PA IBHS BHT 20-Hour Training - Mental Health Professionals

Important — please read before purchasing. This course delivers 21.41 hours of video, which meets the 20-hour figure in 55 Pa. Code § 5240.73(e) on hours alone. It does not by itself satisfy your annual requirement. § 5240.73(e) also requires that the training be related to your specific job functions and in accordance with the individual training plan required under § 5240.13 — determinations your employing agency makes for your staff record, not ones a course can make for you. Take this to your supervisor alongside your training plan.

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Course Content

1. Data Collection Procedures

2. Visual Supports and Prompting

3. Mand Training- Effective Methods to Teach Functional Communication

4. Video Modeling and Video Prompting as a Treatment Intervention

5. Social Skills Part 1: Toddler to Preschool Social Skills

6. Addressing Challenging Behaviors Ethically in Schools Module 5: Maintaining Treatment Integrity and Thorough Data Analysis

7. Building Soft Skills: Communication & Professionalism in the Digital World

8. Ethics of Medicaid Fraud with Jon Bailey, PhD, BCBA-D

9. Ethics of Compassionate Mandated Reporting Across Disciplines

10. Developmental & Mental Health Diagnoses

11. ADHD Management: Behavioral Strategies Across Settings

This is knowledge training, not your Pennsylvania mandated-reporter training. Pennsylvania requires the Child Protective Services Law / mandated-reporting training for IBHS staff to come from a Department-listed organization — the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the University of Pittsburgh’s Child Welfare Resource Center, or another organization on the Commonwealth’s list. We are not one of them, and this module does not replace that training.

What this training does, and what it does not do.

Special Learning is a continuing education provider approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB ACE Provider #OP-14-2437).

If you are working on the INITIAL 30 hours, five of the eight required topics must come from elsewhere. This product is not initial-30 training. But 55 Pa. Code § 5240.73(c) requires a BHT with no prior BHT experience to complete at least 30 hours of Department-approved training covering eight specified topics before providing services independently, and we cannot supply five of the eight:

• Child Protective Services Law and mandated reporting — § 5240.73(c)(1). Pennsylvania accepts this only from a Department-listed organization. Act 31 Online Training is provided by the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work (3 hours): https://www.socialwork.pitt.edu/researchtraining/child-welfare-programs/act-31-line-training
• Crisis intervention skills, including risk management, de-escalation techniques and safety planning — § 5240.73(c)(2)
• Child and adolescent development — § 5240.73(c)(4)
• Serious emotional disturbance and other behavioral and psychosocial needs — § 5240.73(c)(5)
• First aid, universal precautions and safety — § 5240.73(c)(7). Pennsylvania accepts this only from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, National Safety Council, ASHI, Medic First Aid or the Emergency Care & Safety Institute. We are not on any of those lists.

We do not hold your training records with the Department and we cannot tell you whether you have met § 5240.73(c). Whether your agency accepts any training toward it is determined by your agency under § 5240.13(c). Please confirm with them.

The trainings listed below are not a complete statement of what Pennsylvania requires of you. They are common additional requirements, not the remainder of your obligations. Your employer and your OMHSAS licensing representative are the authority on what your role and your staff record need.

Not sure which requirement you are on? Email us and we will tell you plainly, including when the answer is that this product is not the right one for you.

Full Pennsylvania IBHS training requirements by role and by deadline, quoted from 55 Pa. Code § 5240 with the section number beside every number: PA IBHS Training Requirements.

Other trainings Pennsylvania commonly requires, which we do not provide:

Requirement 1: Sections 6301—6386 of 23 Pa.C.S. (relating to Child Protective Services Law) and mandated reporting requirements. Act 31 Online Training provided by University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work  (3 hours) https://www.socialwork.pitt.edu/researchtraining/child-welfare-programs/act-31-line-training
Requirement 7: First aid, universal precautions, and safety.

What else you get

• And with our SWAP feature, you can change out any topic you may have already taken for another from our extensive list. You never pay for a repeat you cannot use.
• Downloadable slide decks for all 11 sessions. Not just a video you watch once. Files you keep, and can put in front of a team, a parent or an IEP meeting on Monday.

MANDATORY DISCLAIMER: The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (“BACB”) does not sponsor, approve, or endorse Special Learning, the materials, information, or sessions identified herein.