child, but usually incorporates language acquisition, play skills, self- help skills, behavioral modification, and social skills trainings.

School Programs
BHW’s positive behavior support program includes 1:1 behavior intervention in various school environments for a broad range of challenging behaviors such as aggression, elopement, self-injury and tantrums. Our primary objective is to improve academic performance, replace challenging behaviors by teaching appropriate behaviors, and increase communication, social, and coping skills. BHW believes that students have more to gain when all relevant providers including the school team work in harmony. Consultation is offered to families and schools to include Functional Analysis Assessments, develop Positive Behavior Support plans, consult on individual cases, participate at IEP meetings, and provide staff trainings.

Group Programs

Social Skills Group: One of the most compromised areas of deficit that children with Autism and Aspergers face is social skills. BHW has developed a social skills program with specific goals for members with similar needs where the target behaviors are relevant to each member of the group. Groups are formed based on age and needs and have low adult to client ratio. Topics such as perspective taking, controlling emotional expression, negotiating conflicts, experiencing intimacy, and initiating, sustaining and terminating appropriate interactions are targeted in social skill groups. Group facilitation involves stimulating social motivation, managing interfering behaviors, reinforcing social initiation and social responding, and creating opportunities for skill generalization.

Trainings & Workshops

Parent Counseling and Training services are designed to teach caregivers behavioral strategies resulting in the child becoming more responsive to learning opportunities in the natural environment, decreasing the need of service providers in the long term, and decreasing the number of services the child is being removed from in the natural environment.

Trainings and workshops are offered to parents, school district employees, physicians, and relevant care providers. Our 7 Week Parent Workshop led by Dr. Nguyen is available in the following languages: Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, and Cambodian. Please contact us at info@behavioralhealthworks.com for more information.

Assessments
Functional Behavioral Assessment
A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is conducted by a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA). FBAs assist in identifying and addressing a child’s behavioral challenges. It relies on a variety of direct and indirect techniques and strategies to identify the purposes of specific behavior and to help select interventions to address the challenging behavior.

Independent Psycho-Educational Evaluation
Independent Psycho-Educational Evaluations are conducted by a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP) to help understand an individual’s learning style, strengths, and challenges. The evaluation may aide in identifying a range of special education eligibility such as Autism, ADHD, Speech and Language Disorders, Learning Disabilities, and any other disorders that adversely impact learning.

Global Outreach Programs “changing the world one behavior at a time”

Behavior Train is BHW’s volunteer program designed to identify and support individuals with disabilities, who are overlooked and neglected in areas of the world where behavioral health services are not easily accessible, understood, or accepted. People with such disabilities are frequently exposed to human rights violations, secluded from the public, and lack appropriate health and educational services. Therefore, BHW is dedicated to improving the quality of life and opportunities of such individuals by bringing awareness and providing resources not limited to conducting ABA trainings, donating financially, and supplying goods to those countries in need. Specifically, ABA trainings and ongoing supports are generally delivered to parents, educators, physicians, and other care providers of individuals with disabilities.

Behavior Train Coordinator, Ami Douk, M.S.
Ami is an education specialist with a Master’s degree in special education and have worked with children for the past fifteen years. She has also taught special education in middle school for four years. Ami’s special education background and passion for seeking justice among individuals with disabilities around the world has empowered her to develop BHW’s Behavior Train program. Through her traveling experiences in countries such as South Africa, India, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia she has developed a desire to improve the conditions of mental and educational institutions world-wide.

Future Destinations:
Mexico City- Winter 2010
Cambodia- Summer 2011
Africa- Summer 2012

BHW-Vietnam, Story of Dung Tran, M.S.
Dung Tran holds a Master’s degree in special education and has taught children with disabilities in the public school setting in Garden Grove, California. Her commitment to serving children with special needs has now led her to Vietnam where she will be working with school districts to develop special education programs. BHW is excited to journey with her by providing her training and continued support to further her work in Vietnam. Please check back for an updated story.

Counseling
BHW is accepting new clients for individual and group counseling.