(a) Within 30 days
of the initiation of ABA services and prior to completing the ITP, a
face-to-face assessment shall be completed for the child, youth or young adult
by an individual qualified to provide behavior analytic services or behavior
consultation-ABA services.
(b) The
assessment shall be completed in collaboration with the child, youth, young
adult or parent, legal guardian or caregiver of the child or youth, as
appropriate.
(c) The assessment
shall be individualized and include the following:
(1) The strengths and needs across
developmental and behavioral domains of the child, youth or young
adult.
(2) The strengths and needs
of the family system in relation to the child, youth or young adult.
(3) Existing and needed natural and formal
supports.
(4) Clinical information
that includes the following:
(i) Survey data
gathered from a parent, legal guardian or caregiver.
(ii) Treatment history.
(iii) Medical history.
(iv) Developmental history.
(v) Family structure and history.
(vi) Educational history.
(vii) Social history.
(viii) Trauma history.
(ix) Adaptive skills assessment.
(x) Other relevant clinical
information.
(5)
Completion of standardized behavioral assessment tools as needed.
(6) Compilation of observational data to
identify developmental, cognitive, communicative, behavioral and adaptive
functioning across the home, school and other community settings.
(7) Identification and analysis of skill
deficits, targeted behaviors or both, in measurable terms to address
needs.
(8) The cultural, language
or communication needs and preferences of the child, youth or young adult and
the parent, legal guardian or caregiver.
(d) The assessment shall include a summary of
the treatment recommendations received from health care providers, school or
other service providers involved with the child, youth or young
adult.
(e) The assessment shall be
reviewed and updated at least every 12 months or if one of the following
occurs:
(1) A parent, legal guardian or
caregiver of the child or youth requests an update.
(2) The youth or young adult requests an
update.
(3) The child, youth or
young adult experiences a change in living situation that results in a change
of the child's, youth's or young adult's primary caregivers.
(4) The child, youth or young adult has made
sufficient progress to require an updated assessment.
(5) The child, youth or young adult has not
made significant progress towards the goals identified in the ITP within 90
days from the initiation of the services.
(6) The child, youth or young adult
experiences a crisis event.
(7) A
staff person, primary care physician, other treating clinician, case manager or
other professional involved the child's, youth's or young adult's services
provides a reason an update is needed.
(f) The assessment and all updates shall be
signed and dated by the staff person who completed the assessment.
